What's the catch with the free tier?

There is no catch. The free tier is limited to 3 PDFs per month because PDF generation runs on our servers and costs real infrastructure. You get the same quality, templates, and extraction as paid users — just fewer PDFs. No watermarks, no ads in your documents, no feature gating.

Free Chrome Extension to Save Webpages as PDF

The problem

Why you need a PDF extension

Chrome's built-in "Save as PDF" was never designed to create readable documents. Here are the problems you've been putting up with.

Ads and banners pollute every page

Banner ads, sticky pop-ups, and sponsored content blocks all get baked into your PDF. You wanted the article, not a billboard.

Menus, sidebars, and footers included

The navigation bar, sidebar widgets, comment section, and cookie banner all end up in the file. Half the PDF is content you never wanted.

Browser stamps on every page

Chrome automatically adds the page URL, date, and document title as headers and footers. They look unprofessional and are surprisingly hard to remove.

Layouts break and images vanish

Responsive designs collapse, lazy-loaded images disappear, tables overflow the margins, and code blocks get chopped off. The PDF looks nothing like the page.

How it works

How Pretty PDF works

Three steps. Under a minute. Professional results every time.

1

Install the free extension

Add Pretty PDF Printer to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store. It takes seconds and works on Edge, Brave, and all Chromium browsers too. No account required to start.

2

Choose your settings

Navigate to any webpage and click the Pretty PDF icon. Pick a template (Clean, Minimal, Corporate, Academic, or Dark Mode), select your page size, and choose a capture mode — article, full page, or selection.

3

Download your PDF

Click Generate. Our server-side engine extracts the content, removes the clutter, applies your template, and delivers a clean PDF in seconds. Done.

Features

Key features of our free PDF Chrome extension

Pretty PDF is the best free Chrome extension for saving webpages as PDF. Here's why.

One-click PDF generation

No print dialog gymnastics. Click the toolbar icon, hit Generate, and your PDF is ready. The entire process takes under ten seconds for most pages.

Smart content extraction

Our engine analyzes the page structure, identifies the main content, and strips away ads, navigation, sidebars, cookie banners, and comment sections. Only the content you actually want makes it into the PDF.

5 professional templates

Clean for articles, Minimal for notes, Corporate for business reports, Academic for research papers, Dark Mode for code-heavy pages. All available on the free tier.

3 capture modes

Article mode extracts the main content automatically. Full page captures the entire document. Selection mode converts only the text you've highlighted — perfect for grabbing a specific section.

8+ platform-specific parsers

Custom extraction logic for Notion, GitHub, Medium, Stack Overflow, Dev.to, Substack, Reddit, and Confluence. Each parser understands the site's structure for pixel-perfect results.

Cloud PDF library

Save PDFs to a searchable cloud library with folders, tags, and full-text search. Find any document by content in seconds. Available on Pro+ plans.

Free tier

What the free tier includes

Pretty PDF's free tier is not a crippled trial. It gives you the same quality output as paid users with a monthly generation limit. Here's everything you get at no cost.

3 PDFs per month — your count resets on the first of each month, no rollover tricks
All 5 professional templates — Clean, Minimal, Corporate, Academic, and Dark Mode, with embedded fonts and proper typography
All 3 capture modes — article extraction, full page, and text selection
Full ad and clutter removal — the same smart extraction engine used by paid plans, not a watered-down version
Site-specific extraction for 8+ platforms — Notion, GitHub, Medium, Stack Overflow, Dev.to, Substack, Reddit, and Confluence all get custom parsing
No account required to start — install the extension and generate your first PDF immediately, no sign-up form in the way
No watermarks — your PDFs are completely clean, no "generated by" branding stamped on them
No ads in the extension — the popup is simple and focused, no upsell banners cluttering the interface

The free tier is designed for anyone who occasionally needs to save a webpage as a clean PDF. If you need more than 3 per month, paid plans pick up where free leaves off.

Pricing

Upgrade when you need more

The free tier covers casual use. When your workflow demands more PDFs, custom branding, or API access, two affordable plans scale with you.

Pro — $5/month — 50 PDFs per month, custom templates with your branding, branded headers and footers, reusable print profiles. Perfect for professionals who regularly save research, reports, or reference material.
Pro+ — $12/month — Unlimited PDF generation, 25 GB cloud library with full-text search, developer API access (200 requests/month). Built for power users, researchers, and teams who need PDFs at scale.

Both plans include everything in the free tier plus their additional features. No long-term contracts. Cancel anytime. See full pricing details.

Compatibility

Works everywhere, even better on these

Pretty PDF converts any webpage into a clean PDF. These eight platforms get dedicated parsers that understand each site's unique structure for the best possible output.

Notion GitHub Medium Stack Overflow Dev.to Substack Reddit Confluence

Comparison

Pretty PDF free tier vs browser Ctrl+P

Even on the free tier, Pretty PDF produces dramatically better PDFs than the browser's built-in print function.

Feature	Browser Ctrl+P	Pretty PDF (Free)
Ad removal	No — ads included	Automatic
Navigation & sidebar removal	No — everything included	Automatic
Professional templates	None	5 included
Embedded fonts & typography	System defaults	Fraunces + Instrument Sans
URL/date stamps on pages	Added automatically	Not added
Site-specific extraction	None	8+ platforms
Selection capture mode	Not available	Highlight & convert
Code block formatting	Often broken	Monospace, styled

Frequently asked questions

Yes, completely free. The free tier gives you 3 PDFs per month with access to all 5 professional templates, all 3 capture modes, and full smart content extraction. No credit card required, no trial period. You can use the free tier indefinitely — it never expires and never degrades.

No. You can install the extension and start generating PDFs immediately without creating an account. An optional free account lets you track your usage and access your generation history. Paid plans require an account for billing purposes, but you can try the extension first without any commitment.

There is no catch. The free tier is limited to 3 PDFs per month because PDF generation runs on our servers and costs real infrastructure — rendering engines, content extraction algorithms, embedded font licensing, and custom parsers for 8+ platforms. You get the same quality, templates, and extraction as paid users, just fewer PDFs. No watermarks, no ads in your documents, no feature gating.

Yes. Pretty PDF Printer is a Manifest V3 Chrome extension that works on all Chromium-based browsers, including Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, and Arc. Install it from the Chrome Web Store — it's compatible with any browser that supports Chrome extensions. Firefox is not currently supported.

The free tier includes 3 PDFs per month. Your count resets on the first of each month. If you need more, the Pro plan at $5/month gives you 50 PDFs per month, and Pro+ at $12/month gives you unlimited PDF generation plus cloud storage and API access.