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The same everyday PDF jobs — merge, split, compress, convert — running inside your own browser tab, with no upload, no task counter and no account.
No upload — files are processed in this tab
Merge multiple PDF files quickly into a single document.
This is the real tool, not a demo. Open PDF Merger Tool on its own page.
iLovePDF is a hosted service: your file travels to their servers, gets processed there, and is deleted within two hours. That is a reasonable design, and it is why they can OCR a 4 GB scanned archive. AltFTool made the opposite trade. Our PDF tools are JavaScript and WebAssembly that your browser downloads and runs locally, so the document never leaves your machine — and there is nothing to meter, because we are not paying for the compute. The cost of that trade is real, and it is listed further down this page.
| Comparison point | AltFTool | iLovePDF |
|---|---|---|
| Where the work happens | File tools (PDF, image, converters) run in your browser and the file is not uploaded. Tools that need live data or a model — AI tools, language checkers, lookups — send your input to an API, and say so on their own page. | Uploaded to iLovePDF servers, deleted within two hours. |
| Account required | No — every tool opens and runs without signing in. | Not required for the free tier. |
| Free tier ceiling | — | 25 files per merge, 1 file per split/OCR, 2 per compress; 100–200 MB per task, 15 MB for Office conversions. |
| Paid plans | None. There is no paid tier and no per-file metering. | Premium from ₹283/month billed annually (₹3,400/year). |
| Ads | Yes — ads are what keep the tools free. | Yes — an ad-free experience is a Premium feature. |
| Desktop / mobile apps | No. Web only — no desktop or mobile app. | Yes — desktop and mobile apps, on paid plans. |
| API & automation | No public API. Tools are interactive pages, not endpoints. | Yes — a documented REST API, plus chained Workflows. |
Paid pricing: ₹3,400/year (displayed as ₹283/month billed annually); ₹500/month on monthly billing — NOTE: prices rendered in INR because the pricing page is geo-localized; the USD price was NOT verified today
Checked on 2026-07-25 against the following sources, each opening in a new tab: www.ilovepdf.com/pricing, www.ilovepdf.com/help/privacy, www.ilovepdf.com/help/faq. Vendors change their plans — if something here is out of date, trust iLovePDF's own page over ours.
Plenty of people should keep paying for iLovePDF, and these are the reasons why.
Left: what you clicked on iLovePDF. Right: the tool that does the same job here.
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AltFTool. (2026, July 25). A free iLovePDF alternative that runs in your browser. https://www.altftool.com/alternatives/ilovepdfMLA
"A free iLovePDF alternative that runs in your browser." AltFTool, 25 July 2026, www.altftool.com/alternatives/ilovepdf.BibTeX
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author = {{AltFTool}},
title = {{A free iLovePDF alternative that runs in your browser}},
year = {2026},
month = {jul},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.altftool.com/alternatives/ilovepdf}},
note = {Vendor pages checked 2026-07-25. Source: iLovePDF: \url{https://www.ilovepdf.com/pricing}.}
}Free-tier limits and prices are transcribed from the vendor's own pages on the date shown and are never converted between currencies, so quote that date alongside any figure you take from here. Vendors change their plans: if something here is out of date, trust iLovePDF's own page over ours. The vendor links are plain links - no affiliate tracking, no referral IDs, no paid placement.