PressleafA Save as PDF (PDFCrowd) alternative that also works on pages behind a login
Short answer: if you want a free “Save as PDF” button for Chrome that works without an account and on pages behind a login, use Pressleaf. It makes the PDF with Chrome’s own print engine on your computer — no online conversion service — and it is free with no daily limit and no watermark.
How the two work
| Pressleaf | Save as PDF by PDFCrowd | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the PDF is made | In your browser, by Chrome’s print engine | PDFCrowd’s online HTML to PDF service |
| Pages behind a login | Yes — it prints the page you see (how) | Not supported, per its store listing |
| Account needed | No | See PDFCrowd’s site for current plans |
| Clean-up | Article only, whole page, or AI chat; click to remove parts | See listing |
| Price | Free and unlimited; Pro $19 once for extras | Free tier and paid plans (see PDFCrowd) |
Switching takes a minute
- Install Pressleaf from the Chrome Web Store and pin it from the puzzle-piece menu.
- Open the page and click the Pressleaf icon (or press Alt+Shift+P).
- Choose Article, Whole page or Chat, then Save as PDF. In Chrome’s print window, pick Save as PDF — Chrome remembers it.
What you get with Pressleaf
- Menus, ads, cookie banners and sticky headers removed; lazy-loaded images loaded first.
- Text you can select and search; math, code and non-Latin scripts kept.
- Full ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini conversations, not just the visible part.
- Dark pages printed in light colors; paper size, margins and text size options.
- Click-to-remove for anything you don’t want, and Markdown export.
Questions
Do I need an account or an online service to save a page as PDF?
Not with Pressleaf. The Save as PDF extension by PDFCrowd is, per its store listing, powered by the PDFCrowd HTML to PDF online service. Pressleaf makes the PDF inside your own browser, so there is no account and no daily limit.
Can I save a page that needs a login as PDF?
PDFCrowd’s listing says it is not possible to create PDFs from pages that require a login. Pressleaf prints the page you are looking at inside your own browser, so pages behind a login and company intranets work — see how to save a page behind a login as PDF.
Is the PDF text selectable?
Yes. Pressleaf uses Chrome’s own print engine, so text in the PDF can be selected, copied and searched.
Does Pressleaf work on ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini?
Yes. It recognises those conversations and saves every turn into a clean PDF, with code blocks and math kept.
Free: unlimited PDFs, no watermark, no account. Pro: $19 once or $9 / year.
Coming soon to the Chrome Web StorePDFCrowd and Save as PDF are names of their owner. Pressleaf is not affiliated with PDFCrowd. Facts about PDFCrowd come from its Chrome Web Store listing and website on 2026-10-06.