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PDFsam Basic vs PDF Arranger: catalog facts
PDFsam Basic	PDF Arranger
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	Windows, Linux
Batch split, merge, rotate, extract and alternate-mix operations Completely offline; files never leave the machine	Page thumbnails you drag, rotate, crop and delete directly Merges and interleaves two documents, ideal for one-sided scans
No text editing, form filling or OCR in the free edition JavaFX interface feels unlike a native app on every platform	Page operations only; no text or image editing No official macOS build
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
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 September 21, 2026

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