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Stirling PDF compared with PDFOven
DetailStirling PDF logo Stirling PDFPDFOven logo PDFOven
What it doesA free, private PDF editor you can run on any infrastructure. Send JSON, get a PDF. HTML & template to PDF API
StageNot given Not given
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Based inUS Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree: $0/month includes 60+ PDF tools, web/desktop/self-hosted access, open-source editor, and 1,000 monthly credits. Team: $99/month for 100 users, includes everything in Free plus single sign-on, team workspace, and central control. Enterprise: Custom pricing for regulated and air-gapped deploymen Free plan with 100 renders/month. Starter $9/month for 2,000 renders ($4.50/month for first 3 months). Growth $39/month for 15,000 renders ($19.50/month for first 3 months). Scale $99/month for 60,000 renders ($49.50/month for first 3 months). Yearly billing includes 2 months free.
Key features
  • PDF reader with lightning-fast reading
  • 60+ PDF editing tools
  • OCR to read scanned pages
  • Classification and tagging
  • Signature validation
  • PDF redaction
  • Compression
  • Routing to multiple destinations
  • API for programmatic access
  • Connectors for tool integration
  • HTML, Markdown, URL and JSON template rendering
  • Real Chromium rendering engine
  • PDF merge and split
  • PDF compression
  • Watermarking and form filling
  • Screenshot and social card generation
  • MCP server for AI agents
  • Headers, footers and page numbers
  • PNG and JPEG output formats
What makes it different
  • Completely free editor forever with no per-seat licensing
  • Run on any infrastructure with files staying yours
  • Process thousands of PDFs with AI-powered automation
  • Every action logged and recorded for compliance
  • Real Chromium rendering engine for pixel-perfect output like Chrome's print preview
  • Never stores rendered files on servers
  • Supports multiple input formats: HTML, Markdown, URLs and JSON templates
  • Fraction of the price of competitors
  • MCP server integration with AI agents like Claude and Cursor
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)61 no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)151
Citation Flow (Majestic)4018
Referring domains (Majestic)8726

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