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The affordable and flexible PDF editor.

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PDF Architect - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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PDF Architect overview

What is PDF Architect?

PDF Architect is a powerful PDF editing tool designed to streamline document management for businesses and professionals. With advanced features for editing, converting, securing, and collaborating on PDFs, it is an ideal solution for small and midsize businesses, startups, and individual professionals looking to improve their document workflows. Whether you're a professional working with sensitive documents or a team collaborating across departments, PDF Architect offers a powerful yet intuitive interface to manage all your PDF needs.

Features include:

- PDF editing and annotation: PDF Architect allows users to fully edit and manipulate PDF files. You can modify text, images, links, and even page structures, making it easy to update contracts, reports, and other professional documents.

- Form сreation and management: The form creation tool in PDF Architect enables users to design interactive forms with customizable fields such as checkboxes, text fields, and buttons.

- PDF conversion and compatibility: PDF Architect supports seamless conversion of PDFs into various formats, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and image files.

- Document security: Password protection, encryption, and digital signatures are just a few of the security measures available. Users can also redact sensitive content, ensuring that confidential information is permanently removed from documents before sharing.

- Cloud integration: PDF Architect integrates seamlessly with popular cloud storage platforms such as Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive. This enables teams to access, edit, and share documents from anywhere, on any device.

- OCR (Optical Character Recognition): Convert scanned documents or images into fully searchable and editable text using PDF Architect’s OCR feature.

- Advanced collaboration tools: PDF Architect offers commenting and markup tools, allowing team members to leave feedback and suggestions. This feature is essential for document reviews, contracts, and approvals.

- Batch processing: For businesses that need to handle large volumes of PDFs, PDF Architect offers batch processing capabilities. Users can perform multiple actions like converting, merging, or splitting documents on several files at once.

Whether you're in marketing, law, finance, or any other industry, PDF Architect offers the tools you need to work smarter, not harder.

Key benefits of using PDF Architect

• Powerful PDF editing tools: You can edit text, images, and page structures directly within your PDF files without exporting or copying content. This gives you complete control over your documents without compromising quality.
• Seamless PDF conversion: Convert PDFs to and from different file types, including Word, Excel, and JPEG. Effortlessly switch between formats to collaborate with different teams or clients.
• Merge and split PDFs: Combine multiple documents into a single file or split large PDFs into smaller files. Reorder pages, add text or annotations and keep your documents organized.
• Efficient OCR: Use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to transform scanned documents and images into fully editable and searchable files.
• Secure your documents: Protect sensitive files with password encryption, digital signatures, and customizable permissions. Ensure document integrity with industry-standard 256-bit AES encryption for safe sharing and storage.

Starting price

69per user /
per year

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PDF Architect's features

Access controls/permissions
Alerts/Notifications
Annotations
Batch processing
Collaboration tools
Commenting/Notes
Compression
Content management
Convert to pdf
Customizable fields
Customizable forms
Data extraction
Data import/export
Data security
Delete pages
Digital signature
Document capture
Document conversion
Document editing
Document generation
Document management
Document review
Drag & drop
Electronic signature
Encryption
File conversion
File management
Forms management
Full text search
Image editing
Merge/Append files
Mobile signature capture
Multi-Party signing
Multiple output formats
Optical character recognition
PDF conversion
PDF reader
Rearrange pages
Reminders
Rich text editor
Rotate pages
Search/Filter
Side-by-Side comparison
Signature capture
Signature creation
Status tracking
Team collaboration
Text editing
Text extraction
Third-Party integrations
User management
Version control
Watermarking
Zone selection tool

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PDF Architect pricing

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

PDF Architect Standard

69

/user

Per year

Features included:

  • View
  • Create
  • Edit
  • Page
  • Convert

PDF Architect Pro

89

/user

Per year

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  • Create
  • Edit
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PDF Architect Pro + OCR

129

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  • View
  • Create
  • Edit
  • Page
  • Convert
  • Secure
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PDF Architect support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
Chat

Training options

Documentation

PDF Architect FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does PDF Architect offer?

PDF Architect has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $89.00/year
Pricing model: Free, Subscription

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Q. Who are the typical users of PDF Architect?

PDF Architect has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Public Administrations, Small Business


Q. What languages does PDF Architect support?

PDF Architect supports the following languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian


Q. Does PDF Architect offer an API?

No, PDF Architect does not have an API available.


Q. What other apps does PDF Architect integrate with?

PDF Architect integrates with the following applications:
Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel


Q. What level of support does PDF Architect offer?

PDF Architect offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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