PDFsam Basic

PDFsam Basic

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About

PDFsam Enhanced is our commercial solution, a powerful and professional PDF editor to modify, convert, review, sign, fill forms and secure your PDF files. Your PDF files stay private on your computer, no need to upload them to a third-party service. PDFsam Basic is a free and open-source solution for casual users. Split, merge, mix, extract pages and rotate PDF files. PDFsam Enhanced and PDFsam Visual are two commercial solutions for professional users. Edit, sign, convert, fill forms, visually combine, pages reorder and more. Merge, split, extract pages, rotate and mix your PDF files. Available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Free and open-source since 2006. A professional and customizable solution to edit, convert, insert, review, sign and secure your PDF files. Free to view and create PDFs from 300+ file formats. Modify the PDF content without the need to export it or copy to another format.

About

What is WinMerge? WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle. WinMerge is highly useful for determining what has changed between project versions, and then merging changes between versions. WinMerge can be used as an external differencing/merging tool or as a standalone application. In addition, WinMerge has many helpful supporting features that make comparing, synchronising, and merging as easy and useful as possible: General Supports Microsoft Windows XP or newer. Handles Windows, Unix and Mac text file formats. Unicode support. Tabbed interface. File Compare 3-way File Comparison New! Visual differencing and merging of text files. Flexible editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers and word-wrap. Highlights differences inside lines.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

A professional and customizable solution to edit, convert, insert, review, sign and secure PDF files

Audience

Users looking for a free software tool for comparing and merging of text-like files

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free and open source
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 3.4 / 5
ease 3.6 / 5
features 3.0 / 5
design 3.2 / 5
support 2.8 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 4.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Can't think of a better tool for this simple purpose of merging. There's an equally useful looking splitter function that I haven't used for a long time.
  • PDFsam is okay to edit files as long as standards compliance is not a priority. The edit features work fine.
  • It's like any other PDF software on the market. You need to pay a premium for electronic signatures and editing of all things.
  • -Very intuitive interface -It's very quick and easy to split or merge PDFs -No ads on the free version, they don't push for premium
  • Free and open source. Merge PDF files together. Split PDF file or extract pages. Multi platform availability.

Cons

  • Worried it'll convert itself into a subscription based app.
  • It is impossible to print properly. As an example, duplex printing just does not work, and PDFsam manages to mess this somehow by taking control of the print driver even if the printer is hard-set to duplex printing. The only working solution I found is to use a different program to print the pdf after editing it with PDFsam.
  • Buying a license is an absolute nightmare. They claim the license is $19.99 lifetime and as soon as you pay it turns into a subscription of $100 a year, no refunds. They start to add additional services randomly, and charge you, No customer service, I had to get my bank to put a stop payment, I had selected a basic plan and they had tacked on additional plans without my approval.
  • There are honestly no cons for me, PDFSam does what it must. It would be great if the converter tool would also be free, but I understand they have to make money somehow with premium.
  • No editing or conversion feature - available in PDFsam enhanced which is paid.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Free & Open source. Lightweight app. Easy to understand visualization - 3 pane comparisons and more. Highly customizable editor. Supports multiple languages and file formats. Plugin support for enhanced functionality. Available on windows and on linux via Wine.

Cons

  • Doesn't have the feature to generate diff reports. No native app for Linux.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Not Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Sober Lemur
Founded: 2018
Italy
pdfsam.org

Company Information

WinMerge
United States
winmerge.org

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SODA PDF

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DiffMerge

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MobiPDF

MobiPDF

MobiSystems

Categories

PDF Supported
PDF Merge Supported
PDF Readers Supported
PDF Splitters Supported

Categories

PDF Features

Annotations Not Supported
Convert to PDF Not Supported
Digital Signature Not Supported
Encryption Not Supported
Merge / Append Supported
PDF Reader Not Supported
Watermarking Not Supported

Document Version Control Features

Access Controls/Permissions Not Supported
Approval Process Control Not Supported
Archiving & Retention Supported
Audit Trail Not Supported
Commenting / Notes Not Supported
Document Check-in / Check-out Not Supported
For Engineering Documents Not Supported
Revision History Not Supported
Version Comparison Supported
Version Rollback Not Supported

Integrations

No info available.

Integrations

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