Xodo

Overview

Xodo is a family of PDF applications powered by Apryse, the document-processing SDK company formerly known as PDFTron, which lists Xodo, Xodo Sign, iText and Scanbot among its brands and states that it has more than 20,000 customers^[18][17].

The Xodo Document Suite bundles web, desktop and mobile apps. Xodo Web offers more than 40 online tools, while Xodo Desktop, based on the PDF Studio application, runs offline on Windows, macOS and Linux with more than 60 tools and can be bought as a perpetual licence^[17]. Features include editing, compression, annotation, redaction, merging and splitting, conversion, OCR, PDF comparison, DOCX editing without Microsoft Word, AI summaries, sanitising and task automation; AskPDF, high compression and PDF/A validation are web-only^[17].

Xodo is one of the few editors here with a Linux desktop version. Its limitations are a free plan restricted to one action per day, trials that require a payment method, a no-refund policy, and pricing that changes with promotions; the 40% discount on the Suite at the time of review was due to end on 31 October 2026^[17].

Xodo features

• Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android
• Edit, redact and compare PDFs
• OCR and conversion
• Edit DOCX without Microsoft Word
• AI summaries and AskPDF (web)
• Perpetual desktop licence option

Xodo pricing

Shown with a $ sign. Document Suite: $8.99/month or $107.93/year (promotional, list $14.99/month). Web: $7.99/month or $95.88/year. Desktop: $9.99/month or $119.88/year; perpetual licence with 1–3 years of support. Teams: custom. Free plan: one action per day. 3-day trials require a payment method; no refunds.

Xodo strengths and limitations

Appears in

• Best PDF Editors in 2026 #9

Xodo alternatives and competitors

Alternatives to Xodo: companies ranked in the same lists.

• Adobe Firefly
• Foxit PDF Editor
• Nitro PDF
• WPWondershare PDFelement
• Tungsten OmniPage
• PDF-XChange Editor
• AFABBYY FineReader PDF
• PDF Expert
• Sejda
• iLovePDF
• Smallpdf
• PPDFgear