Smallpdf, like most cloud-based PDF tools, processes your files on its servers — so your document has to be uploaded before anything happens to it. NearPDF runs the same everyday tasks (splitting, reordering pages, rotating, adding page numbers) entirely inside your browser, so there's no upload step and nothing ever leaves your device.
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Sensitive documents like contracts and IDs shouldn't leave your device just to combine a few pages. NearPDF runs the entire merge process locally in your browser, so nothing is transmitted anywhere.
No. NearPDF processes everything on-device — there's no server-side step at all. A strict Content-Security-Policy technically blocks any outbound request for your file data, and our own end-to-end tests confirm zero external requests happen during processing.
No account and no sign-up — NearPDF is free to use with no task limits.
Once the page is loaded, all processing happens locally in your browser.
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