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PDFsam Basic
By Sober Lemur S.a.s. / PDF Sam
Category: pdf-tools
Pricing: open-source-free
Free plan: Available
Free-plan limits: PDFsam Basic is fully free and open-source (AGPL license), with no watermarks and no file-size limit; runs fully offline. Paid sibling products (PDFsam Visual, PDFsam Enhanced) add a visual editor / OCR / digital signatures via one-time purchase or subscription.
Best for: Users who want a free, open-source, offline desktop tool purely for splitting, merging, and rotating PDFs without any cloud upload.
Checked when listed: against the vendor's own page
Automated re-check: 10/4/2026, 8:23:12 PM
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