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Cromagnon vs PDFluent

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Cromagnon compared with PDFluent
DetailCromagnon logo CromagnonPDFluent logo PDFluent
What it doesFree private studios and tools for PDFs, documents, spreadsheets, data, images, slides, study, citations, maths and code, all running in your browser Free PDF editor that runs locally without cloud or account
StageNot given Startup
FoundedNot given 2026
Based inNot given NL
Pricing modelFree Free
PricingAll studios and tools are free with no watermarks or daily limits. A free account adds sync between devices and 50 MB of cloud files, with no charge. Editor: Free for everyone, including commercial use. SDK: Free under AGPLv3, or €999 for a commercial licence.
Key features
  • PDF annotation, highlighting, text and image insertion, signing, redaction, merging, splitting, reordering, compressing, form filling, password protection and OCR
  • Word document creation with real DOCX file format export
  • Excel spreadsheet editing with working formulas
  • CSV data cleaning, reshaping and charting
  • Flashcard study with FSRS memory model and eight study modes
  • Citation formatting in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE and 13 more styles
  • Mathematical problem solving with step-by-step answers
  • Photo editing with color grading, compression and format conversion
  • Offline installation as browser app with sync on reconnect
  • Support for 107 languages and right-to-left scripts
  • Full-text search with command palette
  • Edit text size and color
  • True content redaction
  • PAdES digital signatures
  • Fill standard PDF forms and XFA forms
  • Merge and split PDF pages
  • Extract text with bounding boxes for AI
  • Markdown and JSON output
What makes it different
  • All processing happens in your browser with no file uploads required
  • No account needed to use any studio or tool
  • Completely free with no watermarks, trials, daily limits or ads
  • Works offline as an installable browser app
  • Supports XFA forms that most other PDF libraries refuse to open or process
  • Highest performance on PDF text extraction benchmarks
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)13 +1 (up) since last check10 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)02
Citation Flow (Majestic)029
Referring domains (Majestic)037

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