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PDF Shaper vs PDFsam Basic: catalog facts
PDF Shaper	PDFsam Basic
Free Free download with no subscription.	Freemium PDFsam Basic is free and open source under the AGPL 3.0. PDFsam Enhanced and Visual are…
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux
Works offline with no file uploads Broad set of conversion, page and security tools	Batch split, merge, rotate, extract and alternate-mix operations Completely offline; files never leave the machine
Windows only Not a full PDF text editor	No text editing, form filling or OCR in the free edition JavaFX interface feels unlike a native app on every platform
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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