Is sharing available on every plan?

Sharing is available on any plan that includes PDFSub Cloud Storage. Individual or Small Team includes 5 GB; Professional Team includes 20 GB; Enterprise Team includes 50 GB. The 7-day free trial includes sharing.

Can I limit how many times the link can be viewed?

Today, expiry is time-based rather than view-count-based. If you need a single-use link, share with a 1-hour expiry and revoke as soon as the recipient confirms receipt.

Share PDFs

Generate secure, shareable links for any PDF in your PDFSub Cloud Storage. Set an expiration window, watch view counts in real time, see who opened the file last, and revoke access in one click - all without emailing attachments or worrying about lost files.

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Features

Generate a unique, unguessable share URL for any saved PDF

Pick an expiry: 1 hour, 1 day, 7 days, 30 days, or never

Live view counter - see how many times the link has been opened

See the timestamp and date of the last view at a glance

Revoke access instantly - the link returns a 410 Gone response

Share signed contracts to collect a counter-signature without email

No attachments - your file stays in PDFSub Cloud, links travel light

Recipients don't need a PDFSub account to view

Works with any tool's output: bank statement Excel, signed PDFs, redacted docs

How It Looks

Your PDF

Secure Share Link

Built for sharing without losing control

Every share link is a leash, not a download. You see who opened it, when, and you can cut access the moment a deal changes - whether you’re a freelancer sending a signed contract or a finance team distributing quarterly statements.

How It Works

Save a PDF to your PDFSub Cloud Storage (or pick one already saved)

Click the Share icon and choose how long the link should live

Copy the secure link and send it however you like - email, Slack, SMS

Watch views roll in from your dashboard, and revoke any time

Common Use Cases

Send a signed contract to the other party for their counter-signature

Share a converted bank statement Excel with your accountant

Send a tax return PDF to your CPA without crossing email size limits

Distribute a quote or proposal and see when prospects opened it

Share a redacted PDF for review without exposing the original file

Hand off a deliverable to a client and track engagement

Ship a secure copy of an HR document to a candidate

Frequently Asked Questions

Do recipients need a PDFSub account?

No. Anyone with the link can view the document - no login required. The link itself is the credential, so only people you give it to can open the file.

Is the share link guessable?

No. Each link uses a cryptographically random token long enough that brute-forcing is computationally infeasible. We never expose your file's stored ID in the URL.

What happens when a link expires?

Expired and revoked links return an HTTP 410 Gone response with a friendly 'this link is no longer available' page. The underlying file in your storage is untouched.

Can I revoke a link after I've shared it?

Yes. From your dashboard, find the active share and click Revoke. The next request to that link is rejected immediately, even if recipients have it copied somewhere.

Will I see who viewed the document?

You see the total view count, the timestamp of the last view, and how recently it was opened. We don't expose recipient identity unless you sent the link through a channel that already identifies them - we don't fingerprint or de-anonymize visitors.

Can I share a signed PDF for the other party to counter-sign?

Yes. After you e-sign a contract in PDFSub, save the signed PDF to your storage and create a share link. The other party views and downloads, signs in their own tool, and sends back - all without an email attachment.

Does the file leave my PDFSub Cloud Storage?

No. The share link points to your stored file; deleting the file deletes any active shares for it (cascade). The link is just a permission to read - the bytes always live in your storage account.