Sejda review

Sejda is the editor to open when a PDF needs a real text change rather than a sticky note. Its web editor edits existing text, adds links, images, shapes and signatures, and creates fillable form fields, all inside the browser. The free service covers documents up to 200 pages or 50 MB and 3 tasks per hour without a signup, and Sejda says files are deleted automatically after 2 hours. Around the editor sit dozens of tools, including merge, split, compress, OCR, Bates numbering, watermark and conversion to Word, Excel and images. Paid plans remove page and hourly limits, allow OCR on documents up to 100 pages, batch processing and uploads up to 500 MB per file. The Web Week Pass is a one-time payment for 7 days, Web Monthly renews each month, and Desktop+Web Annual adds Sejda Desktop for offline work. The main limit is scans: Sejda does not support changing text inside scanned documents.

Who it is for

people who need to change existing PDF text in Chrome a few times a week

Price

Free with limits; Web Week Pass, Web Monthly and Desktop+Web Annual plans: see vendor pricing (USD check pending).

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Edit existing PDF text, add text, links, images and shapes, and annotate in the browser
• Free service for documents up to 200 pages or 50 MB and 3 tasks per hour
• Files are deleted automatically after 2 hours
• Paid plans: unlimited documents, OCR up to 100 pages and uploads up to 500 MB per file
• Open files from Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or a web address

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free tier needs no signup
• Strength: Week Pass is a one-time charge for 7 days that does not renew
• Strength: Sejda Desktop offers the same features offline on the Desktop+Web plan
• Weakness: Changing text inside scanned documents is not supported
• Weakness: Free use stops at 3 tasks per hour
• Weakness: Prices showed in euros on the page we loaded, so the USD check is pending

Key facts

• Free limits: Up to 200 pages or 50 MB, 3 tasks per hour
• File retention: Deleted after 2 hours
• Paid plans: Web Week Pass, Web Monthly, Desktop+Web Annual

Where it ranks

Sejda is No. 1 in our Best Online PDF Editors verdict.