We cut out the bloat. You get professional editing features without paying for cloud storage or enterprise tools you don't use.
Adobe Acrobat Pro allows you to edit and sign PDFs, but it comes with a steep price tag - over $20 per month for a monthly plan. Why is it so expensive? Because you aren't just paying for the software. You're paying for massive server farms, cloud storage you might not need, and a bloated ecosystem of enterprise features designed for Fortune 500 companies.
The Cost of "Cloud-First"
Most online PDF editors are built on a "cloud-first" architecture. Every time you upload a document, it has to be sent to a remote server to be processed, converted, and stored. This requires:
- Expensive bandwidth to upload/download large files.
- Powerful servers to render PDFs.
- Secure storage infrastructure to host user data.
These infrastructure costs are high, and companies pass them on to you in the form of expensive monthly subscriptions.
LanaPDF’s Local-First Advantage
LanaPDF takes a different approach. We use WebAssembly to run our entire PDF engine directly in your browser. When you open a file in LanaPDF, your own computer does the processing power. We don't need to rent thousands of servers to render your documents because your device is already powerful enough to do it.
By eliminating these massive server costs, we can operate at a fraction of the cost of our competitors. We pass those savings directly to you.
Pay for Tools, Not Overhead
With LanaPDF, you aren't subsidizing enterprise sales teams or data centers. You're paying for a fast, private, and powerful PDF editor. It’s simple math: lower overhead for us means lower prices for you.