Adobe Acrobat costs $15 a month, but BentoPDF does everything locally without a subscription
Adobe Acrobat offers a subscription service for $15 a month, which may not be suitable for all users. BentoPDF is presented as a viable alternative that operates locally without requiring a subscription. This tool provides sufficient features for users who do not need to edit PDFs frequently.
- ▪Adobe Acrobat costs $15 a month and is ideal for users who frequently interact with PDFs.
- ▪BentoPDF is a lightweight, self-hosted PDF editor that does not require a subscription.
- ▪The author switched to BentoPDF after finding that Adobe Acrobat's subscription was not cost-effective for their occasional PDF editing needs.
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