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For PDF tool founders

Submit a tool for review.

Every submission is read by a person before it is listed, and that review costs nothing. There is no fee, no account, and no obligation of any kind. Payment has never been relevant to anything here, because featured placement is not on sale.

Start with the useful part

  • - A free review before anything else
  • - A profile built from your own words, and a link to your site
  • - The version we read, the date we read it, and what we checked
  • - No ranking guarantee, and no payment at any point

How to send it

There is no submission form yet, so it goes by email. Two ways, and the first is easier.

Open a pre-filled email to calum@dialegein.com

The button opens your mail app with every field already laid out. Fill in the gaps, delete anything that does not apply, and send it.

Or copy the block below and use it however you like. If you would rather paste this page into an assistant and have it draft the email for you, that is genuinely fine - we care that the answers are true and that the description is written by you rather than copied from your homepage, not about who typed it. We read the same email either way.

Product name:
Official website (the plain address, not a link copied out of your email app):

What it does, in your own words (a couple of sentences):


Jobs it handles (view / compress / merge / edit / compare / convert / extract / sign / ocr / protect / accessibility):

Pricing (the cheapest way to start paying, and the currency):
Platforms (website, Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, command line, API):

Do files leave the user’s device? If yes, where are they processed?


Anything you claim that we should check (customers, awards, numbers, certifications):
Contact email:

One thing that helps it reach us: send it as plain text from an address at your product's own domain, rather than as a designed marketing email. We do check the junk folder, but we would rather not have to, and a plain email from your own domain is also the easiest kind for a person to read.

A receipt confirms that we received a submission. It is not approval. We may ask questions, correct formatting, decline, pause, or remove a listing.

Please provide

  • -The official website address and product name. Where you can, type the address or paste it whole, rather than copying a link out of your email app: those arrive wrapped in the app redirect, and we would rather send readers straight to you.
  • -A short description that is accurate, specific, and written in your own words.
  • -The jobs it handles, its pricing, the platforms it runs on, and its important limits.
  • -A plain answer to the privacy question below.
  • -A contact email that may be personal or belong to your business, provided that you are allowed to use it for the submission.
  • -Anything you claim about security, customers, results, awards, or numbers, so we can look at the evidence.
  • -Nothing else. In particular, we do not need a logo, a press kit, screenshots, or a media pack.

The one question we will always ask

Do files leave the user's device? It is the single most useful thing a person choosing a PDF tool can know, and almost nobody publishes it. Tell us plainly, and we will record it as your claim until we have checked it ourselves. When that happens the listing says what we checked, on which surface and on what date, rather than calling the product verified - one observation on one workflow is an observation, not a guarantee about every edition of your tool.

If the answer is "they are uploaded to our servers", say so. That is not a disqualification. Guessing wrong in either direction is.

We do not accept

  • -Copied descriptions, fake reviews, false identities, or invented numbers.
  • -Malware, phishing, harmful downloads, deceptive redirects, or pages that ask visitors for secrets without a clear reason.
  • -Products that are unlawful, unsafe, abandoned, broken, empty, temporary, duplicated, or impossible for a visitor to understand.
  • -Content that infringes copyright, trade mark, privacy, publicity, or other rights.
  • -Requests intended to manipulate search results, create artificial links, overwhelm the service, or bypass review.

Before you submit

The useful details.

Can I submit a PDF tool for free?
Yes. Every submission is read by a person before it is listed, and it costs nothing. There is no paid route to a listing, and nothing on this site is for sale.
What information helps people choose?
A clear description in your own words, the jobs your tool handles, pricing, supported platforms, and a plain answer on whether files leave the device. That is the useful context, and it is all we ask for.
What does featured placement mean?
It would give an approved product more visibility in relevant PDF jobs and index surfaces. It is labelled as featured, and the visit link is measured. It is not a ranking or a sales promise, and it is not on sale, so there is nothing to buy and nothing to decline.
Do you check whether a listed site works?
Approved listings can receive regular availability checks. The profile shows the latest status and when it was taken.

The full rules are in the submission guidelines. By submitting, you keep ownership of your content and give us limited permission to display it.