The complete offline PDF suite. Split, merge, compress, watermark, rotate, encrypt, and export — all running privately inside your browser. Your documents never leave your machine.
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Every PDF operation you actually need — no subscriptions, no feature unlocks, no monthly surprises.
No artificial limits, no monthly gates. Pay once and every tool is yours, completely offline, forever.
Process 500-page contracts, full book manuscripts, or massive technical documents. Pro has zero page restrictions on every single tool.
UnlimitedOpen, view, and process password-protected PDFs locally. The encryption happens in your browser — the password never travels anywhere.
Encrypt ToolReduce bloated PDFs for email or archiving. The compression algorithm runs in a Web Worker — the UI stays responsive even on large files.
Compress ToolRender any PDF page to a full-resolution image. Useful for presentations, thumbnails, social media, or anywhere a PDF won't embed cleanly.
Export ToolAdd text or image watermarks across all pages at once. Set opacity, position, and rotation. The output is a clean PDF — no visible layer artifacts.
Watermark ToolEvery Pro tool runs with the same privacy guarantee as the free version — zero server contact, zero uploads, zero tracking. Your documents stay yours.
PrivacyBuilt on three battle-tested open source libraries — the same engines powering major commercial PDF products.
v1.17.1Handles all PDF write operations — page copying, document creation, watermarking, rotation, and byte output. The gold-standard pure JS PDF library.
v3.11.174Powers visual page thumbnail rendering and the image export tool. Mozilla's canonical PDF renderer — the same engine Firefox uses internally.
v3.10.1Provides in-browser ZIP creation for batch exports. All compression runs in a Web Worker, keeping the UI responsive during large operations.
No React, Vue, or Angular. Hand-crafted HTML + CSS + vanilla JS means near-instant load times and no dependency bloat.
A frank side-by-side. PDFToolbox Pro won't pretend to do things it doesn't.
| Feature | PDFToolbox Free | PDFToolbox Pro | Smallpdf / ILovePDF | Adobe Acrobat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files leave your device | ✓ Never | ✓ Never | ✗ Always | ✗ Cloud sync |
| Works offline | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | Partial |
| Number of tools | 3 | 10 | 20+ | All |
| Page limits | 10 pages | ✓ Unlimited | Freemium | ✓ Unlimited |
| Price | Free | $29 once | $9–18/mo | $23+/mo |
| PDF compression | ✗ | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Watermark / Encrypt | ✗ | ✓ Both | Limited | ✓ Full |
| Export pages to image | ✗ | ✓ PNG + JPEG | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Open source / auditable | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ Closed | ✗ Closed |
| OCR / text extraction | ✗ Not yet | ✗ Not yet | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
PDFToolbox Pro doesn't include OCR yet — that requires heavy engines harder to run without a server. What it does, it does with no privacy compromise and no monthly fee.
Ten offline PDF tools for a single $29 payment. No subscription, no renewal, no monthly bill. Pay once, use forever.
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No subscription. No uploads. No waiting. PDFToolbox Pro runs entirely in your browser — buy once and every tool is yours.