Sejda alternative
The Sejda alternative for documents you would rather not upload.
Sejda is a mature, carefully documented PDF suite — a tool catalogue larger than Filozy's 39, a desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux, OCR in dozens of languages, and a privacy policy that says plainly what happens to an upload. Filozy covers the same everyday jobs without the upload step: the file is processed in your browser and never sent to a server. Below is what Sejda states in its own words, which tools line up, and the cases where Sejda is still the better answer.
What Sejda says about your files
These summaries link to Sejda's published information. Plans, features and wording change; check the linked sources before choosing a service.
- Sejda's pricing FAQ describes two products: "Sejda Web are the online browser-based tools, where you upload your documents and process them on our servers", while Sejda Desktop "processes documents on your local computer, without uploading them to our servers". Sejda pricing FAQ
- Every Sejda Web tool page carries the line "Files stay private. Automatically deleted after 2 hours", followed by that tool's free-tier limits — on the Merge page, "Free service for documents up to 50 pages or 50 MB and 3 tasks per hour" (the page figure differs per tool; the OCR page shows 10). Sejda Merge PDF page
- Sejda's security page states that all data exchanged with the website is transmitted over HTTPS, that documents are encrypted in transit and at rest, and that its employees do not access customer documents without consent. Sejda security page
- Sejda PDF Desktop is a separate download for Mac, Windows and Linux that is "free to use with daily limits" — the free column lists 3 tasks per day, documents up to 50MB and 200 pages, and OCR files up to 10 pages — with paid access sold as a one-time Week Pass or an annual Desktop+Web subscription. Sejda Desktop page
What Filozy does instead
Filozy's document tools process the files on your device and save the results locally, without uploading your document to our server. Multi-step workflows can temporarily store a result in your browser to carry it to the next tool; see the privacy policy for cleanup details. The website and supporting engine files still require ordinary web requests.
Tools for similar tasks
Each row pairs a task, not identical features or output. Check the tool's limits and your exported file.
| On Sejda | On Filozy |
|---|---|
| Merge | Merge PDF |
| Organize | Organize PDF pages |
| Split by pages | Split PDF |
| Split by bookmarks | Split PDF by size or bookmark |
| Extract Pages | Extract PDF pages |
| Delete Pages | Delete PDF pages |
| Rotate | Rotate PDF |
| Crop | Crop PDF |
| N-up | Create PDF booklet |
| Compress | Compress PDF |
| OCR | OCR PDF |
| Deskew | Not offered |
| PDF Editor | Edit PDF |
| Fill & Sign | Sign PDF |
| Create Forms | Fill PDF forms |
| Protect | Protect PDF |
| Unlock | Unlock PDF |
| Watermark | Watermark PDF |
| Bates Numbering | Add PDF header footer Bates numbers |
| PDF to Word | PDF to Word |
| PDF to Excel | PDF to Excel |
| PDF to JPG | PDF to JPG |
| PDF to PowerPoint | Not offered |
| HTML to PDF | Not offered |
When Sejda is the better choice
- You want an installed application. Sejda PDF Desktop is a real download for Mac (Intel and Apple Silicon), Windows (64-bit and portable) and Linux (.deb and .rpm) that processes files on your own machine and keeps working without a connection. Filozy has no native apps — it is a website, and it needs a browser.
- Your scans are not in English. Sejda's OCR asks you to choose the document's language from a long dropdown covering dozens of languages, including non-Latin scripts. Filozy's OCR is English only, and picks up nothing else reliably.
- The document is bigger than your device can handle. Sejda does the work on its servers — paid plans advertise uploads up to 500MB per file and up to 21 minutes of processing per task — so a long, heavy scan finishes regardless of your laptop. Filozy is bounded by your device's memory, and a phone can run out on a very large scan.
- You need tools Filozy does not have: HTML to PDF, Deskew, PDF to PowerPoint, Alternate & Mix, Create Bookmarks, batch Rename from text on the page, or Workflows for chaining several tools into one repeatable job.
- You want accounts, teams or storage. Sejda sells per-seat plans with volume discounts, offers Google Drive and Dropbox file pickers on its tool pages, and lists email support with its paid plans. Filozy has no accounts, no cloud storage and no team features, and its interface is English only.
Questions people ask
Is Filozy a free Sejda alternative?
Yes, and without the free-tier ceilings. Sejda's tool pages cap free use at 3 tasks per hour and, on the Merge tool, documents up to 50 pages or 50 MB. Filozy has no hourly quota, no page cap, no watermark and no account — the only real limit is how much memory your device can give the browser, because your device is what does the work.
Does Sejda upload my files?
Sejda Web does, by its own description: "you upload your documents and process them on our servers". Its tool pages say files are automatically deleted after 2 hours, and its security page says documents are encrypted in transit and at rest. Sejda Desktop is the exception — it processes documents locally. On Filozy the document never leaves the page: each job ends with a receipt reading "document bytes sent: 0", which you can verify yourself in DevTools → Network.
What can Sejda do that Filozy cannot?
Quite a lot, and it is worth knowing before you switch. Filozy has no certified or digital signatures — those need a certificate authority and a timestamp service, which are network calls by definition; its signing tool places a visible signature only. OCR is English only. PDF to Word struggles with multi-column layouts, so a two-column report comes back with the columns run together. A phone can run out of memory on a very large scan. And there is no HTML to PDF, Deskew, PDF to PowerPoint, batch rename or workflow chaining, no desktop or mobile app, no cloud storage and no team features.
Is Filozy tracker-free?
Your document is. The file is read, processed and saved entirely in a Web Worker on your device and is never transmitted. The website itself is an ordinary website: it is served by Cloudflare and uses cookieless Cloudflare Web Analytics, both described in the privacy policy. Filozy is also closed source. The claim is specific — the document does not leave the device — not that no network request ever happens.
Which one should I use for a scanned document?
Sejda, if the scan is in a language other than English or runs past what your machine will hold; its OCR covers dozens of languages, and a paid plan lifts the free 10-page OCR cap to OCR documents up to 100 pages. Filozy, if the scan is English and of ordinary size — it does the recognition on your device, so a payslip, contract or medical record is never uploaded to be read.