Best alternatives to PDFgear: PDF Read, Edit & Convert (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to PDFgear, 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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PDFgear alternatives, compared
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Foxit PDF Editor Cloud: Edit and Convert
Improve your productivity and simplify online PDF processing with Foxit's Chrome extension.
≈20K users2.7★ from 13 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago4 permissions- About 2.2× more users than PDFgear
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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Zone PDF: Edit and Convert PDFs
Edit, Convert, Merge, Compress and Split PDF Files in Seconds!
≈10K users2.4★ from 13 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions- A similar number of users to PDFgear
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Accessibility
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Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools
Do more in Google Chrome with Adobe Acrobat PDF tools. View, fill, comment, sign, and try convert and compress tools.
≈351M users4.4★ from 64.6K ratingsUpdated 4 days ago16 permissions- About 39000× more users than PDFgear
- Asks for more permissions (16 vs 1)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Soda PDF Viewer: Edit, Convert, Compress PDF files
Edit and read any PDF files in Chrome. Soda PDF is the ultimate online PDF editor and viewer for any device!
≈1M users3.9★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago7 permissions- About 111× more users than PDFgear
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 1)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Free PDF Editor
Fill up your PDF Forms quickly online for free. You can select files from your PC or Google Drive.
≈10K users2.2★ from 6 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions- A similar number of users to PDFgear
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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CocoDoc - PDF Editor, Filler & Converter
Easily edit, convert, split, and compress a PDF online.
≈3K users3.3★ from 13 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years2 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than PDFgear
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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PDF Viewer Pro - View, Edit, Fill, Convert, Sign, and More
PDF Viewer Pro: Your all-in-one PDF solution. View, edit, fill, comment, and sign PDFs seamlessly in your browser.
≈5K users4.4★ from 10 ratings7 permissions- About 1.8× fewer users than PDFgear
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 1)
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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 7.8× more users than PDFgear
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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WPS PDF - Read, Edit, Fill, Convert, and AI Chat PDF with Ease
Easy-to-use PDF tools to view, edit, convert, fill, e-sign PDF files, and more in your browser.
≈6M users4.5★ from 194 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago11 permissions- About 667× more users than PDFgear
- Asks for more permissions (11 vs 1)
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PDF Editor Extension - PDFzorro
Open PDF files with Google Chrome™ and edit them with this PDFzorro Extension
≈20K users3.6★ from 93 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago3 permissions- About 2.2× more users than PDFgear
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
PDFgear alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to PDFgear?
By users, the most popular alternative is Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools with ≈351M users and a 4.4-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Foxit PDF Editor Cloud: Edit and Convert.
Which PDFgear alternative has the best rating?
WPS PDF - Read, Edit, Fill, Convert, and AI Chat PDF with Ease has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 194 ratings.
How many alternatives to PDFgear are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to PDFgear on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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