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How you can verify it
With iLovePDF, Smallpdf, or Adobe online, your file goes to a remote server. With PDF Scene, it stays on your machine.
Rendering and editing run in your browser (pdf.js for display, pdf-lib for export). Once the app is loaded (including OCR assets), you can turn off Wi-Fi. Merge, annotations, OCR, and editing keep working. The final file is built locally, then downloaded to your device (Free watermark, or no watermark with Pro).
A test you can run yourself
- Open your browser developer tools (Network tab).
- Import a PDF and work on it.
- Confirm no request sends your document content to a third-party server.
This is not a marketing promise. It is observable behavior.
Sensitive documents stay with you
Contracts, financials, medical files, HR paperwork. Documents you do not want passing through a third-party cloud. Processing a PDF locally reduces data exposure and supports a GDPR-conscious approach, with no account and no remote storage of your files.
Zero upload. Instant work.
No upload wait, no server queue, no re-download. You open the file and work. On a slow connection, or offline once the app is loaded, the editor stays usable.
A real editor, and not just a converter
Reorder pages, merge PDFs, annotate, place a visual signature. And above all, make existing text editable (detection + OCR), free and unlimited. Export (PDF, images, Office, and more) is free with a Free watermark; Pro removes it.
In action
Built for people who cannot upload just anywhere
Lawyer
A client file or deed should not land on a server whose location and retention you do not control. With PDF Scene you annotate and merge on the workstation. Export stays local (Free watermark, or no watermark with Pro).
Accountant
Balance sheets, filings, and supporting docs concentrate financial and personal data. Working locally avoids a cloud transfer on every correction or dossier assembly.
HR
Contracts, amendments, and payslips move constantly. An editor that stores nothing server-side reduces exposure during review loops and visual signature (paraph) placement.
Support an independent tool. Local, no account
100% local, no account. Free exports with a watermark. €2.99 = 1 clean export. Pro (€5.99/month or €49/year) = unlimited without watermark.
Edit with no account, files stay local. Free = watermark. €2.99 = 1 clean export. Pro = unlimited without watermark.
| Free | Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | €0 | €5.99/month or €49/year incl. VAT |
| Import / merge / annotations | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| OCR / editable text | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Signatures & library | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Pages per document | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| AI assistant | — | Included |
| Export PDF / PNG / JPG / TXT | Watermark | Unlimited without watermark |
| Export Word / Excel / PowerPoint | Watermark | Unlimited without watermark |
| ZIP / print / send | Watermark | Unlimited without watermark |
| Copy page (clipboard) | Watermark | Unlimited without watermark |
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Frequently asked questions
Where do my files go?
Nowhere outside your browser. PDF Scene does not send them to a server for processing. When you export, the file is built locally and downloaded to your device (Free watermark, or no watermark with Pro).
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app is loaded (service worker + OCR assets included), you can work without a connection. Editing, annotations, merging, and OCR stay on-device. A connection is needed for the first load and for Pro billing.
On mobile?
Yes. The UI adapts (panels on desktop, drawers and a floating toolbar on mobile). The goal is the same editing comfort as on a PC, without uploading your PDFs.
Why pay when others are free?
Classic “free” tools upload your PDFs. Here: 100% local, no account. You only pay to remove the watermark (€2.99 once, or unlimited Pro).
Can I export for free?
Yes, with no account. Free adds “Edited with PDFScene.com”. €2.99 removes the watermark for one export. Pro removes it with no limit.
Do I need an account to edit?
No. “Open a PDF” launches the tool with no signup. Pro payment goes through Polar. Free editing does not require an account.
Which editing features are available?
Page reorder and merge, rotation, blank pages, editing existing text (detection + OCR, unlimited), add text, shapes, highlight, draw, images, visual signature / paraph, unlimited undo/redo. The AI assistant (Pro) drives the canvas in natural language. Export is free with a Free watermark; Pro removes it.
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