PDF Guru Reviews

Summary: Complete scam. You sign up for a trial and then they scam you and keep charging you. Do not trust or use.

Positive: Nothing – they charge you for things that you didn't agree to, and obfuscate that they are doing this and try to hide behind this. No answers to repeated emails. Scammers.

Negative: They initiate recurring payment which you do not agree to.

Summary: Beware of this deceitful, cunning scam, trickery at its finest, get a once off file converted for $1.99, months later you find out the crooks have been stealing money from you bank account monthly $50USD for absolutely nothing in return, then they have the hide to tell you you missed the fine print, and that you actually signed up for a monthly subscription to be stolen from your bank account at their will, and to top it of PayPal says it's fine, you're on your own buddy, nothing to see here, absolute brazen theft by these slimey crooks and PayPal to boot.

Positive: Nothing to like about this thievery. They've developed a cunning plan to extract a lot of money from trial users without their knowledge. It's criminal.

Negative: Their deception in order to steal money from unaware victims.

Summary: Terrible thieves.

Positive: Nothing.

Negative: Any company who enrolls you into a subscription without your consent is a scam specially if you are paying for the services …just because I go to a restaurant once this restaurant doesn’t enroll me into their minimum charge every month

Summary: I'd rather not!!! I have absolutely nothing good to say about this company. Wish I had read these reviews before donating to them.

Positive: Service was great for the one page I converted but it wasn't worth $52. I would never trust this company again.

Negative: I didn't mind paying for the trial period of $1.99 but they don't operate like other sites. They CONVENIENTLY add "fine print" hoping no one reads it. After being charged a non-refundable $49.99, I tried to cancel so they charged AGAIN for $.99 For every person scammed, they make $52 then send an email telling you "sorry"! They make a lot of money off of this scam.

Summary: I was scammed by this company as so many others. I had a one time need to translate a PDF form. Tried PDF Guru, and before showing me the result of the translation, I was asked to pay 1 Euro for a 7-day trial. Big letters about what I was opting in for, and only after the scam occurred to me did I go back and discovered how they have hidden the monthly subscription of 50 Euros per months in the footer text with nearly invisible font (grey and small, inside the typical terms and conditions that they know nobody reads!). Of course, nothing like a confirmation by email or anything else that would induce me to cancel within the 7 day window...

I contacted customer service within minutes of my card getting charged, and of course there's no refund. So clearly, this business is based in tricking people like me to click and pay for a one time need, and secretly lure them into a crazy subscription that no sane private person would accept.

Perhaps with mentioning: The translation I needed completely failed!

Positive: Nothing!
I used the service for a form translation, and I was asked to pay 1 Euro for a 7 day trial. Which I figured was ok, so I was dumb enough to do it. The result was piss poor, the "translated" version of my PDF was identical to the original form! No translation.

Negative: THIS IS A SCAM! They make you sign up for a 7 day trial, and in invisible font in the footer, it is hidden that they will charge you 50 Euros per month per the end of the trial. Once you sing up, there is no confirmation per email or other receipt that makes it clear they are scamming you. Stay away from this company! There are other options that don't screw you over.

Summary: I cancelled on the app the repeat payment but did not know that unless i physically go into paypal it won't be accepted, so they took 49.99 GBP from me and refused to refund. I hope they won't con others into these stupid scams

Positive: Nothing.

Negative: PDF Guru offered a 7 day trial which i took with the caveat that i would cancel if I would not use it any more. WITHOUT any notice they just rolled me into a year sub and took money through paypal without any notification.

Summary: They stole over 250 US from my account by signing me up to a subscription I never agreed to, even though I used PayPal they refused to refund.

Positive: Nothing about this service and company is positive. They are a SCAM company hiding behind their DF conversion service.

Negative: PDF Guru are Guru’s of taking monthly subscriptions from your account when you make a one off purchase. They are an unscrupulous company. There are many other services. DON’T USE this one.

Summary: Be cautious with this service — I made a one-time payment of €0.99 for a single document conversion, and a week later they charged me €49 for a subscription I never agreed to. When I contacted their automated customer support, I was told they do not issue refunds. This is completely unacceptable and feels like a total scam.

Positive: N/A

Negative: An absolute scam.

Summary: Terrible - the subscription model is confusing and the charge per month? For the service? Outrageous.

Positive: It did a simple change I needed, and that's about it.

Negative: Used it for one document but did not see that after 99 cents, they start automatically charging 50 USD (74 CAD) a month. Wow. Great business model. AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Summary: I want a say this is a company that steals your money very easy. I need to convert a pdf urgently, I found this and it was less than $1 to convert. So I purchased this but what you dont know is that you are buying a subscription that they charge a week or so later $49.99 and once you request the refund they say is non returnable. They make thousands of dollars every day by charging customers something they dont even know they have.

Positive: They respond the emails, and they have a nice way to say NO! I dont have more pros for them.........

Negative: They dont care about you! They care about making free money by NOT OFFERING anything without providing a refund

Summary: The file size remained the same and yet they charged me 29 dollars.

Positive: None.

Negative: I sent a pdf to compress it and it just does not work at all.

Summary: They steal from me...Be careful with what they are publishing on their website...In addition of the charges I was not even able to use the electronic signature I was looking for

Positive: Nothing...their website was confusing an deceiving and they charged me more than they should...Be careful

Negative: Website offer a value for 7 days for $1.49 and after 9 days registered, found a charge for 72 CDN$ for monthly maintenance(?)...they charged my credit card by a deceiving website...Be careful

Summary: Never recommend.

Positive: N/A.

Negative: I have cancelled my subscription with them already but didn’t understand why they have charged me $75. Moreover these guys don’t reply to the emails as well.

Summary: I’m sharing this experience not just as a personal lesson but also to warn my 2.7 million Instagram followers and the public to be cautious when dealing with companies like PDF Guru.

Positive: N/A

Negative: How PDF Guru Scammed Me
While browsing PDF Guru’s website, I came across an offer that stated their service could be used for a one-time payment of $0.99. I decided to try it out. However, a week later—without any prior notice, email, or my authorization—they charged $49.99 to the same card I used for the $0.99 payment.

I immediately contacted their support team, and they claimed to have processed a $49.99 refund, instructing me to wait 14 business days (23 calendar days) for the amount to reflect in my account. I found this unreasonable, considering they withdrew the money in an instant, but refunding it supposedly takes weeks.

After the 14 business days passed, the refund still hadn’t appeared. Despite their repeated claims that the money had already been sent, my bank confirmed that no such transaction was received.

Summary: WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST >> This is a deliberate business practice. Sending a reminder email costs nothing. They choose not to because surprise charges are profitable. I'm not disputing that I signed up for a trial. I'm disputing the lack of basic customer courtesy that every legitimate subscription service provides. Netflix reminds you. Adobe reminds you. Even my local gym sends a text.

If you do sign up, set a calendar reminder yourself—because they won't, and you'll be out $49

Positive: No pros if they rob you.

Negative: I signed up for DPF Guru's free trial. What I didn't expect: being charged $49 without any notification that my trial was ending or that a charge was coming. No email warning. No "your trial ends in 3 days" reminder. Just a surprise charge.

When I contacted customer service within 24 hours, they refused a refund, citing their "non-refundable" policy.