Soda PDF Online runs in the cloud from your web browser, and its own footnote says size and daily usage limitations may apply. A browser-based PDF toolkit merges, compresses and splits PDFs on your own device, so nothing is uploaded and there is no daily cap.
Free 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 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 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 →Soda PDF offers an online platform used from your web browser, and its own site notes that size and daily usage limitations may apply to the online tools, within a broader paid product. That means your document is processed by the service and the free use is metered. Client-side tools do the everyday jobs, merging, compressing and splitting PDFs, entirely in your browser, so there is no upload, no daily cap and nothing stored.
The local route is the safer default for confidential files and is unlimited, with no daily usage cap. Soda PDF also offers a full desktop application and advanced features like OCR that genuinely need heavier software; for combining, shrinking and splitting a PDF, the free browser tools cover those tasks with no account and no upload.
No. The tools run locally with no daily cap.
No. Merging, compressing and splitting all run in your browser, so the document never leaves your device.
No. Every tool works immediately with no sign-up.