PreservePDF

Spec sheet

Purpose

PreservePDF edits PDF text while aiming to keep the original fonts, spacing, and formatting.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

Deployment

The FAQ says it can be deployed anywhere that runs Next.js, including Vercel's free tier.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

Free plan

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · alphabasline.com

Support

Users can contact the maker by email or open a GitHub issue or discussion; the contact page says it will respond as soon as it can.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

License

PreservePDF is open source under the MIT license.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

Additional tools

Users can add text boxes, redaction blocks, and signatures with drag-and-drop tools.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

Annotation tools

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · alphabasline.com

Find and replace

The tool can find and replace text such as names, dates, and numbers across pages.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

Font limit

Edited text uses standard PDF fonts, Latin text is fully supported, and specialised embedded or non-Latin fonts may fall back to a closest match.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

Local processing

PDF rendering, text extraction, OCR, and editing happen in the browser, and documents do not leave the device.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

Mobile use

The interface is mobile responsive and works on phones and tablets.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

OCR

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · alphabasline.com

Offline use

The maker says PreservePDF works offline.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

PDF export

Edited documents export as genuine PDFs rather than flattened images.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

PDF restrictions

It can remove owner-level restrictions, but PDFs protected by an open password require the user to enter that password first.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

Scanned PDFs

On-device Tesseract.js OCR turns scanned image-only documents into editable text.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

Supported platforms

webRead 20 Sep 2026 · alphabasline.com

Text editing

Users can click text on a PDF page and edit it in place.Read 12 Oct 2026 · alphabasline.com

Plans and prices

Every PreservePDF plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• PDF editors#52 of 1027.9