PDFgear is a free desktop app and online toolkit for editing, merging, splitting, compressing and converting PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint or JPG.
Shared requirement: Merge, Split or Compress PDF · Convert PDF
Only the tasks below are shared; other capabilities do not follow from this match.
Same platform: Desktop → Desktop
Recorded facts for this choice
Documented on one side only
- No account needed: PDF Candy Not verified → PDFgear Yes
- Batch processing: PDF Candy Not verified → PDFgear Yes
Confirmed on both sides with the same value: Free output · Works offline.
Neither side has verified data for these fields, so equality cannot be inferred. No watermark.
Requires desktop installation. Check the official page for current quotas and output conditions.
Go to pdfgear.comSejda offers PDF tools for merging, splitting, compressing, editing and converting to Word, Excel or JPG in the browser or a desktop app.
Shared requirement: Merge, Split or Compress PDF · Convert PDF
Only the tasks below are shared; other capabilities do not follow from this match.
Same platform: Desktop → Desktop
Recorded facts for this choice
Documented on one side only
- Works offline: PDF Candy Yes → Sejda Not verified
Confirmed on both sides with the same value: Free output.
Neither side has verified data for these fields, so equality cannot be inferred. No account needed · No watermark · Batch processing.
Requires desktop installation. Check the official page for current quotas and output conditions.
Go to sejda.comXodo, a PDF toolset from Apryse, runs in the browser and as a desktop editor called PDF Studio for Windows, macOS and Linux. The web tools cover merging, splitting, compressing, editing and converting PDFs, including PDF to Word and OCR, while the desktop editor works fully offline. Free use on the web is limited to one action a day, and the full tools need a paid plan or a short trial that asks for a payment method.
Shared requirement: Merge, Split or Compress PDF · Convert PDF
Only the tasks below are shared; other capabilities do not follow from this match.
Same platform: Desktop → Desktop
Recorded facts for this choice
Confirmed differences
- Free output: PDF Candy Yes → Xodo No
Documented on one side only
- Batch processing: PDF Candy Not verified → Xodo Yes
Confirmed on both sides with the same value: Works offline.
Neither side has verified data for these fields, so equality cannot be inferred. No account needed · No watermark.
Requires desktop installation. Check the official page for current quotas and output conditions.
Go to xodo.comPDFsam Basic is a free, open-source desktop app for merging, splitting, extracting, rotating and mixing the pages of PDF files on your own computer.
Shared requirement: Merge, Split or Compress PDF
Only the tasks below are shared; other capabilities do not follow from this match.
Tasks listed only for PDF Candy: Convert PDF
Same platform: Desktop → Desktop
Recorded facts for this choice
Documented on one side only
- No watermark: PDF Candy Not verified → PDFsam Basic Yes
Confirmed on both sides with the same value: Free output · Works offline.
Neither side has verified data for these fields, so equality cannot be inferred. No account needed · Batch processing.
Requires desktop installation.
Go to pdfsam.orgStirling PDF is an open-source PDF platform with dozens of tools such as merge, split, compress, sign, redact, convert and OCR, available as a desktop app or on your own server.
Shared requirement: Merge, Split or Compress PDF
Only the tasks below are shared; other capabilities do not follow from this match.
Tasks listed only for PDF Candy: Convert PDF
Same platform: Desktop → Desktop
Recorded facts for this choice
Documented on one side only
- No account needed: PDF Candy Not verified → Stirling PDF Yes
- Works offline: PDF Candy Yes → Stirling PDF Not verified
Confirmed on both sides with the same value: Free output.
Neither side has verified data for these fields, so equality cannot be inferred. No watermark · Batch processing.
Requires desktop installation. Check each tool’s plan separately; one feature’s allowance does not cover another.
Go to stirling.comLibreOffice is the free, open-source office suite of The Document Foundation for Windows, macOS and Linux. Its help documents exporting Writer and Draw files to PDF with page range, encryption and PDF version options, also from the command line. Use it to save your own documents as PDF; to turn an existing PDF into Word or Excel, look at PDF-focused converters instead.
Shared requirement: Convert PDF
Only the tasks below are shared; other capabilities do not follow from this match.
Tasks listed only for PDF Candy: Merge, Split or Compress PDF
Same platform: Desktop → Desktop
Recorded facts for this choice
Documented on one side only
- Works offline: PDF Candy Yes → LibreOffice Not verified
Confirmed on both sides with the same value: Free output.
Neither side has verified data for these fields, so equality cannot be inferred. No account needed · No watermark · Batch processing.
Requires desktop installation.
Go to libreoffice.org