Sejda PDF Desktop review

Sejda PDF Desktop brings the tools of the Sejda web app to a desktop install, with Linux packages in .deb and .rpm formats alongside Mac and Windows builds. It edits existing text, letting you add, change or move text and switch the font type, size and style, and it can insert, reorder and delete pages and add signatures. Other tools merge and split by pages, size, bookmarks or text, compress files, convert PDFs to Word, Excel and images, and run OCR. The free version allows 3 tasks per day on documents up to 50 MB and 200 pages, with OCR limited to 10 pages and conversions one file at a time; Pro removes those limits. Sejda no longer sells perpetual licenses, and the pricing page showed euros from our location, so the USD price check is pending. For occasional edits on Ubuntu, the free tier may be all you need.

Who it is for

Ubuntu users who edit PDF text now and then and want an easy, familiar editor.

Price

See vendor pricing (USD check pending); free with 3 tasks per day.

US price check pending. See the vendor pricing page.

Key features

• Add, edit or move text and change font type, size and style
• Fill and sign PDF forms and add signatures
• Merge, split by pages, size, bookmarks or text, and compress files
• Convert PDFs to Word, Excel and images, plus OCR
• Linux builds as .deb and .rpm packages

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free tier is usable for occasional jobs
• Strength: Same tools in the desktop app and the Sejda web app
• Strength: Native packages for Debian, Ubuntu and RPM-based distributions
• Weakness: Free use is limited to 3 tasks per day and 200-page files
• Weakness: No perpetual license anymore
• Weakness: Free OCR is limited to 10 pages per file

Key facts

• Free limits: 3 tasks per day, files up to 50 MB and 200 pages
• Linux packages: .deb and .rpm
• Perpetual license: No longer offered

Where it ranks

Sejda PDF Desktop is No. 6 in our Best PDF Editors for Linux verdict.