Alternatives to PDF Arranger

Drag PDF pages into the order you want, rotate them, crop them, and merge two files together. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as PDF Arranger.

  • PDFsam Basic

    Splits, merges, rotates and extracts PDF pages entirely offline, in batches rather than one file at a time.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    PDFsam Basic adds macOS and batch split, merge, rotate and extract across many files, with a JavaFX interface and slower startup than PDF Arranger.

  • PDF24 Creator

    A free Windows PDF toolbox with a printer driver and dozens of tools for merging, converting, compressing and editing PDFs.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    PDF24 Creator is free Windows freeware that adds merging, splitting, compression, OCR and a virtual PDF printer, but it is closed source and has no Linux version.

  • Stirling PDF

    A self-hosted web PDF toolkit for merging, splitting, converting, signing and editing PDFs on your own server.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    Stirling PDF is a self-hosted MIT-licensed browser toolkit with 55+ tools including page operations, OCR and editing, but it needs server setup or its desktop apps.

  • BentoPDF

    Browser-based PDF toolkit that edits, merges and converts files locally.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    BentoPDF is a free browser toolkit that edits, merges and converts files locally with no signup, replacing a desktop app with a web tool.

  • Sejda PDF

    PDF editor available both online and as a desktop application.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxWeb

    Sejda PDF offers online and desktop editing including macOS, with local desktop processing, but it is closed source and limits free use to a few tasks per hour.

  • iLovePDF

    Browser PDF toolkit for merging, splitting, compressing and converting.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    iLovePDF handles merging, splitting and other routine tasks in the browser and on mobile, but uploads files to its servers and limits free use.

  • PDF Mix Tool

    A lightweight open-source Linux app for merging, splitting, rotating and rearranging PDF pages.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    PDF Mix Tool is a GPL Linux app for merging, splitting and rotating that also creates N-up layouts and booklets, with few dependencies.

  • qpdf

    Command-line tool for content-preserving PDF transformations.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    qpdf is an Apache-2.0 command-line tool for lossless page selection and merging, suited to scripts but without any graphical interface.

Also worth comparing

These listings name PDF Arranger as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • krop

    Simple graphical tool for cropping PDF pages and splitting them into subpages for e-readers.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinux

    PDF Arranger crops, rotates and reorders pages with thumbnails on Windows and Linux, but it does not split pages into subpages for e-readers.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.