PDF Candy processes files on its servers and keeps them there for up to two hours, and its paid plans list no hourly limits, a larger file size per task and skipping the queue as upgrades. A browser-based PDF toolkit does the everyday jobs on your own device, so there is no hourly limit and nothing is uploaded.
Free online PDF compressor. Re-save a PDF to trim its file size in your browser and see the before and after numbers. Private, nothing uploaded.
Open Compress PDF → Free toolFree online PDF merger. Combine several PDF files into one document, drag the files to reorder them, then download the merged PDF. Nothing uploaded.
Open Merge PDF → Free toolFree online PDF splitter. Pull out a page range from a PDF into a new smaller document and download it, all done privately in your browser.
Open Split PDF →PDF Candy is a large online PDF toolkit, and its own site says it keeps your files on its servers for no longer than two hours, while its paid plans list "No hourly limits", an increased file size per task and "High priority processing (No queue)" as upgrades. In other words, the free tier is uploaded and metered by the hour and can sit in a queue. Client-side tools compress, merge and split PDFs inside your browser, so there is no upload, no hourly cap and no queue.
The local route is the safer default for confidential files and is genuinely unlimited, with no hourly count and no waiting. PDF Candy offers many advanced and AI features that run as a service; for the everyday tasks of compressing, merging and splitting a PDF, the free browser tools cover them with no account and no upload.
No. The tools run locally with no hourly cap and no queue.
No. Compressing, merging and splitting all run in your browser, so the document never leaves your device.
No. Every tool works immediately with no sign-up.