PDFsam is a desktop application designed to assist its users with creating, customizing, and organizing PDF files. Now, if you are looking for a program that gives you more editing and manipulation of PDF's, but doesn't do annotation, PDF Buddy could be a good fit for you, so read on. Markup Hero might be perfect for you - Try it Free! Plus, Markup Hero is very affordable (only $4/month) and offers a forever free pricing plan and you can test it out without even making an account or entering a credit card. If annotation and basic manipulation is what you want, especially if you have a big PDF, Markup Hero is going to be the best option for you.

And our new signature box makes it easy to sign documents. You can generate a share link that allows anyone to instantly see your markup but limits them from editing anything. The tool also allows you to upload images and take screenshots, which can easily be embedded into your PDF’s as well. Everything you do in Markup Hero is saved so you can go back and make changes to your annotations at any time, from any computer or device. Markup Hero is extremely fast, nothing to download, no latency, no hassle web based app. Note that most PDF editors take a while to upload and tend to choke after 30+ pages.Īfter you PDF uploads, each page is automatically separated and you can begin adding all kinds of annotations (some examples of tools below). You can upload very large PDF's (100+ pages) in seconds.

Markup Hero is a powerful but incredibly simple to use PDF annotation tool. If you think you might be in the use case #2 camp, then scroll down to read about PDFsam and why that might be a better fit. It's free and you can test it instantly, with no account, no signup – just upload and edit. PRO TIP: If you're not sure what you need, or you know that use case #1 is for you, then you'll want to try Markup Hero. This could be compressing, resizing, cutting pages, flipping and more. Use Case #2 - You want to completely refactor your PDF.This can include annotations like highlighting PDF's, signatures, arrows, boxes, callouts and the like.

Use Case #1 - You need to make fast and simple edits to your PDF.Illustration by Виолетта Барсук from Ouch!īefore we get into the features and functionality of PDFsam and Markup Hero, let's talk about the two primary use cases for PDF editing and which camp you fall in.

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