A free alternative to PandaDoc
The document side of the job — build it, fill it, sign it, convert it — without a subscription.
What is different here
Create an invoice or a CV from a template, turn a flat PDF into a fillable form, fill it in, sign it, merge it with something else, and convert it to whatever you need. None of it uploaded.
Nobody needs an account to start, so there is nothing to set up for a colleague who only needs to fill in and sign a form. A group that wants the daily cap lifted for everyone can share a Team plan, priced per seat.
Where PandaDoc is still the right choice
PandaDoc is not really a PDF tool, it is a proposal pipeline. It tells you that a prospect opened your quote at 9am, read page four twice, and did not reach the pricing page.
That kind of tracking needs a server holding the document and watching who touches it. The tools deliberately do not have that — the same design that keeps your file private also makes it impossible to watch anyone read it. Signature requests record only when each signer opened and signed, never what they read or for how long.
If your work is sales and the analytics are the point, use the tool built for it. If your work is producing the document itself, this does that part for free.
What you can do right now
Build an invoice or a CV, create a fillable form, fill and sign PDFs, merge and split, convert to and from Word, Excel and PowerPoint, protect with a password, redact, watermark and number pages.
134 tools, and the output carries no watermark and no branding of ours.
Measured on this site
Real runs of our own tools, three times each, on September 28, 2026 (Chrome 153 · Apple M4 Pro). Times vary with the computer or phone you use; the last column is the one that matters for privacy.
| Job and file | Time | Result | Largest upload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compress6-page scanned PDF · 10.5 MB | 1.1 s | 2.1 MB | 0 bytes |
| Mergethree 10-page PDFs · 28 KB | 0.3 s | 26 KB | 0 bytes |
| PDF to JPG10-page text PDF · 10 KB | 0.3 s | 1.9 MB | 0 bytes |
“Largest upload” is the biggest request the page sent while the job ran; if the file were uploaded, it would show megabytes. You can take the same measurement on any site with the first check below.
How to check any of this yourself
Do not take our word for it, and do not take theirs. These four checks take a minute each and work on any online PDF tool, including this one.
- Open the network tab in developer tools, then run the tool. If your file is being uploaded, you will see it leave. Here, for every tool that takes a file, you will see the page load its own code and nothing carrying your file.
- Turn off your network and run the tool again. If it still works, the processing was never happening on a server.
- Read the privacy page and look for how long files are kept. A service that stores your file will say so, usually with a number of hours.
- Try a file larger than the free limit. Where a limit exists, it usually exists because every file costs the service money.
Common questions
- Is DocuGrip free?
- Yes, with a daily allowance: two runs a day for visitors and three a day in total once you sign in. A paid plan removes the cap. Nothing you make carries a watermark.
- Is there a file size limit?
- There is no separate file size limit on any plan. Very large files depend on the memory of the computer or phone you use.
- Is my file uploaded?
- Not for the everyday tools — merge, split, compress, convert, sign, fill, protect and the rest work without sending your file anywhere; the table above measures it. Tools that use AI send the document to process it and say so on their page.
- Does it work offline?
- Yes. Once you have run a tool, it keeps working without a connection.
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