Compare software

PDFsam Basic vs PDF Tricks: catalog facts
PDFsam Basic	PDF Tricks
Freemium PDFsam Basic is free and open source under the AGPL 3.0. PDFsam Enhanced and Visual are…	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Batch split, merge, rotate, extract and alternate-mix operations Completely offline; files never leave the machine	Compress PDFs at several resolution levels Split by page ranges and merge multiple files
No text editing, form filling or OCR in the free edition JavaFX interface feels unlike a native app on every platform	Linux only Limited to a few basic operations, no page editing or annotation
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

Catalog facts only. Anything “not stated” is unconfirmed. Check full listings for details.