Alternatives to iLovePDF
Browser PDF toolkit for merging, splitting, compressing and converting. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
iLovePDF
Browser PDF toolkit for merging, splitting, compressing and converting.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as iLovePDF.
Smallpdf
Browser PDF tools for compressing, converting, editing and signing.
Smallpdf offers a similar web toolkit with a Windows app and mobile apps, but caps free use at a couple of documents per day.
PDF24 Tools
Free online PDF tools for merging, compressing, creating, editing and converting PDF files in a browser.
PDF24 Tools is free with no registration, limits or watermarks and a browser extension, but shows advertising and has no mobile apps.
Sejda PDF
PDF editor available both online and as a desktop application.
Sejda PDF adds a desktop version for Windows, macOS and Linux that processes files locally, with free use limited to a few tasks per hour.
DeftPDF
A browser-based collection of more than 40 tools for editing, converting, splitting and signing PDFs.
DeftPDF offers more than 40 tools including translation, OCR and Bates numbering, with Android and iOS apps and free-tier size limits.
Stirling PDF
A self-hosted web PDF toolkit for merging, splitting, converting, signing and editing PDFs on your own server.
Stirling PDF is MIT-licensed open source you self-host, so files never go to a third-party service, but setup requires your own server.
BentoPDF
Browser-based PDF toolkit that edits, merges and converts files locally.
BentoPDF processes files locally in the browser with no signup or file limits, but has no mobile apps and lacks deeper editing features.
iLovePDF Desktop
Desktop version of the iLovePDF toolset for offline batch work.
iLovePDF Desktop moves the same toolset to Windows and macOS with local batch processing, but most tools need a premium subscription.
Soda PDF
PDF editor with matching online and desktop applications.
Soda PDF pairs web and Windows apps under one account with batch conversion and OCR, but very little works without a paid subscription.
Also worth comparing
These listings name iLovePDF as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
CleverPDF
Set of free online and desktop PDF conversion tools.
iLovePDF covers similar conversion tasks with Android and iOS apps and an API, but has no desktop app of its own on its web listing.
PDF Arranger
Drag PDF pages into the order you want, rotate them, crop them, and merge two files together.
iLovePDF handles merging, splitting and other routine tasks in the browser and on mobile, but uploads files to its servers and limits free use.
PDF24 Creator
A free Windows PDF toolbox with a printer driver and dozens of tools for merging, converting, compressing and editing PDFs.
iLovePDF covers routine PDF tasks in the browser and on mobile with an API, but uploads files to its servers and limits free use by size and count.
PDFsam Basic
Splits, merges, rotates and extracts PDF pages entirely offline, in batches rather than one file at a time.
iLovePDF handles merging and splitting in the browser and on mobile, but uploads files to its servers and limits free use by file size and daily tasks.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
CloudConvert
An online file converter for more than 200 document, image, audio, video, archive and CAD formats.
Convertio
A browser-based file converter that handles documents, images, audio, video, ebooks and archives in over 300 formats.
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe's PDF software: the free Acrobat Reader for viewing and commenting, and paid Acrobat plans for editing and conversion.
