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InkOut PDF vs PDFgear

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InkOut PDF compared with PDFgear
DetailInkOut PDF logo InkOut PDFPDFgear logo PDFgear
What it doesBlack out names, account numbers and other sensitive text in a PDF. True redaction removes what's underneath, with an automatic check. Free PDF editor software and online tools for reading, editing, converting, merging, and signing PDFs
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Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree: up to 5 pages per file, manual redaction boxes. Pro 24-hour pass: $4.99 one-time payment for unlimited pages and keyword search-and-redact. Pro Monthly: $7.99/month with automatic renewal. Pro Yearly: $59.99/year with automatic renewal. Free for basic PDF editing, conversion, merging, splitting, signing, and annotation with no limits stated. eSignGear (related e-signing platform) offers "Start Signing Free" option.
Key features
  • Draw boxes to redact text and images
  • Keyword search-and-redact for Pro users
  • Automatic verification that redacted text is removed
  • Metadata stripping
  • No file upload required
  • Redacted pages flattened to images
  • Check PDFs redacted by others
  • Multi-device support for Pro
  • Edit text, images, shapes, signatures, links, and fillable form fields in PDF
  • Annotate with highlights, underlines, strikethroughs, notes, comments, stamps, shapes, and text boxes
  • Batch convert between PDF, Word, TXT, JPG, Excel, PPT with lossless quality
  • OCR to extract text from scanned PDFs in 30+ languages
  • AI-powered document summarization and analysis
  • Merge, split, and delete PDF pages
  • Sign PDFs with mouse-drawn signatures
  • Extract text from specific areas of PDF
  • Available on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android
  • Online tools for PDF tasks without installation
What makes it different
  • Truly deletes redacted content instead of just covering it
  • Automatic verification checks exported file for remaining text
  • All processing happens in your browser with no uploads
  • Free tier with no sign-up required
  • Completely free desktop and web-based PDF editing without signup or watermarks
  • AI-powered features including document summarization and intelligent text extraction
  • Works offline on desktop with enterprise-level features at no cost
  • Seamless cross-platform workflow between Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android
  • OCR support for 30+ languages to extract text from scanned documents
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)4 +2 (up) since last check69 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)016
Citation Flow (Majestic)2243
Referring domains (Majestic)52091

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