PDFEncrypt Alternatives

PDFEncrypt is described as 'Free, open-source Windows application that encrypts any PDF file using industry-standard encryption algorithms' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to PDFEncrypt for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best PDFEncrypt alternative is PDFsam, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PDFEncrypt are pdftl, PDFtk, PDF Unshare and QPDF.

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  1. PDFsam icon
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    Free and open source desktop application to split, merge, extract pages, rotate and mix PDF files.

    146 PDFsam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • PDFsam is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to PDFEncrypt.

    • PDFsam is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PDFEncrypt.

    • PDFsam is Freemium and Open SourcePDFEncrypt is Free and Open Source
    • PDFsam is LightweightPDFEncrypt is not according to our users
  2. pdftl icon
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    pdftl: A modern Python-based successor to pdftk. A CLI tool for PDF manipulation, merging, and geometry (crop/chop) powered by pikepdf and qpdf.

    12 pdftl alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. PDFtk icon
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    PDFtk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. It comes in three flavors: PDFtk Free, PDFtk Pro, and our original command-line tool PDFtk Server.

    46 PDFtk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • PDFtk is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to PDFEncrypt.

    • PDFtk is Freemium and Open SourcePDFEncrypt is Free and Open Source
  4. PDF Unshare is a free PDF content protection utility that creates unshared PDF and UPDF formats to protect your PDF files from sharing, printing, editing, copying or unauthorized accessing. This creative document protection tool also allows you to set an expiry date for the...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
    • PDF Unshare is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to PDFEncrypt.

    • PDF Unshare is Free Personal and ProprietaryPDFEncrypt is Free and Open Source
  5. QPDF icon
     15 likes

    It could have been called something like pdf-to-pdf. It also provides many useful capabilities to developers of PDF-producing software or for people who just want to look at the innards of a PDF file to learn more about how they work.

    25 QPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. ttdsoft PDF Copy Protection for Android is a solution program / software tool to prevent all your pdf files from unauthorized copy and distribution. Once protected (encrypted) using this software ,encrypted (protected) pdf(s) files can be played from many medias such as SD Card .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
     
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    PyPDF2 - A utility to read and write pdfs with Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Batch PDF Encryptor is a handy but powerful software tool designed to encrypt and restrict multiple PDF files in bulk by adding open passwords, setting printing restrictions, and prohibiting text copying to PDFs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Wonderfulshare PDF Protect Pro is an intuitive software solution designed to help you easily secure and encrypt your PDF files. You can protect your PDF files from unauthorized access after you have set owner-password and / or user-password.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Wonderfulshare PDF Protect Pro is the most popular commercial alternative to PDFEncrypt.

    • Wonderfulshare PDF Protect Pro is Paid and ProprietaryPDFEncrypt is Free and Open Source
  10. Secret PDF is capable of preventing unauthorized distribution and protect the PDF document from editing, copying, printing and converting. Keep your PDF in safe situation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. PDFs Split & Merge is a lightweight application for your Mac. It helps you Split, Merge and Unlock PDF files within seconds and it's all offline. We respect your privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    en-crypt, de-crypt, si-gn, ve-rify - smime, pdf, xades and plain files in pure python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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