If Sejda Desktop is already local, why use AltFTool?

You may not need to. Sejda Desktop is a genuinely good local option. AltFTool suits the case where you do not want to install anything — the tools open in a tab and there is no download step.

Does AltFTool limit tasks per hour?

No. Sejda's three-per-hour cap exists to ration server capacity; we do not run the job, your browser does, so nothing needs rationing.

Can AltFTool split a PDF by bookmarks or by text?

No — our splitter works on page ranges. Split-by-text and split-by-bookmarks are Sejda features with no equivalent here.

A free Sejda alternative that runs in your browser

The common PDF operations without Sejda's three-tasks-per-hour ceiling or its 50-page free cap on merging — but with a much narrower feature set than Sejda offers.

No upload — files are processed in this tab

Try it now: PDF Page Reorder

Easily rearrange, reorder, or delete pages from your PDF documents.

This is the real tool, not a demo. Open PDF Page Reorder on its own page.

AltFTool vs Sejda

Sejda is the most honest company in this category: every tool page states the free cap up front, Sejda Desktop does the work locally with no upload, and a US$5 week pass exists so you are not pushed into a subscription for one heavy job. The only place we clearly differ is the free web tier — three tasks per hour and 50 pages per merge is a real wall when you are working through a stack of documents. Sejda's feature depth, though, is not something we match, and the list below is not padding.

AltFTool compared with Sejda. Figures in the Sejda column are transcribed from their own pricing, help and privacy pages.
Comparison point	AltFTool	Sejda
Where the work happens	In your browser. Files are never uploaded to us.	Sejda Web uploads to their servers, deleted after 2 hours. Sejda Desktop is fully local.
Account required	No — every tool opens and runs without signing in.	No signup required on the free tier.
Free tier ceiling	—	3 tasks per hour, one file per task; 50 pages / 50 MB on Merge, 200 pages / 100 MB on Compress.
Paid plans	None. There is no paid tier and no per-file metering.	US$5 week pass, US$7.50/month, or US$63/year with Desktop.
Ads	Yes — ads are what keep the tools free.	No ads; the free tier is limited by the hourly task cap.
Desktop / mobile apps	No. Web only — no desktop or mobile app.	Yes — Sejda Desktop, which processes locally.
API & automation	No public API. Tools are interactive pages, not endpoints.	Yes — an API, plus a command-line console for batch work.

Sejda's free tier, in their own words

3 tasks per hour on the free tier
Free users are limited to a single file per task, so no batch processing
Merge PDF states verbatim: "Free service for documents up to 50 pages or 50 MB and 3 tasks per hour"
Page and size caps vary by tool — Compress PDF advertises free service for documents up to 200 pages or 100 MB, while Merge caps at 50 pages or 50 MB
Free tier requires no signup
Paid plans lift the free caps to unlimited documents with no page or hourly limits, uploads up to 500 MB per file, OCR up to 100 pages, and up to 21 minutes of processing time per task
Sejda Web uploads documents and processes them on Sejda servers; files are automatically deleted after 2 hours

Paid pricing: Web Week Pass US$5 for 7 days (one-time); Web Monthly US$7.50/month; Desktop+Web Annual US$63/year

Checked on 2026-07-25 against www.sejda.com/pricing, www.sejda.com/upgrade, www.sejda.com/merge-pdf, www.sejda.com/compress-pdf. Vendors change their plans — if something here is out of date, trust Sejda's own page over ours.

What Sejda does better

Plenty of people should keep paying for Sejda, and these are the reasons why.

Sejda Desktop performs the same jobs entirely on your own computer with no upload, and Sejda says so plainly on every tool page rather than burying it — an unusually honest privacy option from a company whose web product does upload.
The feature depth is remarkable for a small team: split by text, by bookmarks or by size, Bates numbering, deskew, N-up, flatten form fields, edit metadata, auto-generated tables of contents and filename footers. These are niche needs most competitors simply do not cover.
The in-browser PDF text editor is genuinely capable, editing existing document text rather than just stamping annotations on top.
No signup is required even on the free tier, and the US$5 one-week pass is a fair, honest way to pay for a single heavy job without being pushed into a subscription.

And what AltFTool does not do

No PDF text editing. Sejda edits words inside an existing document; we can annotate on top of a page but not rewrite its text.
None of Sejda's specialist features: Bates numbering, split by text or bookmarks, deskew, N-up, flattening form fields, auto tables of contents.
No OCR, and no 21-minute server processing budget — a job that would take a server twenty minutes is not a job for a browser tab.

Visit Sejda

Where each Sejda job goes here

Left: what you clicked on Sejda. Right: the tool that does the same job here.

Organize / reorder pagesPDF Page Reorder
Merge PDFPDF Merger Tool
Split PDFPDF Split Tool
Compress PDFPDF Compressor
WatermarkPDF Watermark
Annotate PDFPDF Annotation Tool
Unlock PDFPDF Password Remover

The tools that cover Sejda work

Questions people actually ask

If Sejda Desktop is already local, why use AltFTool?: You may not need to. Sejda Desktop is a genuinely good local option. AltFTool suits the case where you do not want to install anything — the tools open in a tab and there is no download step.
Does AltFTool limit tasks per hour?: No. Sejda's three-per-hour cap exists to ration server capacity; we do not run the job, your browser does, so nothing needs rationing.
Can AltFTool split a PDF by bookmarks or by text?: No — our splitter works on page ranges. Split-by-text and split-by-bookmarks are Sejda features with no equivalent here.

Keep exploring

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A free Sejda alternative that runs in your browser

The common PDF operations without Sejda's three-tasks-per-hour ceiling or its 50-page free cap on merging — but with a much narrower feature set than Sejda offers.

No upload — files are processed in this tab

Try it now: PDF Page Reorder

Easily rearrange, reorder, or delete pages from your PDF documents.

This is the real tool, not a demo. Open PDF Page Reorder on its own page.

AltFTool vs Sejda

AltFTool compared with Sejda. Figures in the Sejda column are transcribed from their own pricing, help and privacy pages.
Comparison point	AltFTool	Sejda
Where the work happens	In your browser. Files are never uploaded to us.	Sejda Web uploads to their servers, deleted after 2 hours. Sejda Desktop is fully local.
Account required	No — every tool opens and runs without signing in.	No signup required on the free tier.
Free tier ceiling	—	3 tasks per hour, one file per task; 50 pages / 50 MB on Merge, 200 pages / 100 MB on Compress.
Paid plans	None. There is no paid tier and no per-file metering.	US$5 week pass, US$7.50/month, or US$63/year with Desktop.
Ads	Yes — ads are what keep the tools free.	No ads; the free tier is limited by the hourly task cap.
Desktop / mobile apps	No. Web only — no desktop or mobile app.	Yes — Sejda Desktop, which processes locally.
API & automation	No public API. Tools are interactive pages, not endpoints.	Yes — an API, plus a command-line console for batch work.

Sejda's free tier, in their own words

3 tasks per hour on the free tier
Free users are limited to a single file per task, so no batch processing
Merge PDF states verbatim: "Free service for documents up to 50 pages or 50 MB and 3 tasks per hour"
Page and size caps vary by tool — Compress PDF advertises free service for documents up to 200 pages or 100 MB, while Merge caps at 50 pages or 50 MB
Free tier requires no signup
Paid plans lift the free caps to unlimited documents with no page or hourly limits, uploads up to 500 MB per file, OCR up to 100 pages, and up to 21 minutes of processing time per task
Sejda Web uploads documents and processes them on Sejda servers; files are automatically deleted after 2 hours

Paid pricing: Web Week Pass US$5 for 7 days (one-time); Web Monthly US$7.50/month; Desktop+Web Annual US$63/year

What Sejda does better

Plenty of people should keep paying for Sejda, and these are the reasons why.

Sejda Desktop performs the same jobs entirely on your own computer with no upload, and Sejda says so plainly on every tool page rather than burying it — an unusually honest privacy option from a company whose web product does upload.
The feature depth is remarkable for a small team: split by text, by bookmarks or by size, Bates numbering, deskew, N-up, flatten form fields, edit metadata, auto-generated tables of contents and filename footers. These are niche needs most competitors simply do not cover.
The in-browser PDF text editor is genuinely capable, editing existing document text rather than just stamping annotations on top.
No signup is required even on the free tier, and the US$5 one-week pass is a fair, honest way to pay for a single heavy job without being pushed into a subscription.

And what AltFTool does not do

No PDF text editing. Sejda edits words inside an existing document; we can annotate on top of a page but not rewrite its text.
None of Sejda's specialist features: Bates numbering, split by text or bookmarks, deskew, N-up, flattening form fields, auto tables of contents.
No OCR, and no 21-minute server processing budget — a job that would take a server twenty minutes is not a job for a browser tab.

Visit Sejda

Where each Sejda job goes here

Left: what you clicked on Sejda. Right: the tool that does the same job here.

Organize / reorder pagesPDF Page Reorder
Merge PDFPDF Merger Tool
Split PDFPDF Split Tool
Compress PDFPDF Compressor
WatermarkPDF Watermark
Annotate PDFPDF Annotation Tool
Unlock PDFPDF Password Remover

The tools that cover Sejda work

Questions people actually ask

If Sejda Desktop is already local, why use AltFTool?: You may not need to. Sejda Desktop is a genuinely good local option. AltFTool suits the case where you do not want to install anything — the tools open in a tab and there is no download step.
Does AltFTool limit tasks per hour?: No. Sejda's three-per-hour cap exists to ration server capacity; we do not run the job, your browser does, so nothing needs rationing.
Can AltFTool split a PDF by bookmarks or by text?: No — our splitter works on page ranges. Split-by-text and split-by-bookmarks are Sejda features with no equivalent here.

Keep exploring

Try it now: PDF Page Reorder

AltFTool vs Sejda

Sejda's free tier, in their own words

What Sejda does better

And what AltFTool does not do

Where each Sejda job goes here

The tools that cover Sejda work

Questions people actually ask

Related guides and tools

Try it now: PDF Page Reorder

AltFTool vs Sejda

Sejda's free tier, in their own words

What Sejda does better

And what AltFTool does not do

Where each Sejda job goes here

The tools that cover Sejda work

Questions people actually ask

Related guides and tools