PDFsam Basic Alternatives

PDFsam Basic is described as 'Free and open-source desktop application for splitting and merging PDF files. It runs entirely on your own computer, so your files are never uploaded anywhere and it works fully offline' and is a very popular PDF Editor in the file management category. There are more than 100 alternatives to PDFsam Basic for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best PDFsam Basic alternative is PDF Arranger, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PDFsam Basic are PDF-XChange Editor, Stirling PDF, PDF24 Creator and Adobe Acrobat DC.

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  1. Nitro PDF  icon
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    Nitro offers comprehensive PDF solutions for editing, creating, and converting, alongside OCR and e-signature tools. Supports Mac, Windows, and iOS, providing a user-friendly interface with industry-standard security features. Ideal as an Adobe Acrobat alternative.

    184 Nitro PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  2. Provides editing of text, images, and objects in PDFs, annotation options, OCR for scanned files, conversion to multiple formats, form filling and signing, page management, merging and splitting, cloud integration, camera to PDF functionality, and sharing tools.

    150 Wondershare PDFelement alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. PDF-Shuffler icon
     35 likes

    Merge, split, rotate, crop and rearrange pdf documents and their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. LightPDF icon
     23 likes

    Cloud PDF toolkit provides over 20 tools for editing, conversion, OCR, merge, split, annotation, batch processing, and signatures, with free online access, cross-platform usability, no watermarks, no size limits, and options for mobile and desktop integration.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  5. PDFill icon
     39 likes

    With PDFill you can create, fill, delete and submit PDF form fields; insert new formatted text, check, image, hyperlink, whiteout, highlight, drawing, comment and annotation anywhere in the document; save, print or email the filled and password-protected PDF; save and resume...

    176 PDFill alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. PDF Candy icon
     10 likes

    PDF Candy is an online PDF toolset of 47 services for successful processing of PDF files. The service is free for single-file operations and does not require an account. A desktop application is also offered,

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  7. PDFtk icon
     19 likes

    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.

    52 PDFtk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. PDF4QT icon
     12 likes

    Open-source PDF viewer and editor using Qt framework, featuring hardware-accelerated rendering, encryption, multithreading, text-to-speech, annotation tools, form filling, high-res monitor support, document compression, audio book conversion, and signature validation.

    122 PDF4QT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  9. SwifDoo icon
     1 like

    Looking for methods to edit, merge,split,convert,rotate,annotate and other related manipulate on PDF? SwifDoo PDF will match your needs and handle most of your PDF-related jobs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. PDF Architect icon
     2 likes

    PDF Architect is a PDF Editor with free functions like rotate, delete and move pages and even more like editing text, PDF to Word, 256 Bit AES Encryption and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. jPdf Tweak icon
     15 likes

    jPDF Tweak is a Swiss Army Knife GUI application for PDF documents: combine, split, rotate, reorder (n-up, booklet), watermark, edit bookmarks/fileinfo/pagetransition, compress, encrypt, decrypt, sign, repair, edit attachments and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. PDF Shaper icon
     9 likes

    PDF Shaper makes it easy to tailor the content of PDF files. Users can split PDF files into smaller PDFs, extract or delete individual pages, and encrypt and decrypt files. It's just as simple to merge multiple PDF files into a larger file.

    52 PDF Shaper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Very clear and simple user interface, and a whole bunch of tools available in free version, and even more in the paid one.

    • PDF Shaper is Freemium and ProprietaryPDFsam Basic is Free and Open Source
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