Every PDF tool you actually use — running 100% on your machine.
Agencies pay per-seat and per-client fees that scale with their success. Self-hosted, pay-once tools replace per-seat pricing with a flat cost that margins actually survive.
The tool this job usually means renting is SmallPDF, at $12–15/mo — roughly $144 a year, every year. PDFsmith does the job for a one-time $29 — running locally on your own machine.
Drag-drop any number of PDFs, reorder them in the list, combine into one file.
For agencies, merge PDFs pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $29, not metered per month.
Extract any page ranges (1-2 | 3 | 4-6) into separate new PDFs.
For agencies, split PDF pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $29, not metered per month.
90° / 180° / 270°, all pages or a specific range, batched across files.
For agencies, rotate pages pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $29, not metered per month.
One-time $29. You get the signed Windows installer — no account with us, no subscription to remember to cancel.
Run the installer. No Node, no terminal, no setup. The app opens straight to the tools.
Merge, split, rotate, watermark or convert — everything happens on your machine, instantly, offline.
PDFsmith is $29, once. SmallPDF at $12–15/mo — roughly $144 a year, every year. Two and a half months of SmallPDF pays for PDFsmith outright. Everything after that is money you keep.
Two and a half months of SmallPDF pays for PDFsmith outright. Everything after that is money you keep. PDFsmith costs $29 once; SmallPDF charges $12–15/mo — about $144 a year. For agencies, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.
Yes. The full source code is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/pdf-toolkit-mvp and always will be. Buying gets you the signed Windows installer, 1-click setup and updates — pure convenience, zero lock-in.
No. All processing runs locally with pdf-lib, a pure-JavaScript library. The app makes no network calls at all — you can run it with Wi-Fi off.