Is Grackle's PDF tool free?

We could not find published pricing for Grackle PDF; review sites list it as contact-for-pricing. Grackle Workspace, the Google Docs add-on, is offered free by some universities to their users.

Should we keep authoring in Google Docs?

If your documents start in Google Docs, checking them there before exporting to PDF is the cheapest way to get accessible PDFs. Remediation tools are for PDFs that already exist.

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GrackleDocs alternatives for PDF accessibility

Short answer: Grackle's tools are best known for checking Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, and its PDF product and remediation services are priced by quote. If you mainly need to fix existing PDFs, alternatives include self-service remediation with published per-page prices (PDFAccessly: $0.45 to $0.78 per page, 5 free pages a month), Adobe Acrobat Pro, free checkers such as PAC and veraPDF, and manual services from about $4 per page.

What Grackle offers

Grackle (GrackleDocs) makes accessibility tools centered on Google Workspace: checking and fixing Google Docs, Sheets and Slides so the PDFs you export from them are accessible. It also has a PDF product and offers remediation services. We could not find a published price list for the PDF product; review sites list it as pricing on request.

Alternatives by need

Your situation	Option
Documents are written in Google Docs	Keep a Google Docs checker in the authoring workflow; it prevents problems before export
You already have hundreds of PDFs	Self-service remediation with published prices, such as PDFAccessly ($0.45 to $0.78/page)
You need full manual control	Adobe Acrobat Pro
You only need to check, not fix	PAC (Windows) or veraPDF, both free
Forms or legally sensitive documents	Manual remediation services, from about $4/page for simple documents

The honest limits of self-service remediation

Automated remediation works best on text documents and clean scans. It does not yet fix fillable form fields, it does not change colors for contrast, and designed newsletters need a human check of headings and reading order. Our free check tells you which category a file falls in before you spend anything.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Grackle's PDF tool free?: We could not find published pricing for Grackle PDF; review sites list it as contact-for-pricing. Grackle Workspace, the Google Docs add-on, is offered free by some universities to their users.
Should we keep authoring in Google Docs?: If your documents start in Google Docs, checking them there before exporting to PDF is the cheapest way to get accessible PDFs. Remediation tools are for PDFs that already exist.