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    <h1>Looking for a PDF2Go alternative?</h1>
    <p class="article-meta">ClientPDF Comparison · a 4-minute read</p>

    <p>
      PDF2Go is a broad online PDF and file-conversion tool that a lot of people
      land on from search when they need to convert or edit a PDF quickly. The
      usual reasons people look elsewhere are familiar across this whole
      category: free usage that's capped or slower than the paid tier, prompts
      to upgrade for larger files or unlimited use, and the fact that — like any
      web-based converter — the file has to be uploaded to a server to be
      processed, which isn't ideal for anything sensitive.
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    <h2>ClientPDF, in one paragraph</h2>
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      <a href="./index.html">ClientPDF</a> is a free set of PDF tools that run
      100% inside your browser tab. There's no upload step, because there's
      nothing to upload to — the processing happens locally using
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    <h2>What PDF2Go does well</h2>
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      PDF2Go's real strength is breadth: a large range of file-format
      conversions in and out of PDF (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, and more),
      OCR for scanned text, an online PDF editor, and the ability to pull files
      in directly from a URL or cloud storage rather than only a local upload.
      If your job is mostly "turn this into that format," PDF2Go's conversion
      range is genuinely more extensive than what ClientPDF offers.
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    <h2>Where ClientPDF is different</h2>
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        <tr><th scope="row">File processing</th><td>Server-side (file is uploaded)</td><td>100% in your browser, no upload</td></tr>
        <tr><th scope="row">Account required</th><td>Not for basic use, but prompted for saving results or higher limits</td><td>Never — no account of any kind</td></tr>
        <tr><th scope="row">Pricing</th><td>Free with usage limits, premium tier for unlimited/priority use</td><td>Free, no subscription, no usage cap</td></tr>
        <tr><th scope="row">OCR (scanned text)</th><td>Yes</td><td>Not currently — <a href="./tools.html">see the full tool list</a></td></tr>
        <tr><th scope="row">Format conversion range (PDF to Word/Excel/PPT and more)</th><td>Yes, broad</td><td>No — see <a href="./images-to-pdf.html">Images to PDF</a> and <a href="./extract-images.html">Extract Images</a> for the conversions ClientPDF does support</td></tr>
        <tr><th scope="row">Cloud storage / URL import</th><td>Yes</td><td>No — files come from and go back to your device only</td></tr>
        <tr><th scope="row">Core page tools (merge, split, rotate, compress, watermark, etc.)</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes — 25 tools, <a href="./tools.html">full list here</a></td></tr>
        <tr><th scope="row">Data leaves your device</th><td>Yes, by design (server-side processing)</td><td>No, verifiable via DevTools</td></tr>
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    <h2>Who should switch to ClientPDF</h2>
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      If what you actually need is one of the everyday page operations —
      merging, splitting, rotating, compressing, adding page numbers — and
      you're not there for the format-conversion breadth, ClientPDF does that
      core job without a server ever seeing the file, and without a usage limit
      to run into. It's the better choice if privacy is the deciding factor:
      nothing you drop into a ClientPDF tool ever leaves your device.
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    <h2>Who shouldn't switch</h2>
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      If your regular workflow depends on converting PDFs to and from a wide
      range of formats, OCR on scanned documents, or pulling files directly from
      a URL or cloud storage, PDF2Go's breadth covers ground ClientPDF
      currently doesn't. Use PDF2Go for those conversion-heavy jobs and
      ClientPDF for the routine page editing that doesn't need a server in the
      loop.
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    <h2>Switching over</h2>
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      There's nothing to migrate. No account to close, no files to export —
      ClientPDF doesn't store anything of yours to begin with. Just open the
      <a href="./tools.html">tool you need</a> and use it directly next time,
      instead of uploading to a server first.
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    <p class="article-meta">See also: <a href="./ilovepdf-alternative.html">iLovePDF alternative</a> · <a href="./smallpdf-alternative.html">Smallpdf alternative</a> · <a href="./guide.html">Does merging a PDF online actually upload your file?</a></p>
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