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Fair comparisons with 25 apps people use for the same jobs, with every fact taken from their own pages.
File converters
- CloudConvert alternativeAn online file converter covering 200+ formats across documents, images, audio, video, archives and more, with an API for automation.
- Convertio alternativeAn online file converter covering 300+ formats across audio, video, images, documents, archives, presentations, fonts and ebooks, with OCR and an API.
- Zamzar alternativeAn online file converter that says it supports 1100+ formats, with compression, splitting and text-extraction tools, a Windows and Mac desktop app, and an API.
- FreeConvert alternativeAn online file converter that says it supports more than 1,500 conversions across video, images, audio, ebooks, documents and archives, plus small web tools such as an image resizer.
- Online-Convert alternativeAn online file converter from QaamGo Media GmbH in Germany, covering audio, video, images, documents, ebooks, archives, CAD files and more, with a credits-based pricing model.
PDF tools
- Adobe Acrobat alternativeAdobe’s PDF platform: a free Acrobat Reader, free online tools such as convert, compress and merge, and paid Acrobat plans for editing, e-signatures and AI features, on desktop, web and mobile.
- Smallpdf alternativeA set of 30+ online tools to convert, compress, edit and sign PDFs, with mobile and Windows apps.
- iLovePDF alternativeAn online set of PDF tools to merge, split, compress, convert, rotate, unlock and watermark PDFs, with desktop and mobile apps.
- PDF24 Tools alternativeA set of free online PDF tools from Geek Software GmbH to merge, split, compress, edit, sign, OCR and convert PDFs, with PDF24 Creator as a Windows desktop version that works offline.
- Sejda alternativeA set of 30+ online PDF tools to edit, merge, split, compress, convert, sign and OCR PDFs, with Sejda Desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Photos and design
- Adobe Photoshop alternativeAdobe’s image editor for photos, graphics and art, with generative AI features, available on desktop, the web and mobile.
- Photopea alternativeA web-based image editor that works with raster and vector graphics and opens and saves PSD files.
- Canva alternativeAn online design suite with a drag-and-drop editor, templates and AI tools for presentations, social posts, documents, photos, video and print, on the web, desktop and mobile.
- Pixlr alternativeA suite of online photo editors, design tools and AI tools for the browser, mobile and desktop.
- iLoveIMG alternativeAn online set of image tools to compress, resize, crop, convert, rotate, watermark and edit pictures in bulk, with upscaling, background removal and face blur, from the same company as iLovePDF.
- TinyPNG alternativeAn online image compressor and converter for AVIF, JPEG XL, WebP, PNG and JPEG, from Tinify, with a developer API, WordPress and Figma plugins and an image CDN.
- Squoosh alternativeAn open-source image compression web app, from Google Chrome Labs, that compresses and compares images with different codecs in the browser.
Video
- Kapwing alternativeA browser-based creative platform for individuals and teams to create and edit videos, images, GIFs and audio, with Kapwing AI and a timeline editor called Studio.
- Clideo alternativeAn online video editor and a set of tools to cut, compress, merge, resize, subtitle and translate video, which runs in the browser and has an iOS app.
- VEED alternativeAn online video editor with AI tools for subtitles, translation, avatars and voices, which runs in the browser and in Android and iOS apps.
Audio and archives
- Audacity alternativeA free, open source audio recorder and editor for Windows, macOS and Linux, with multitrack editing, built-in effects and support for third-party plug-ins.
- WinRAR alternativeRARLAB’s file archiver for Windows, from win.rar GmbH, which creates RAR and ZIP archives and opens RAR, ZIP and many other archive formats.
- WinZip alternativeCorel’s file utility for Windows and Mac that zips, unzips, encrypts, shares and manages files, sold as Standard, Pro, Ultimate and Enterprise plans.
- 7-Zip alternativeA free, open source file archiver for Windows, with console versions for Linux and macOS, that packs and unpacks 7z, ZIP, TAR and other formats and offers a high compression ratio in its own 7z format.
- ezyZip alternativeA web app from WebbyAppy OÜ that creates, extracts and converts archives such as ZIP, RAR and 7Z, and converts images, audio and video, running in the browser.