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24 alternatives to PDF to text

Chrome Extension Launch

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1PF
   PDFs from HTML▲742

   2021 · pdf.math.dev · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Convert PDF to Excel▲19

   Turn any PDF into an editable Excel sheet — one click

   Jul 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   PDFShift▲386

   Convert any HTML to PDF with a single POST request.

   2018 · pdfshift.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Save Page as PDF▲3

   Save Page as PDF Chrome extension — HTML to PDF in one click

   Apr 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

5. 5SP
   Simple Print – Convert web articles into printable PDFs▲122

   2018 · pdf.fivefilters.org · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Web to PDF▲5

   Save any web page to a clean PDF in one click

   Nov 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Ready-to-use API to convert any web page to PDF using headless Chrome▲129

   Loads a web page in headless Chrome using Puppeteer and prints it to PDF. The input is a JSON object and output is a PDF file.

   2017 · apify.com · its alternatives →

8. 8CS
   Convert scanned documents into searchable PDFs▲73

   2015 · searchablepdfs.org · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Athena PDF▲196

   Convert HTML to PDF - no frills, robust and fast.

   2016 · athenapdf.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    SimplePDF for Chrome▲99

    Edit, fill and sign PDF files from any Chrome tab

    2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Pdf.js-based real-time collaborative viewer for Chrome▲61

    2014 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Convert PDF to DOCX▲24

    With OCR (optical character recognition)

    2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Markdown to PDF▲124

    Super simple way to get your markdown files to PDF

    2016 · markdowntopdf.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Copy Text Easily▲104

    A handy tool to copy text & sentences just by hovering mouse

    2022 · devapt.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Text Reader▲10

    chrome extension reads copied text aloud

    2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Pdf.to▲42

    PDF.to converts PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, PNG and more. Compress, merge, split, rotate, OCR and edit PDFs online for free. Fast, secure PDF processing with no software to install.

    2021 · pdf.to · its alternatives →

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    OCR Scanner▲91

    Extract and translate text from image

    2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    PDFmyURL▲82

    Turn web pages into PDFs with a single click!

    2017 · pdfmyurl.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Image Reader Google Chrome Extension▲69

    Extract text from images in a browser in a two mouse clicks

    2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    PDF.to 3.0▲80

    PDF Converter

    2021 · pdf.to · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Type2Learn Chrome Extension▲71

    Learn by typing the webpage text in the browser itself

    2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Select to PDF▲2

    Collect web snippets and export to PDF, all local

    Apr 2026 · select-to-pdf.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Text to Read▲4

    Type text, record, or load text file and download.

    2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24AA
    an API to extract text from a PDF▲51

    2013 · stamplin.com · its alternatives →

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