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Stirling PDF vs BentoPDF: catalog facts
Stirling PDF	BentoPDF
Freemium Free plan is $0/month with no card required (60+ tools, web/desktop/self-hosted, 500…	Free Free to use.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Web
55+ PDF tools covering signing, converting, merging, editing, OCR and redaction, chained in a stateful workspace with… Runs on Docker, bare metal, Kubernetes or as native desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux	Processes documents locally instead of uploading them to a server No signup or file limits required to use it
Open-core: SSO, external database, Google Drive integration, SAML and audit logs are gated behind paid Team or… Manual server setup needs Java 25+ plus LibreOffice and Tesseract for conversions and OCR	Some supporting resources still need an internet connection to load As a browser tool, it lacks the deeper editing features of dedicated desktop PDF software
Self-hosted, Downloadable app, Web application, Hosted service	Web application
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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