Compare Documents
Compare two versions of a contract, a CV or a letter (PDF, Word or text) and see every word added or removed, with a redline you can download.
What it does
Compare Documents changes which pages a PDF contains, or how they sit, and leaves everything else alone. The page content is copied rather than re-encoded, so nothing is recompressed and no quality is lost between the file you drop in and the one you download.
When you need it
Typically when a document carries pages that should not be shared — an internal cover sheet, a duplicated scan, an appendix meant for someone else — or when a scanner produced pages sideways or out of order.
Limits and caveats
Your original file is never modified: you always download a new copy. Encrypted PDFs have to be unlocked before they can be edited, and a scan is still a scan afterwards — the pages move, the text inside them stays an image. Everything happens in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
How to compare documents
- Drop or choose your PDF file.
- KIVO processes it instantly — no waiting for uploads.
- Download the result. That's it.
Frequently asked questions
- Does it compare the layout too?
- No, the text: a word moved to another line is not a change, a word that changed is.
- My PDF is a scan.
- Then it has no text to compare yet. Run it through Searchable PDF (OCR) first.
- Do my files get uploaded?
- No. This tool runs entirely in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.