A free Sejda alternative with no hourly task limit and no upload
Sejda's free web tools stop you after 3 tasks an hour, and the PDF goes to its servers. Here is what changes when the file never leaves your device.
What Sejda does well
Sejda is a long-running PDF service with a wide toolset: merge, split, compress, edit, fill and sign, OCR, convert to and from Office formats, Bates numbering and multi-step workflows. It can open files from Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive, and it also sells a desktop app. It is a legitimate, widely used service.
Why people look for an alternative
As of November 2026, per sejda.com/compress-pdf, the free web service is for documents up to 200 pages or 100 MB and 3 tasks per hour. Go over that and Sejda asks you to upgrade or wait out the hour. Its paid web plans start at $5 for a 7-day pass or $7.50 a month.
Sejda's web tools are upload-based: its desktop page says Sejda Web is the browser-based service "where files are uploaded and processed on our servers". The compress page says files are automatically deleted after 2 hours.
What changes with a browser-based tool
Stayput's PDF tools run inside the browser tab, so your files are not uploaded and there is no task count to run out of. Merge PDF, split PDF and compress PDF handle the everyday jobs, and compress can fit a file under a size you type, such as 1 MB or 200 KB. Sign PDF and edit PDF add a signature, new text, highlights or images. Crop PDF trims margins, and redact PDF removes text for good rather than covering it.
OCR PDF makes a scanned PDF searchable by reading the text on your device, and PDF to Word rebuilds paragraphs and headings in a .docx. They are free, need no account and show no ads. There is no page or file-size tier: the limit is your device's memory (phones hold less).
Where Sejda still has the edge
Sejda can change text that is already in a PDF, convert Word, Excel and HTML to PDF, add Bates numbers and chain tasks into workflows, which Stayput doesn't do today. Stayput's OCR reads English only. If you want an installed app rather than a browser tab, Sejda Desktop processes files on your computer, and its free plan allows 3 tasks a day. For merging, compressing, splitting, signing, cropping or redacting a PDF in a browser without an hourly cap and without uploading it, a browser tool covers the common case. For more on PDF sites with free-plan limits, see the iLovePDF alternative.
Questions
What are Sejda's free limits?
As of November 2026, its Compress PDF page says the free service is for documents up to 200 pages or 100 MB and 3 tasks per hour. Some tools have lower limits of their own.
Does Sejda upload my files?
Sejda Web does: its own site says files are uploaded and processed on its servers and deleted automatically after 2 hours. Sejda Desktop processes files on your computer.
Is there a Sejda alternative with no hourly limit?
Yes. Stayput's PDF tools run in your browser, so there is no task count per hour or per day. They are free and need no account.
Can I edit the existing text in a PDF with Stayput?
Not yet. Edit PDF adds new text, boxes, highlights, drawings and images and can rotate, delete or reorder pages, but it can't change text that is already there. PDF to Word gives you an editable copy as a starting point.