Draw & annotate PDF
Freehand ink, shapes and sticky notes.
Draw with a pen tool, add rectangles, ellipses, lines and arrows, or drop text notes. Everything is an overlay you can move or delete until you export.
Runs in your browserAccepts PDFOutput PDF
Open in the editor
Draw & annotate PDF runs inside the DOCAXO editor. Drop a file and it opens with the draw tool selected. Counts as one of your daily files on the Free plan.
Drop a PDF here or
Your file stays in this browser until you run a server tool.
Limits & fidelity
Your file never leaves your device. Rendering and export happen with PDF.js and pdf-lib in the tab.
- Annotations are flattened into page content on export (no PDF annotation objects yet).
Free plan: 3 files a day, 15 pages per document, 15 pages per job. No watermark on any plan. Compare plans.
Questions
- Does Draw & annotate PDF upload my file?
- No. It runs in your browser with PDF.js and pdf-lib. The file only leaves your device if you later run a server tool on it.
- Is there a watermark or a fee?
- No watermark on any plan. The Free plan includes 3 files a day and 15 pages per document; this tool does not use heavy-processing credits. Pro (€6/month) removes the caps.
- What should I know before relying on Draw & annotate PDF?
- Annotations are flattened into page content on export (no PDF annotation objects yet).
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