Compare PDFs
Put two PDFs side by side and see exactly what changed — every added, removed and unchanged line, plus a page overlay that lights up visual differences.
Original PDF
Drag & drop, or click to browse
Revised PDF
Drag & drop, or click to browse
Both files are read and compared entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded to the server.
Text differences
Text is compared line by line. Layout, fonts and images are not part of the text comparison — use the page overlay below for those.
Page overlay
The two pages are blended: identical areas go black, and anything that moved or changed lights up.
Turn the overlay on to stack both versions of a page and see where they differ visually.
About Compare PDFs
Compare PDFs puts two versions of a document side by side and shows exactly what changed. Both files are read in your browser, their text is pulled out line by line, and the two line lists are diffed so every added, removed and unchanged line is marked.
The result can be read side by side or as one inline column, with counts of what was added, removed and left alone at the top. A page overlay blends the two rendered pages onto each other so identical pixels cancel out and only the visual differences light up.
Nothing is uploaded — the reading, the diff and the rendering all happen locally, so a contract or a draft never leaves your machine. The comparison works on selectable text, so scanned, image-only PDFs have nothing to diff until they have been through OCR.
How to use Compare PDFs
- Drop the original PDF into the left slot.
- Drop the revised PDF into the right slot.
- Click “Compare” — both files are read and diffed in your browser.
- Read the differences side by side or inline, using the counts at the top to gauge the scale of the change.
- Switch to the page overlay and pick a page to see visual differences light up.