Buy once instead of Smallpdf
- Ways out
- 3apps that do the same jobs
- Cheapest to buy
- $19.99PDF Squeezer
- Cost nothing
- 1freeware or open source
Read the catch on each before you switch. A one-time price is not automatically the better deal, and we say so where it is not.
 PDFgearFree PDF editor for Mac with no account and no paid tier | FreeFreeware | Closed source with no stated business model, so nothing guarantees it stays free |
 PDF SqueezerDrag a fat PDF in, get a small PDF out, for twenty dollars | $19.99Perpetual | Compression only: no editing, OCR or signing, and a future major version may be paid |
 UPDFOne payment, four devices, Mac and phone on the same licence | $79.99Lifetime tier | The AI Assistant is a separate US$69/year subscription, not part of the lifetime licence |