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PDFGate compared with Stirling PDF
DetailPDFGate logo PDFGateStirling PDF logo Stirling PDF
What it doesGenerate PDFs, collect signatures, and manage documents A free, private PDF editor you can run on any infrastructure.
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Based inCY US
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingPersonal: $9/monthly (500 conversions); Starter: $20/monthly (3,000 conversions, 30 digital signatures); Basic: $50/monthly (10,000 conversions, 200 digital signatures); Professional: $150/monthly (40,000 conversions, 1,200 digital signatures); Professional Plus: $300/monthly (100,000 conversions, 3 Free: $0/month includes 60+ PDF tools, web/desktop/self-hosted access, open-source editor, and 1,000 monthly credits. Team: $99/month for 100 users, includes everything in Free plus single sign-on, team workspace, and central control. Enterprise: Custom pricing for regulated and air-gapped deploymen
Key features
  • Convert HTML and URLs to PDF
  • Add fillable form fields to PDFs
  • Extract data from PDF forms
  • Add watermarks to PDFs
  • Password protect PDFs
  • Compress PDF files
  • Flatten PDF forms
  • Send documents for electronic signatures
  • Recipient verification with one-time passcode
  • Detailed audit trails with timestamps
  • PDF reader with lightning-fast reading
  • 60+ PDF editing tools
  • OCR to read scanned pages
  • Classification and tagging
  • Signature validation
  • PDF redaction
  • Compression
  • Routing to multiple destinations
  • API for programmatic access
  • Connectors for tool integration
What makes it different
  • Pay only for successfully signed documents, not per request
  • Unlimited team members included
  • Digitally sealed documents detect any changes after signing
  • Reusable templates reduce document preparation time
  • Simple single POST request API integration
  • Completely free editor forever with no per-seat licensing
  • Run on any infrastructure with files staying yours
  • Process thousands of PDFs with AI-powered automation
  • Every action logged and recorded for compliance
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)29 no change since last check61 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)1115
Citation Flow (Majestic)2940
Referring domains (Majestic)108872

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