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Merges, splits, compresses, converts, redacts and signs PDF files, with most tools running in the browser.

Free plan · From $3 onceActively maintained

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PDFLean: data, price, alternatives
At a glancechecked Oct 29, 2026

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For
Students, office staff, freelancers and legal teams who handle PDFs and want files kept on their own device.
Price
Free plan · From $3 oncepricing page, read Oct 27, 2026Trial & discounts: save 30% yearly · 14-day money back
Activity
Actively maintainedsite updated 3 days ago
How it runs
API
Used for
  • Combine several PDFs into a single file
  • Remove personal details from a PDF before sharing
  • Compress a PDF down to a set file size
read off pdflean.com on Oct 27, 2026
Worth knowingcomputed from what we read · each with its source
Pricingpricing page, read Oct 27, 2026

Free plan · From $3 once

Trial & discounts save 30% yearly · 14-day money back

pricing page

Price Watch: every price change in the Atlas, weekly

Your datawhat they publish, each line with its page · read Oct 27, 2026

“Files are never used for ads or AI training.”

security page ↗

These are PDFLean's own statements, read from its pages. We did not audit them. A line that is missing was not found on the pages we read; it does not mean the practice is absent.

How a program reaches itfound, not claimed · read Oct 27, 2026
  • MCP servercom.pdflean/mcpverified in the MCP registry
  • Stateanswers, requires sign-inchecked 2026-10-27
  • Address to connectmcp.pdflean.com/mcp
  • Status pagelinked from the homepagepdflean.com/status ↗

MCP server details →

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Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.

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Questions this page answers
  • What is PDFLean?

    Merges, splits, compresses, converts, redacts and signs PDF files, with most tools running in the browser. It is listed in the Atlas under Documents.

  • Who is PDFLean for?

    Students, office staff, freelancers and legal teams who handle PDFs and want files kept on their own device.

  • How much does PDFLean cost?

    PDFLean has a free plan; paid plans start at $3 once, per its pricing page on 2026-10-27.

  • Is PDFLean free?

    Yes, PDFLean has a free plan, per its pricing page on 2026-10-27.

  • Do people use PDFLean?

    Little sign of use.

  • Is PDFLean still maintained?

    Actively maintained: site updated 3 days ago.

  • Does PDFLean train AI on your data?

    No, per its security page (2026-10-27): “Files are never used for ads or AI training.”

  • Is PDFLean safe?

    We do not audit vendors. What PDFLean publishes, read 2026-10-27: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS, CCPA stated on its DPA; on training with your data, “Files are never used for ads or AI training.”.

  • How do I cancel PDFLean?

    In its own words (terms of service, 2026-10-27): “You may cancel at any moment through your account management portal; benefits persist uninterrupted until the conclusion of your prepaid period.”

  • Does PDFLean give refunds?

    In its own words (terms of service, 2026-10-27): “Refunds are returned to the original payment method.”

  • What are alternatives to PDFLean?

    In Documents, by use: Foxit PDF Services (MCP), Cleanor Research Labs, Pdf, PursTech, FreeToolSuite.

How we read a tool

No votes, no reviews, no vendor claims. Every week a crawler reads each tool's own site and a few public registries, and the words on the card are bands over what it read.

  • Use: visits to the site (estimated), installs from npm and PyPI, presence in Chrome's usage report.
  • Activity: the newest release on GitHub, npm or PyPI; the newest dated page on the site; open roles on a public jobs board.
  • Price: the vendor's own pricing page, read with the date. A figure is printed only when it is on that page.
  • The line and the use cases are written by us from the homepage, one tool at a time, and refused when they repeat the vendor's marketing.

How AI assistants read each site — the reading vendors ask us about — is on each tool's own visibility page.

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