PDF Loft and Foxit PDF compared
Foxit sells PDF Editor and PDF Editor+ as desktop, web and mobile products with OCR, a perpetual licence option and e-signing in the higher plan. PDF Loft is a web app whose own apps are not yet published, with e-signature requests and an API on its paid plans. The Foxit pages we read do not state where online tools process files, how long files are kept or how many tools there are.
Competitor facts as published on their websites, checked . Where a page did not say, the table reads Not published.
Where PDF Loft is stronger
- 21 of PDF Loft's 39 tools run in the browser, so the file never leaves your device. The Foxit pages we read do not say where its online tools process files.
- PDF Loft states exactly what is kept: nothing for browser tools on the web, and for server runs (which include every tool in the mobile apps and the API) the input is deleted when the run finishes and an unsaved result after 2 hours. The Foxit pages we read do not state a retention period.
Where Foxit PDF is stronger or equal
- Foxit sells a perpetual licence (USD 209.99 once) as well as subscriptions. PDF Loft has no perpetual licence.
- Foxit PDF Editor+ includes Foxit eSign with 150 envelopes a year. PDF Loft sends signature requests too, with an allowance of 50 a month on Pro and 300 on Team.
- Foxit has editors for Windows, macOS and web, and mobile apps in Editor+, which can be installed today. PDF Loft has apps that are built but not yet in the app stores.
- Foxit sells a PDF Services API and an eSign API separately. The PDF Loft API is included in the Team plan and above, and covers e-signature requests.
- Foxit lists OCR in its editor plans, as PDF Loft does as a tool.
Side by side
| Capability | PDF Loft | Foxit PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Main paid plan | Pro: USD 12 a month billed yearly (USD 144 a year), or USD 18 a month billed monthly. Team: USD 48 a month billed yearly. Business: USD 199 a month billed yearly. Prices exclude tax. | PDF Editor+: USD 159.99 per user a year. Subscriptions start at USD 10.99 a month. A perpetual licence is USD 209.99 once.Source |
| Free use | Every tool, 3 tasks a day, files up to 25 MB, up to 5 files in one run. No card needed. | Free online tools, including PDF to Word, Merge PDF and Compress PDF. Limits not published.Source |
| Where files are processed | On the web, 21 of 39 tools run in your browser, so the file is not uploaded. The other 18 run on PDF Loft servers, and so does every tool in the mobile apps and the API. | Not published |
| Files kept after processing | On the web, browser tools keep nothing on our servers. Server tools, and every tool run from the mobile apps or the API, delete the files you give them when they finish, and delete a result you do not save 2 hours after it is made. | Not published |
| Number of tools | 39 tools | Not published |
| E-signing | Send a document for signature to people who need no account: signers sign one after the other or all at once, from a template or a one-off document, and each request has a timeline whose entries are chained so that a change shows, and a completion certificate. Signature requests a month: 2 on Free, 50 on Pro, 300 on Team and 1,500 on Business. Sign PDF also adds your own signature, drawn, typed or uploaded. | PDF Editor: fill and sign only. PDF Editor+: Foxit eSign with 150 envelopes a year.Source |
| OCR | OCR PDF makes a scanned PDF searchable in 10 languages, up to 3 in one run. | Included: scan to searchable PDFSource |
| Several files at once | Up to 5 files in one run on Free, 25 on Pro, 50 on Team and 100 on Business, for the tools that take several files. Each output file counts as one task. | Not published |
| Team plans | Team and Business plans. For a team sharing one library, one set of stamps and one allowance. Business adds SAML and OpenID Connect single sign-on with automatic provisioning (SCIM). | Not published |
| Developer API | A public REST API described by an OpenAPI 3.1 document, with API keys, scopes, idempotency keys and signed webhooks, and an MCP server for AI assistants. Included in the Team plan and above. The Zapier and Make apps are built but not yet published to their directories. | Sold separately (PDF Services API and eSign API); not included in the editor plansSource |
| Desktop and mobile apps | A web app that runs in the browser. Mobile apps for iOS and Android, a desktop app and a browser extension are built but are not yet in the app stores or published for download, so there is no separate desktop or mobile app to install today. | Editor on Windows, macOS and web; Editor+ adds iOS and AndroidSource |
| Interface languages | 10 languages | Not published |
Read the Foxit PDF facts at www.foxit.com/. The full table of all products is on the comparison page.
Questions
- How does Foxit pricing compare with PDF Loft?
- Foxit lists PDF Editor+ at USD 159.99 per user a year, and a perpetual licence at USD 209.99. PDF Loft Pro is USD 12 a month billed yearly, or USD 18 a month billed monthly, which is USD 144 a year when billed yearly. The products differ: Foxit is a desktop editor you can install today, and PDF Loft is a web app.
- Does PDF Loft have an API like Foxit?
- Yes. Foxit sells a PDF Services API and an eSign API separately. The PDF Loft API is included in the Team plan and above and covers every tool, the document library and e-signature requests, with signed webhooks.