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PDF tracking with page-level reading data, and bot opens taken out of the counts. Free plan; Pro is $9/month.

PDFTrackr

PDFTrackr Reviews and Details

This page is designed to help you find out whether PDFTrackr is good and if it is the right choice for you.

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  • Reading time per viewer, with bot opens left out of the counts //
    2026-11-03
  • The page where each reader stopped //
    2026-11-03
  • Viewer sessions - who came back for a second look //
    2026-07-24
  • assword, email gate, expiry and download control on each link //
    2026-11-03
  • Mobile viewer - no app or signup for recipients //
    2026-07-24

Features & Specs

  1. Return visits

    See which readers came back for a second look; Pro emails you when a named reader returns

  2. Reading Reports

    An emailed report of exactly how each document was read

  3. Viewer watermark

    Watermark every page with a line you write (Pro)

  4. Document versioning

    Replace the file behind a live link and restore prior versions

  5. Bot-filtered counts

    Bots and email scanners are removed from your view counts, and the dashboard shows how many were excluded

  6. Bulk links & CSV export

    Send personalized links to your whole list and export viewers to CSV

  7. Virus scanning

    Every upload is virus-scanned before it can be shared

  8. Page-by-page analytics

    Per-page reading time and the exact page each viewer stopped on. Included on the free plan

  9. 12-month analytics history

    Free keeps 12 months of view history; Pro keeps 24 months

  10. Email capture gate

    Optionally require the viewer's email before the document opens

  11. Password Protection

    Per-link password with brute-force lockout after 5 failed attempts in 15 minutes

  12. Link expiration

    Set a date after which the share link stops working

  13. Download controls

    Turn downloads off per link, or leave them on and see the download count and rate

  14. Folders

    Organise documents into folders (Pro)

  15. Drop-off funnel

    Shows where readers stop — "biggest drop after page 3"

  16. Geography & device

    Country-level location and device type per view. IP is hashed for lookup, then discarded

  17. Quick share

    Create a tracked link in one click, without configuring any gates

  18. Visits grouped per person

    A reader who opens your deck four times shows as one person, keyed on the email they gave your link (Pro)

  19. Return-visit alert

    An email when a named reader comes back to the document (Pro)

  20. Custom link previews

    Your own cover image, title and description when the link is pasted into chat apps (Pro)

  21. Message to the recipient

    A short note your reader sees with the document (Pro)

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Questions & Answers

As answered by people managing PDFTrackr.
  1. Which are the primary technologies used for building PDFTrackr?

    Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, React, Docker, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare

  2. Why should a person choose PDFTrackr over its competitors?

    If you want page-level reading data at a small-business price: page-by-page analytics are on the free plan, and Pro is $9/month or $84/year.

  3. How would you describe the primary audience of PDFTrackr?

    Sales and business-development teams, consultants, agencies, and founders raising on a pitch deck. Anyone who sends proposals, decks, and reports and needs to know who actually read them and when to follow up.

  4. What's the story behind PDFTrackr?

    Built to answer the question every sender has: did they actually read it, and when should I follow up? Instead of a vanity view counter that inflates numbers with bots, PDFTrackr filters out the noise and turns real reads into a shortlist of who's worth a call.

  5. Who are some of the biggest customers of PDFTrackr?

    • People in sales and business development
    • Consultants
    • Agencies
    • Founders sharing pitch decks
  6. What makes PDFTrackr unique?

    It separates readers from automated opens. Email security scanners, link previews and crawlers are taken out of the view counts, and the dashboard shows how many were excluded. Pro groups visits under each reader's email and tells you when someone comes back, so you know who to follow up with.

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Tracking with Page-by-Page Analytics

Reviews

  1. User avatar
    julidovzhanytsia
     
    Finally something simple for tracking proposals

    I'm a photographer, been using this for 2 weeks after getting fed up with papermark. i just need to know if brides open my wedding packages, not run a fortune 500 data room lol. pdftrackr tells me what pages they look at which is super useful - noticed one client spent ages on my portfolio but skipped pricing, so i knew to focus on value not cost. the free plan is enough for me (i send maybe 15 proposals a month)

    Pros:    Literally took 2 mins to figure out|Shows what pages people actually read|Free 500mb

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