Free alternative
A free Sejda alternative
A set of 30+ online PDF tools to edit, merge, split, compress, convert, sign and OCR PDFs, with Sejda Desktop apps for Mac, Windows and Linux. Anyfile is a free alternative for many of the same jobs: it opens, edits and converts files in your browser, and nothing is uploaded.
Sejda and Anyfile, side by side
| Sejda | Anyfile | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan: $0, described as “forever free to use”. Paid web plans, shown in US dollars for one user: Web Week Pass $5 for 7 days (one-time payment), Web Monthly $7.50 a month, and Desktop+Web Annual $63 a year, which includes a year of Sejda Desktop. Paid plans list unlimited documents with no page or hourly limits and uploads up to 500 MB per file. Tax is calculated at the next step, and team plans have volume discounts. Source | Free, funded by optional donations |
| Free version | Yes. The pricing page lists a free plan with no signup required and limited usage and features: page and hourly limits, limited file uploads and tool-specific limits. Source | Everything is free |
| Free limits | On the PDF editor page, and on most other tool pages: documents up to 200 pages or 50 MB, and 3 tasks per hour. Some tools show their own figures; for example Compress allows 100 MB, PDF to Word 50 pages and OCR 10 pages. Source | No daily limits; size limits per kind of file (for example 100 MB pictures, 300 MB PDFs) |
| Are files uploaded? | Yes for Sejda Web: you upload documents and they are processed on Sejda’s servers. Sejda Desktop, which you install on your computer, processes documents locally, without uploading them to Sejda’s servers. Source | No: files are opened and converted in your browser |
| How long files are kept | Sejda’s tool pages say files are automatically deleted after 2 hours. Source | Never stored: nothing is uploaded |
| Account needed | Not for the free web tools: the pricing page says free use needs no signup. A paid plan is bought with an account (the checkout asks for account details). Source | No |
| Ads | Not stated on their pages | None |
| Platforms | Web, plus Sejda PDF Desktop for Mac (Intel and Apple silicon), Windows 64-bit (installer and portable) and Linux (.deb and .rpm), with an installation guide for Chromebook. The free desktop version has daily limits, including 3 tasks per day and documents up to 50 MB and 200 pages. Source | Any current browser on a computer, tablet or phone; installable as an app |
| Formats | PDF to Word, Excel (or CSV), PowerPoint and text, and PDF pages to JPG, PNG or TIFF images. To PDF from Word (.docx), HTML pages or files, and images. Source | 202 file extensions in 17 editors, with 639 one-click conversions |
Facts about Sejda come from its own pages, checked on 2026-10-22. Prices and limits change, so follow each source for today’s.
When Sejda is the better choice
Sejda is the better choice if you need to edit existing text in a PDF, OCR scans, create fillable forms, add Bates numbers or chain tasks into workflows, or want a desktop app for Mac, Windows or Linux. Anyfile suits quick PDF jobs where the file should stay on your device.