iLovePDF, side by side. Including the parts they win.
Same jobs — merge, split, compress, sign. The difference is where the document is processed. This page puts both next to each other and names the rows iLovePDF wins, because a comparison that hides them is not worth reading.
- Where the file is processediLovePDF:Uploaded to their servers, processed there, downloaded backHere:Read and written inside your browser tab. No upload.
- Can they read your documentiLovePDF:Technically yes, while it sits on their diskHere:No copy exists to read
- Account requirediLovePDF:Yes for most toolsHere:No for the free actions
- Works with the network offiLovePDF:NoHere:Yes, once the page has loaded
- Free tieriLovePDF:A daily task allowanceHere:3 actions a month
- PriceiLovePDF:Around $4–6 a month, depending on termHere:$12 a month, $79 a year
- Day pass, no subscriptioniLovePDF:Not offeredHere:$4 for 24 hours, no subscription
- Batch ceilingiLovePDF:Varies by tool; large jobs pushed to premiumHere:100 files or 200 MB
- Number of toolsiLovePDF:Roughly thirtyHere:Fifteen
- LanguagesiLovePDF:More than twentyHere:Eleven
- Roughly twice the number of tools, including conversions this site does not do
- Twice the languages, so a team spread across markets is covered in one place
- Mobile apps, which matter if the documents arrive on a phone
- A daily free allowance that is far more generous than a monthly one
- Very large files, because a server has more memory than a browser tab
If you need thirty tools or a mobile app, iLovePDF is the right answer and this page is not going to pretend otherwise. If the document is someone else's — a client, a patient, a tenant — the upload is the part that costs you, and there is no setting in iLovePDF that turns it off.
What SignSwift actually does
All of it on the $15 pass
- OpenMerge PDF
Combine several PDFs into one, in the order you choose.
- OpenSplit PDF
Pull a page range out of a PDF and save it as its own file.
- OpenOrganize PDF
Reorder pages and delete the ones you do not need, then save a clean copy.
- OpenRotate PDF
Turn all pages, or only the sideways ones, by 90, 180 or 270 degrees.
- OpenCrop PDF
Trim the edges of a scan, with a live preview of page one before you save.
- OpenCompress PDF
Shrink a scanned PDF by redrawing each page at a lower resolution.
- OpenRedact PDF
Black out text so the characters are gone from the file, not just hidden.
- OpenPage numbers
Add “1 of 12”-style page numbers as real text, in the corner you pick.
- OpenWatermark PDF
Stamp a word across every page as real text — sharp at any zoom, tiny in bytes.
- OpenJPG to PDF
Bind photos or screenshots into a single PDF, one image per page.
- OpenPDF to JPG
Render pages as JPEGs at screen or print resolution, one file per page.
- OpenPDF to Markdown
Rebuild the text layer as Markdown, with headings guessed from font size.
- OpenOCR a PDF
Pull the words out of a scanned PDF, with the engine running in your tab.
- OpenFill a PDF form
Type into the fields a fillable PDF already has, then save it flat or editable.
Competitor prices and free limits above were checked in October 2026 and are not controlled by us. If a number is out of date, it moved — not the argument.