Basalt for Mac vs PDFluent

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Basalt for Mac compared with PDFluent
Detail	Basalt for Mac	PDFluent
What it does	18 PDF tools in one native Mac window, including redaction that destroys content and proves it	Free PDF editor that runs locally without cloud or account
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2026
Based in	Not given	NL
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Pricing	$29 lifetime license for up to 3 Macs. No subscription. Free 24-hour trial available.	Editor: Free for everyone, including commercial use. SDK: Free under AGPLv3, or €999 for a commercial licence.
Key features	PDF redaction that permanently destroys content Redaction verification with signed certificates PDF merge and split OCR to make PDFs searchable Bates numbering for legal productions PDF compression Digital signature and PDF forms Batch procedures and automation PDF comparison tool Privilege log generation in CSV and XLSX	Full-text search with command palette Edit text size and color True content redaction PAdES digital signatures Fill standard PDF forms and XFA forms Merge and split PDF pages Extract text with bounding boxes for AI Markdown and JSON output
What makes it different	Redaction that destroys content permanently rather than covering it Independent verifier proves destruction before any file is written Byte-reproducible output verifiable by third parties One-time $29 purchase with lifetime license, no subscription	Supports XFA forms that most other PDF libraries refuse to open or process Highest performance on PDF text extraction benchmarks
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	24 −1 (down) since last check	10 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	9	2
Citation Flow (Majestic)	31	29
Referring domains (Majestic)	26	37

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