Best alternatives to Direct Paper Importer (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Direct Paper Importer, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Direct Paper Importer alternatives, compared
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ReadPaper Importer
Save PDFs to your ReadPaper account from your web browser.
≈10K users5.0★ from 4 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years7 permissions- About 10× more users than Direct Paper Importer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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ImageRight PDF Import
Import PDF files into ImageRight
≈20K usersNot rated yetUpdated 18 months ago7 permissions- About 20× more users than Direct Paper Importer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
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Open in PDF Reader
Send PDF links directly to your favorite PDF viewer like Adobe Acrobat Reader
≈90K users3.5★ from 49 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago7 permissions- About 90× more users than Direct Paper Importer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
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Awesome PDF Viewer, Reader
PDF Viewer, Reader is a free tool that allows you to view/edit PDF files directly in your web browser.
≈20K users3.8★ from 111 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago2 permissions- About 20× more users than Direct Paper Importer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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PDF Viewer
Uses HTML5 to display PDF files directly in the browser.
≈1M users4.3★ from 2.7K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years7 permissions- About 1000× more users than Direct Paper Importer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 4)
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Jenni Web Importer
Save references and PDFs to Jenni library.
≈20K users5.0★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago8 permissions- About 20× more users than Direct Paper Importer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
- Listed under Education
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PDF Reader and Editor
A general-purpose Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer based on Mozilla's PDF.js library
≈70K users4.4★ from 102 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago4 permissions- About 70× more users than Direct Paper Importer
- Updated more recently
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KTools Drive PDF Exporter
Export authorized Google Drive viewer pages into one local PDF with configurable quality.
141 usersNot rated yetUpdated 7 weeks agoNo special permissions- About 7.1× fewer users than Direct Paper Importer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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Open in PDF Viewer
Easily open desired links in a PDF viewer.
≈100K users3.3★ from 136 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago5 permissions- About 100× more users than Direct Paper Importer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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AI Chat Exporter Pro - Export AI Chats to PDF, Docs, MD and more
Export chats from popular AI platforms to PDF, DOCX, HTML, Markdown, and JSON with images, formatting, and selective export.
844 users4.4★ from 22 ratingsUpdated 8 weeks ago14 permissions- A similar number of users to Direct Paper Importer
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (14 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
Direct Paper Importer alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Direct Paper Importer?
By users, the most popular alternative is PDF Viewer with ≈1M users and a 4.3-star rating. The closest match by what it does is ReadPaper Importer.
Which Direct Paper Importer alternative has the best rating?
PDF Reader and Editor has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.4 out of 5 from 102 ratings.
Is there a Direct Paper Importer alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
KTools Drive PDF Exporter asks for 0 permissions, against 4 for Direct Paper Importer.
How many alternatives to Direct Paper Importer are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Direct Paper Importer on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.