Reviews of PDF Mage

By: PDF Mage Add-on

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Total ratings

3.31 (Rating count: 314)

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Review summary

Reviews are mixed: many users praise PDF Mage for turning web pages into text-based PDFs quickly and with useful metadata stamps, and for preserving dynamic content via local rendering, making it handy for archiving or offline reading. However, several recurring issues appear: inconsistent site compatibility, occasional UI failures, printing/editing problems, variable output quality, and a perceived push toward the Pro version.

Pros

Produces text-based PDFs (not just bitmap images).
Automatically stamps address, date, and time on the PDF.
Fast and straightforward: saves pages to PDF in seconds.
Preserves dynamic content by rendering locally, so dynamic elements are included.
Useful for archiving or offline reading, e.g., saving copies of webpages and articles.

Cons

Inconsistent site compatibility; not all sites/pages export correctly.
UI issues: sometimes the extension does nothing or fails to prompt where to save.
Printing and editability problems: PDFs cannot always be printed or edited.
Output quality/readability problems: PDFs can be of poor quality or hard to read (e.g., color/background issues).
Free version seems limited or pushes users toward the Pro version.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.60

All time rating average: 3.31

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32% (54)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-04-16	Fi*****	Генерирует на стороне сервера. Конфиденциальности нету.
Генерирует на стороне сервера. Конфиденциальности нету.
2026-04-12	Fi*****

2026-01-08	St*****	It works but very poorly, skip it.
It works but very poorly, skip it.
2026-01-06	Wi*****

2025-09-15	De*****	I live in a country, where they cut your internet and send later the bill. Means I am in need to read later at offline home, what I copied in online office. I just tried this "pdf mage" and it works WONDERFULLY! The page opens, I click the tiny icon above, a "please wait" comes for five secs and it is done. I save it and have my evening news. Totally happy and hope it will go on like this elsewhere as well. I am on Linux Mint - Firefox. Thanks!
I live in a country, where they cut your internet and send later the bill. Means I am in need to read later at offline home, what I copied in online office. I just tried this "pdf mage" and it works WONDERFULLY! The page opens, I click the tiny icon above, a "please wait" comes for five secs and it is done. I save it and have my evening news. Totally happy and hope it will go on like this elsewhere as well. I am on Linux Mint - Firefox. Thanks!
2025-09-02	Be*****	I'm not sure about confidentiality. The rendering isn't working.
I'm not sure about confidentiality. The rendering isn't working.
2025-07-08	Fi*****

2025-05-06	Ma*****

2025-04-15	Qo*****	I've used this program one and off for years. I'm a paralegal and often need to save copies of webpages, which sometimes print in funny ways or don't grab all the information I want. PDF Mage fixes that problem, plus automatically stamps the address, and date and time.
I've used this program one and off for years. I'm a paralegal and often need to save copies of webpages, which sometimes print in funny ways or don't grab all the information I want. PDF Mage fixes that problem, plus automatically stamps the address, and date and time.
2025-04-09	Ro*****	Good extension, actually produces text PDF (not just bitmaps) and can limit HMTL to export. It seems to use the local render, so also dynamic content is exported as expected. I only used the free version.
Good extension, actually produces text PDF (not just bitmaps) and can limit HMTL to export. It seems to use the local render, so also dynamic content is exported as expected. I only used the free version.