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	Stirling PDF Self-hosted PDF power tools.	iLovePDF Every PDF tool in one place.
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Pricing	Free	Freemium
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Category	Self-Hosted	Productivity
Key features	50+ PDF operations OCR and conversion pipelines Runs in one Docker container	Merge, split, and compress PDF to Word/Excel and back Edit, sign, and watermark
Pros	Documents stay on your hardware Replaces a dozen online tools	Covers almost every PDF job Works on any device, no install
Cons	Needs a server to run UI is utilitarian	Free tier has size limits Files are processed in the cloud
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