A Smallpdf alternative without the two-tasks-a-day wall
Smallpdf is polished, but its free tier stops you at two tasks per day and nudges everything else toward Pro — usually at the exact moment you're trying to download your file. FileSnap takes the opposite approach: every tool is free, unlimited, and account-free. Because processing happens in your browser instead of on a server, there are no upload queues, no file size limits, and no privacy trade-off.
- Unlimited tasks — no daily caps, ever
- No account, email, or credit card
- No file size limits (processing is on your device)
- No watermarks on any download
- Edit text, sign, split, merge, organize, compress, convert
- Files never uploaded — private by architecture
Side-by-side comparison
| Feature | FileSnap | Adobe Acrobat Online | Smallpdf | iLovePDF | PDF24 | Sejda |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price for full use | Free, no premium tier | Paid (Acrobat Pro) for most editing | Paid Pro for full use | Free with limits, paid Premium | Free | Free tier with caps, paid for more |
| Account required | Never | Yes, for most tools | For many tools / saving work | For some features | No | No, within free limits |
| Daily task limits | None | Limited free actions | 2 free tasks/day | Task caps on free tier | None | 3 tasks/hour free |
| File size limits | None (runs on your device) | Yes | Yes, on free tier | Yes, on free tier | Generous | 50 MB / 200 pages free |
| Watermarks on downloads | Never | No | No | No | No | No |
| Files uploaded to a server | Never — 100% in your browser | Yes | Yes | Yes | Online tools: yes (desktop app: no) | Yes |
| Edit PDF text | Yes | Paid | Paid | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sign PDFs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Merge / split / organize pages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Compress PDFs & images | Yes | PDF only | PDF only | Yes | Yes | PDF only |
| PDF ↔ image conversion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Where Smallpdf is still ahead
Being honest: Smallpdf Pro offers OCR, desktop and mobile apps, and cloud-storage integrations (Dropbox, Google Drive) that FileSnap doesn't. If you live in those workflows and don't mind the subscription and server-side processing, it's a fine product. If you just need PDF work done free and privately, that's what FileSnap is for.
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Free, unlimited, account-free. Files never leave your device.
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