Best alternatives to BentoPDF in 2026

Most free online PDF tools work by uploading your file to someone else's server, which is a real problem if that PDF has a contract, an ID scan, or anything else you don't want sitting on a stranger's cloud storage. BentoPDF does the processing on your own device instead — the file never actually leaves your computer. BentoPDF is a browser-based PDF toolkit offering 50+ tools — merge, split, compress, convert to and from formats like JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, and SVG, OCR text recognition, encryption/decryption, watermarking, redaction, and annotation — all running client-side with no server upload, tracking cookies, or analytics. It's also open-source and offers an optional $49 lifetime desktop app for people who prefer a native application over the browser version.