One AI–native PDF suite, fast enough to replace Acrobat.

The problem

PDF tooling hasn’t moved in fifteen years. Adobe Acrobat is still the bar most people measure against — and it costs $19.99 a month, treats AI like a paid upsell, and ships a web portal that feels like a 2014 enterprise intranet.

The web alternatives are cheaper but they all picked the same compromise: a five–tab pricing page, ads on the free tier, a watermark on your output, and an AI tab bolted on years after the product shipped. The result is a category where editing a PDF feels like punishment, regardless of which logo is at the top of the page.

What we’re building

One product, every tool, AI baked in. The inline editor is the spine — you can edit existing text inside any PDF in place, sign with a real signature field, redact with text–match guarantees, summarize a 200–page document into a working outline, or chat with it the way you’d chat with a colleague. None of that is a separate product or a separate subscription.

The AI features feed off the same router as the rest of the tools. When the provider gets cheaper, every user feels it the same week — there’s no “AI seat” SKU to protect.

Why $2.99

We don’t take venture money, so there’s no $19.99–floor to defend for a board deck. The compute layer is written from scratch in a systems language and deployed close to users — lean enough that the unit economics work at coffee–cup pricing instead of enterprise pricing.

The free tier exists so first–time users can prove a tool works before paying. No card, no email, no nag screen. If the product is actually faster than what they’re using today, the upgrade conversation handles itself.

How we make money

Pro subscriptions, full stop. $2.99 / month annual, $4.99 / month monthly. No ads, no data resale, no watermarks, no free–tier nag screens, no “contact sales” tier. If we lose your trust, the business model has nothing left to stand on.

Why it’s fast

Most PDF sites wrap scripting languages that weren’t built for heavy file work. We wrote our compute layer from scratch in a systems language, deployed close to users, and shipped a static marketing surface that scores 95+ on Lighthouse mobile. Compress runs roughly 2× faster than the cheap competitors, and page loads beat Acrobat’s web portal handily.

Roadmap

33 tools are live today; two more are shipping shortly to reach the full 35–tool catalog. The inline editor — the marquee feature — is at Stage 4 of 5: in–place text editing across any PDF, with structural reflow landing next. The API is in closed beta. Native desktop and mobile apps follow once the web editor reaches Acrobat parity.