بديل Smallpdf
Smallpdf مقابل Stax PDF Tools — 8 أدوات PDF في متصفحك. بدون حد يومي، بدون رفع، بدون تسجيل.
| Feature | Smallpdf | iLovePDF | StaxFree |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compress PDF | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Merge PDFs | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Split PDF | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Rotate / reorder | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Watermark | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Page numbers | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Image → PDF | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| PDF → Word | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| OCR scanned text | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| 100% client-side (no upload) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Daily task limit | 2 free, then $9/mo | 1 free, then $7/mo | Unlimited |
| Signup required for free use | ⚠️ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Multilingual UI | 20+ | 20+ | 5 locales |
Why people switch from Smallpdf
Smallpdf is a great product — they pioneered the "simple PDF tool on the web" category. But the model is: free up to 2 tasks/day, then $9/month for unlimited. And every task uploads your PDF to their backend. For most users that's fine. For anyone handling personal records, contracts, or company internals — a browser-based alternative is meaningfully safer.
The privacy difference, illustrated
Open Chrome DevTools → Network tab. Compress a PDF on Smallpdf — you'll see a multi-MB POST request carrying your file. Compress the same PDF on Stax — only static assets load. The PDF never touches a server. This is verifiable in 30 seconds and applies to every Stax PDF tool.
What Smallpdf does that Stax doesn't (yet)
OCR scanned PDFs, true PDF↔Word conversion (with editable text reflow), e-signature workflows, multi-user document sharing, and team accounts. These need server-side or AI infrastructure that's on our roadmap but not currently shipped. If you need those today, Smallpdf or Adobe Acrobat are right tools.
الأسئلة الشائعة
- Why look for a Smallpdf alternative?
- The two most common reasons: privacy (Smallpdf processes PDFs on its servers — your tax returns, contracts, IDs travel through their backend), and the free-tier limit (2 tasks per day after which they push you to a $9/month subscription). Stax PDF tools run entirely in your browser using pdf-lib, with no uploads, no daily limits, and no paywall.
- Are browser-based PDF tools as fast as Smallpdf?
- For files under 50 MB, yes — modern browsers compress and merge as fast as Smallpdf's servers. For very large files (100 MB+) Smallpdf may be slightly faster due to dedicated infrastructure, but Stax still works without any cloud dependency. Most tax docs, contracts, and reports are well under 50 MB.
- Which PDF tools does Stax cover?
- Eight: PDF Compressor, PDF Merger, PDF Splitter, PDF Rotate, PDF Watermark, PDF Page Numbers, PDF Page Info, and Image-to-PDF. Smallpdf covers more (PDF↔Word, OCR, e-signature) but those require server-side processing — adding them as client-side tools is on the long-term roadmap.
- What's the catch?
- No catch. PDF processing in the browser is well-supported via pdf-lib and PDF.js — Mozilla's open-source PDF engine. The same code that powers PDF previews in Firefox powers our viewer. Some advanced features (OCR, AI summarization) need a backend; we don't pretend to offer those yet.
- Does Stax support PDF/A archival format?
- Output PDFs are PDF 1.7-compliant, which most archival systems accept. Strict PDF/A-2 (with embedded fonts and ICC profiles) requires additional libraries we haven't shipped yet — for archival-grade exports use Adobe Acrobat or LibreOffice.