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pdfFiller vs Sejda

pdfFiller and Sejda are both PDF & document tools tools aimed at freelancers and small businesses. Sejda costs less, from $7.50/mo versus $8/mo for pdfFiller. Only Sejda has a free plan.

pdfFiller

Online PDF editor and form filler with a large US forms library

Sejda

Browser and desktop PDF editor with a free tier and cheap passes

PricingPaid · $8Freemium · $8
Starting price$8/mo$7.50/mo
Free planNoYes
Free trial30 days—
Built forFreelancers, Small businessesFreelancers, Small businesses
Platformsweb, macos, ios, androidweb, macos, windows, linux
CountryUSNL · 2010
Rating——

Choose pdfFiller if

US-based freelancers and small offices that regularly fill, sign and send standard forms and want everything in the browser.

  • Very fast to fill and sign standard US forms in a browser
  • Huge searchable library of tax, legal and business forms
  • 30-day trial is longer than most PDF tools offer

Look elsewhere if: Users who just need occasional free conversions (Smallpdf, iLovePDF) or a full desktop PDF editor (Foxit).

Choose Sejda if

Freelancers, students and small offices who need capable PDF editing and conversion occasionally without paying for Acrobat.

  • Free tier works without signing up
  • Very low paid prices, including a non-renewing $5 week pass
  • Edits existing PDF text, not just annotations

Look elsewhere if: Teams needing signature workflows, mobile apps or enterprise PDF deployment (Smallpdf, iLovePDF, Foxit).

pdfFiller vs Sejda pricing

pdfFiller

  • Basic$20/mo$8/mo billed annually ($96/yr); edit, fill, convert, 1 user
  • Plus$30/mo$12/mo billed annually; templates, fillable forms, passwords
  • Premium$40/mo$15/mo billed annually; eSignature, US Legal Forms library

Sejda

  • Free$03 tasks per hour, up to 200 pages; size caps vary by tool
  • Web Week Pass$5One-time, 7 days of unlimited web use, no auto-renewal
  • Web Monthly$7.50/moWeb only; unlimited tasks, files up to 500 MB, OCR
  • Desktop+Web Annual$63/yrAbout 30% less than monthly; adds Sejda Desktop

pdfFiller · Key features

  • Browser PDF editing: text, images, annotations, page merge and split
  • Drag-and-drop builder for fillable PDF forms
  • Conversion between PDF, Word, Excel and image formats
  • eSignature via signNow with role-based signing order on Premium
  • US Legal Forms library with about 85,000 fillable forms
  • AI PDF summarizer, translator, search and chat with PDF

Cons

  • Monthly billing costs about 2.5 times the annual price
  • eSignature and forms library only on the Premium plan
  • Trial auto-converts to a paid plan if not cancelled

Sejda · Key features

  • Edit existing PDF text and add images, links and shapes
  • Fill and sign PDF forms and create new fillable forms
  • Merge, alternate-mix and split by pages, bookmarks, text or size
  • Compress, crop, watermark and add Bates numbering
  • OCR for scanned documents on paid plans
  • Convert PDF to and from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG and HTML

Cons

  • Free tier limited to three tasks per hour
  • No legally robust e-signature workflow with audit trail
  • No native iOS or Android app

pdfFiller vs Sejda: FAQ

Which is cheaper, pdfFiller or Sejda?

Sejda starts at $7.50/mo and pdfFiller at $8/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do pdfFiller and Sejda have a free plan?

pdfFiller has no free plan, a 30-day free trial. Sejda has a free plan.

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