Convert any PDF to editable Word
Convert PDF to editable Word (.docx) free, including scanned faxes and IRS forms via Tesseract OCR (80+ languages). Native tables, ECMA-376 standard, GDPR Frankfurt EU.
Upload your PDF
Drag-and-drop or paste from clipboard. Files up to 100 MB / 500 pages on the free plan; the engine auto-detects whether your PDF is digital (Word -> PDF -> Word round-trip) or image-only…
Smart conversion + OCR
Tesseract 5 LSTM runs page-by-page across 80+ languages with auto-detected script. Headings (H1-H6), paragraph spacing, bullet/numbered lists, multi-column layouts and tables (including…
Download .docx
A standards-compliant .docx (ECMA-376 / ISO/IEC 29500:2016) ready to edit in Microsoft Word 2016+, Microsoft 365, Google Docs, Apple Pages or LibreOffice Writer.…
Why choose iFillPDF
Built-in OCR — Tesseract 5, 80+ languages, free plan
Tesseract 5 LSTM-powered optical character recognition runs on every scanned PDF, on the free plan, with zero extra clicks. Adobe Acrobat Pro ($19.99/mo), Smallpdf Pro ($9/mo), iLovePDF Premium ($7/mo), Nitro PDF Pro ($179.…
Native Word tables — AI reconstruction even without borders
PDF tables become real Microsoft Word tables (w:tbl elements) you can sort, formula-edit and re-style — not floating text boxes.…
Headings, fonts and styles preserved
Real H1-H6 styles map to Word built-in heading styles (so the Navigation pane and auto-Table-of-Contents work). Original fonts are embedded when license-permitted; otherwise smart substitution to the closest metric-compatible font…
ECMA-376 / ISO/IEC 29500:2016 compliant output
The .docx is valid Office Open XML (ECMA-376 5th edition, ISO/IEC 29500:2016) — the same standard Microsoft Word saves natively.…
Hetzner Falkenstein EU hosting, GDPR + TADPF
PDFs are processed in Frankfurt and Falkenstein on Hetzner Online infrastructure (eu-central-1), TADPF-aligned (EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework), AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, auto-deleted after 1 hour.…
No AI training on your files — explicit ToS
Section 7.3 of our Terms states your PDFs are never used to train, fine-tune or evaluate AI models, in line with GDPR Art. 5 purpose-limitation.…
Turn any PDF — including flat scans, faxes, photographed contracts and IRS Form W-9 or Schedule C — into a fully editable .docx that opens in Microsoft Word 2016+, Microsoft 365, Google Docs or Apple Pages without re-formatting. Built-in Tesseract 5 LSTM OCR (80+ languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi, Cyrillic) extracts text from image-only PDFs that Adobe Acrobat Pro ($19.99/mo), Smallpdf Pro ($9/mo), Nitro PDF Pro ($179.99/yr) and ABBYY FineReader ($199/yr) all gate behind their paid tier. Output is ECMA-376 / ISO/IEC 29500:2016 (Office Open XML) compliant, with AI table reconstruction even for borderless tables, real heading styles (H1-H6), preserved fonts and embedded images. Source PDFs read as ISO 32000-2:2020. Hetzner Falkenstein EU hosting (TADPF-aligned), AES-256 at rest, auto-deleted after 1 hour, never used to train AI — fit for FRCP Rule 34 ESI workflows, ESIGN Act 15 USC §7001 records and attorney-client privileged material.
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Frequently asked questions
Is it really free?+
Yes. OCR conversion is free on every page (with a watermark, 0 AI Deep Detect), no credit card required, no email signup for the converter. Start is $8.99/mo for 8 AI Deep Detect/mo and Pro is $26.99/mo for 35 AI Deep Detect/mo plus HIPAA BAA. Adobe Acrobat Pro charges $19.99/mo for the same scope (limited to one user), Nitro PDF Pro $179.99/yr (~$15/mo) without OCR on the free tier, ABBYY FineReader $199/yr one-time-feel but bills annually.
Will scanned PDFs convert correctly?+
Yes — that is the differentiator. iLovePDF, Smallpdf, Adobe Acrobat online and Nitro all return image-only Word files (an image of the page wrapped in a .docx) when you upload a flat scan on their free tier; you have to upgrade to OCR Premium / Acrobat Pro / Smallpdf Pro to extract real text. iFillPDF runs Tesseract 5 LSTM on every scan on the free plan, across 80+ languages with auto-detected script, and reconstructs paragraphs, headings and tables as editable Word objects.
Is the layout preserved?+
Yes for digitally generated PDFs (Word -> PDF -> Word round-trip): fonts, headings, paragraph spacing, multi-column layouts and tables come out as native Office Open XML structures (w:tbl, w:p, w:pStyle). For scans, our AI table-reconstruction model rebuilds borderless and merged-cell tables that Smallpdf and iLovePDF flatten. Output validates as ECMA-376 / ISO/IEC 29500:2016 in Microsoft Word 2016+, Microsoft 365, Google Docs and LibreOffice Writer.
Which languages does OCR support?+
More than 80 languages via Tesseract 5 LSTM with auto-detected script: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish (Latin); Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian (Cyrillic); Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean (CJK); Arabic, Hebrew, Persian (RTL); Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil (Devanagari and Indic). Mixed-language pages are handled — useful for bilingual contracts (English/Spanish) or IRS Form W-9 in Spanish.
Is my data safe for legal and HIPAA workflows?+
Yes. PDFs are processed in Frankfurt and Falkenstein on Hetzner Online (eu-central-1, ISO/IEC 27001-aligned), AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, auto-deleted after 1 hour. Section 7.3 of our Terms explicitly states no AI training on user files (GDPR Art. 5 purpose-limitation). HIPAA BAA available on the Unlimited plan. Adobe (Acrobat online), Nitro and some Smallpdf endpoints reserve broader rights to use uploaded content for product improvement — a problem for FRCP Rule 34 ESI productions, ESIGN Act 15 USC §7001 records, attorney-client privileged material and trade secrets.
How does iFillPDF compare to Adobe, Smallpdf, iLovePDF and Nitro?+
On free OCR for scans: iFillPDF includes Tesseract 80+ languages free, Adobe ($19.99/mo), Smallpdf ($9/mo), iLovePDF ($7/mo) and Nitro ($179.99/yr) all paywall it. On output standard: all four produce valid ECMA-376 .docx; iFillPDF additionally rebuilds borderless tables. On hosting: iFillPDF is GDPR Frankfurt EU (TADPF), the others are US-hosted by default. On AI training opt-out: iFillPDF Section 7.3 is explicit, Adobe and Nitro reserve broader rights. On entry price: iFillPDF $8.99/mo Start, Adobe Acrobat Pro $19.99/mo, Nitro PDF Pro ~$15/mo (yearly only), ABBYY FineReader $199/yr.
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