In daily office and study, we often need to convert PDF files to editable Word documents. However, many tools on the market are either charged or the conversion effect is not good. Today, we will compare several free online PDF to Word tools to help you find the most suitable option!

Summary: Which tool is best for you?
Pursuing high-precision conversion ➔ ComPDFKit (free + OCR + AI form recognition)
Just simple conversion ➔ ILovePDF (free but no OCR)
Willing to pay ➔ Adobe Acrobat (free once, subsequent charges)

🔗 Recommended to use ComPDFKit PDF to Word (free and efficient)

1. ComPDFKit PDF to Word

✅ High-precision conversion | Free and unlimited use forever | Support OCR | Support table recognition

ComPDFKit's conversion effect is excellent. It can highly restore the original document's layout, font style, image position, and even retain the background details of the PDF.

Flexible adjustment of conversion parameters:

  • Grid Layout: Keep the original document layout.
  • Flow Layout: Suitable for situations where subsequent editing is required.
  • Include Images/Annotations: Ensures that images and annotations in the PDF are converted.
  • OCR text recognition: suitable for text extraction from scanned PDF or images.
  • AI table recognition: accurately convert tables in PDF.

2. PDFReaderPro PDF to Word Converter

✅ Free version is always available

3.ILovePDF

❌ Free version without OCR | Layout may be messed up | File size limit is 15MB
✅ Free version is always available

  • The free version does not support OCR, so text in images cannot be extracted.
  • After conversion, problems such as background loss, misalignment of images and text, and inconsistent font styles may occur.

4. Adobe Acrobat (online version)

✅ High conversion quality
❌ Only 1 free time | Conversion sometimes doesn't work well |

  • Registration required to download
  • Adobe's conversion results are close to perfect, preserving the layout and background of the original document.
  • However, the free version is limited to one conversion, and subsequent payments are required, which is relatively expensive.

5. Xodo (Based on Apryse technology)

✅ Close to Adobe effects | Slightly lower price | Free conversion once within 7 hours
The conversion quality is good, but not quite up there with Adobe.

6.Foxit PDF to Word

✅ The conversion effect is acceptable
❌ Document structure may be wrong | Free for 7 days
It can basically meet the needs, but complex layout may deviate.

7. Nitro PDF to Word

❌ Poor layout | Inaccurate text recognition | 14-day free trial | Only one file can be transferred before starting the trial
The format of the converted Word document is messy and the text recognition error rate is high.