PDF Batch Editor
Batch process hundreds of PDFs in minutes, not hours.·pdfbatcheditor.com
From $8/mo · No free plan (14-day trial) See pricing ↓
PDF Batch Editor is a premium desktop application for Windows and macOS that performs enterprise-scale batch PDF operations across hundreds of files at once. It offers find & replace for text and images, merge, split, redaction, form filling, digital signing, optimization, PDF/A compliance conversion, Bates numbering, watermarking, encryption, file renaming, and a chainable multi-step batch pipeline. All processing happens locally on the user's machine, with files never uploaded to external servers.
What it's for
Features 18
- Adaptive text fitting preserving layout on replacement
- AES-256 (V=5/R=6) encryption with user and owner passwords
- Batch decryption to remove existing passwords/restrictions
- Batch file renaming with chainable find/replace patterns
- Batch Form Fill from CSV/Excel data (mail-merge for PDFs)
- Bates numbering with prefixes, digit padding, six placement positions, confidentiality labels
- Digital signing with X.509 PFX/P12 certificates, visible or invisible, timestamp server support
- Find & Replace embedded images with bulk logo replacement
- Find & Replace text with regex, case sensitivity, and whole-word matching
- Granular permission presets (View Only, Print Only, No Editing, Full Access, Custom)
- Merge PDFs including merge-by-pattern grouping
- Multi-step Batch Pipeline chaining operations with saved configurations
- Pattern-based text redaction (SSN, email, phone, credit card, custom regex)
- PDF optimization with Web/Balanced/Print/Custom compression profiles
- PDF/A validation and conversion (1b, 2b, 3b) with issue reporting
- Print Layout: multiple pages per sheet (2-up, 4-up) with cut guides
- Split PDFs by page ranges, every N pages, or by bookmarks with configurable depth
- Watermarking with custom text, opacity, color, and page-range targeting
At a glance
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Pricing
Priced at $96/year, billed annually. The comparison table cites Adobe Acrobat Pro at $240/year and various online PDF tools at $48–180/year for context. No monthly billing option is stated.
Priced at $96 per year (billed annually); no month-to-month price shown on the page.
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