About PDFCap

PDFCap is a browser-based toolkit for the everyday PDF tasks that used to require desktop software: compressing, merging, splitting, converting to and from Word, JPG, and Excel, adding passwords, signing electronically, and more. We built it because the tools we used ourselves either required an install, charged for basic operations, or — worst of all — uploaded confidential documents to servers we couldn't inspect.

What makes PDFCap different

• Everything runs in your browser. Files never leave your device. That's not marketing language — it's how the tools are implemented. Compression, splitting, merging, and conversion all use WebAssembly modules that execute locally.
• No account required to use the tools. Sign-in exists only for admin features.
• No watermarks and no page limits. The free tier is the whole tool.
• Fast. Local processing means no upload wait, no server queue, no round-trip.
• Privacy-first advertising. When we show ads (via Google AdSense), we honor Google Consent Mode v2, which means no personalized cookies are set until you explicitly accept.

Who we are

PDFCap is built by a small team of engineers who spent too many years fighting with PDF workflows. We ship weekly, listen to feedback, and treat privacy as a feature rather than a checkbox. Our tool catalog and blog reflect the problems we've hit in real work — merging exhibits for filings, compressing scans for expense reports, converting contract PDFs back to Word for markup.

What we don't do

• We don't sell your files or usage data.
• We don't upload your documents "just for processing" and quietly retain them.
• We don't fingerprint your browser to bypass consent controls.
• We don't lock basic features behind a paywall.

The tools

We currently ship over 40 PDF tools — compress, merge, split, convert to/from Word, JPG, Excel, PowerPoint, and images; sign; password-protect; reorder pages; extract text; add page numbers; and more. New tools are added when the community asks for them.

Browse the full catalog on the home page or start with the most-used tools:

• Compress PDF
• Merge PDF
• Split PDF
• PDF to Word
• PDF to JPG
• Sign PDF
• Protect PDF

The blog

Our blog documents the "why" behind common PDF tasks — when compression helps and when it hurts, how electronic and digital signatures differ legally, how to split a huge report without losing bookmarks. Each post links directly to the tool that solves the problem.

Contact and feedback

• Product questions or bug reports: contact us.
• Privacy questions: see our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and GDPR notice.
• Copyright concerns: see our DMCA policy.

We read everything and reply to real people, not tickets.