Adobe Acrobat
4 free alternatives to Adobe Acrobat, built out of spite. Each does the job for $0. Pettiest first.
Pagjoro
Acrobat Pro wants $19.99 a month to staple two PDFs together. Pagjoro merges, signs and redacts on your own PC for the price of a download.
“Many people pay a monthly fee just to merge two PDFs or sign a form.”
FreePDF Editor
Acrobat wants $14.99 a month to fix one typo. FreePDF Editor fixes it in your browser and never asks for a card.
“Most online PDF editors demand a subscription after one or two edits.”
S-PDF
Adobe wants $14.99 a month to merge two PDFs. S-PDF runs on your own box and merges them for the cost of electricity.
“A fast, self-hosted, open-source alternative to Adobe Acrobat / iLovePDF. Merge, split, convert, watermark, compress and visually edit PDFs from a clean, modern web UI - no subscriptions, no watermarked exports, no uploads to a third party.”
PDF Libre
Adobe charges $14.99 a month to fix three words in a PDF. PDF Libre does it from your phone for free and deletes the file on the way out.
“Every PDF editor online makes you pay or sign up to change three words of text.”
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