Best PDF Readers And Editors in 2025

Sumatra PDF is a slim PDF/DjVu/EPUB/XPS/CHM/CBR/CBZ/MOBI viewer for Windows.

Key Sumatra PDF features:

Lightweight Speed Simplicity Portable Version

As the only API powered by the Prince HTML-to-PDF engine, DocRaptor provides the best support for complex PDFs with powerful support for headers, page breaks, page numbers, flexbox, watermarks, accessible PDFs, and much more.

Key DocRaptor features:

Ease of Use Customizable High-Quality Rendering Compliance

Try for free paid Free Trial $15.0 / Monthly (125+ Documents)

Foxit Reader is a free and light-weight multi-platform PDF document viewer.

Key Foxit Reader features:

Lightweight Feature-Rich Security User-Friendly Interface

Make your job easier with Adobe Acrobat DC, the trusted PDF creator. Use Acrobat to convert, edit and sign PDF files at your desk or on the go.

Key Adobe Acrobat DC features:

Comprehensive Features Cross-Platform Compatibility Cloud Integration Security Features

Okular is a universal document viewer based developed by KDE.

Key Okular features:

Open Source Multi-Format Support Cross-Platform Annotation Tools

The smallest, fastest, most feature-rich PDF editor/viewer available.

Key PDF-XChange Editor features:

Feature-Rich Lightweight User Interface OCR Support

PDF document management and conversion suite.

Key Smallpdf features:

User-Friendly Interface Wide Range of Tools Cloud Integration Security

MuPDF is a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer.

Key MuPDF features:

Lightweight Fast Performance High-Quality Rendering Support for Multiple Formats

Open Source

Free online PDF tool set.

Key iLovePDF features:

User-Friendly Interface Wide Range of Tools Free Version Available Cloud Integration

Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats: PDF, Postscript, djvu, tiff, dvi, XPS...

Key Evince features:

Open Source Lightweight Multi-format Support User-Friendly Interface

Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free tool for viewing documents that have been stored in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF).

Key Adobe Reader features:

Compatibility Features Security User Interface

Try easy-to-use PDF tools that keep your documents safe. Work with your important files across all platforms and devices with the ultimate all-in-one document solution. Your productivity lives at Xodo!

Key Xodo features:

PDF Editor Merge PDF Edit PDF Text PDF to Word

paid Free Trial $12.99 / Monthly (Xodo Pro subscription, 1 user, all platforms included)

Edit PDF files with our feature-rich PDF Editor. Download Foxit PDF Editor to convert, sign, scan / OCR & more. A speedy PDF Editor alternative to Adobe Acrobat.

Key Foxit PhantomPDF features:

Affordability Comprehensive Features User-Friendly Interface Collaboration Tools

All-in-one PDF editor.

Key Wondershare PDFelement features:

User-Friendly Interface Comprehensive Features Affordability OCR Capability