iLovePDF is a hosted PDF suite. PDF on Browser runs merge, split, compress, and convert in this browser tab so the file never goes to a server. 53 tools, no.
iLovePDF is a real, widely used product. You pick a tool, upload a file, their servers convert it, and you download the result. That model is fast and familiar. It also means the document — a CV, a signed contract, an Aadhaar scan — leaves your device and sits on someone else’s disk for the length of the job.
PDF on Browser is the other model. 53 tools run as JavaScript and WebAssembly inside this tab. Merge, split, compress, and convert happen on your laptop or phone. We do not operate an upload pipeline for processing. There is no account and no watermark on the export.
The PDF bytes, filenames, and page text are not sent to pdfonbrowser.com for conversion. Merge and compress run in this tab. Optional analytics and a pay-what-you-want tip use the network; the file does not.
That is the useful difference if the file is a résumé that lists a current employer, a client contract, or a KYC scan. A hosted converter is not “unsafe by default” — it is a different trust decision. We simply never receive the file, so we cannot leak it.
We are not iLovePDF. We do not use their brand, we do not ship every tool they offer, and we do not have their desktop or mobile apps. If you need a feature we have not built, their site is the honest place to go. Comparisons that pretend otherwise are marketing, not a product.
Huge batch jobs, some Office conversions, and anything we have not implemented still belong on a server-side suite. iLovePDF exists because that work is hard. We are not claiming to replace their catalog. We are claiming the everyday jobs — merge, split, compress, a local convert — can stay in the tab.
Tools are free to run. After a download we may ask for a tip in Indian rupees (Skip, ₹49, ₹99, ₹199, or a custom amount; suggested ₹99). Skip is always a first-class button. The file is already on disk. We do not hold it hostage.
No. iLovePDF is a hosted converter: the file goes to their servers for the job. PDF on Browser runs merge, split, compress, and convert in this browser tab. Document bytes are not sent to pdfonbrowser.com for processing.
No. We ship 53 in-browser tools. We do not clone their brand, their full catalog, or their desktop and mobile apps. Use iLovePDF when you need something we do not have.
Yes, tools are free to run and exports are not watermarked. After a download we may show a pay-what-you-want tip. Skip always works.
Yes. After the page and WebAssembly assets have loaded, merge and compress run in this tab. Document bytes are not sent to pdfonbrowser.com for processing. A tip payment and optional analytics need the network; the PDF does not.
Start with Merge PDF, Compress PDF, or Split PDF — the same everyday jobs most people open iLovePDF for. Then browse the full set from the homepage.