PDFgear

On a Windows desktop or in a browser, PDFgear handles everyday PDF work without a watermark or a sign-up.

PDFgear is a free PDF editor and converter that covers viewing, editing, filling forms, converting, compressing, merging, splitting and unlocking files.

It is offered as desktop software and as online tools, so you can work offline or in a tab, whichever suits the job.

The pricing model is simply free, not a trial or a capped tier, which makes PDFgear easy to test against whatever you use now.

It is also listed under AI categories, including AI PDF summarizer, AI OCR and document extraction, so the scope reaches past basic page editing.

If your jobs are routine, like combining two files, shrinking a large one for email or filling in a form, you can do them in one place without an account.

Offline use is handy for documents you would rather not upload anywhere, since the desktop version keeps the work on your machine.