blupdf vs Smallpdf

No. According to Smallpdf's Edit PDF page, direct text editing requires a Pro subscription after a 7-day trial; free users can add text, images, highlights and drawings on top. blupdf lets every account edit existing text with its 1,000 free credits, which never expire, and downloads are free, so a real correction can be tried without a card.

Yes, through a separate OCR tool that converts scanned documents into editable text. blupdf recognises a scanned page the moment you open it in the editor, rebuilds it as real text in matched fonts, and keeps it editable in the same window, so a scanned contract is corrected the same way as a digital one and downloads as a searchable PDF.

It depends on what you do. Smallpdf Pro is a per-user subscription for its whole toolbox. blupdf charges credits for work: 50 per digital page, 80 per scanned page, 1 per character of new text, 100 per blupdf AI request, and nothing for downloads, signatures or pages. Occasional edits that have to look right are cheap on credits; daily heavy use of many conversion tools may favour a flat subscription.

Smallpdf's AI PDF Assistant chats with the document; editing by description is not documented. blupdf AI edits: tell it to change the company name everywhere, set a new due date or make a total $1,250.00, and the edits land in the original font with dependent amounts recomputed, one Undo all away.