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You need pages 5-12 from a 50-page PDF. Or you need to split a report into chapters. Reddit says: browser tool for quick splits, PDFTK for scripted batch work. Here is the comparison.
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Open PDF Splitter| Tool | Type | Price | Watermark | Batch | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browser splitter | Web (local) | ✓ Free | ✓ None | Sequential | Quick page extraction |
| PDFTK | CLI (local) | ✓ Free | ✓ None | ✓ Scripted | Batch automation |
| Preview (Mac) | Desktop | ✓ Free | ✓ None | Manual | Mac users, simple splits |
| Adobe Acrobat | Desktop | $23/month | ✓ None | ✓ | Already have subscription |
| SmallPDF | Web (server) | Free + $12/mo | ✓ None | One file | Non-sensitive, occasional |
| Sejda | Web (server) | Free + $7.50/mo | ~Sometimes | One file | Non-sensitive, small files |
| Task | How | Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Extract pages 5-12 | Select page range 5-12, download | Browser splitter |
| Split into chapters | Extract each chapter range separately | Browser splitter |
| Every page as separate PDF | Select "split all pages" | Browser splitter |
| Remove pages 3 and 7 | Extract all EXCEPT those pages | Browser splitter |
| Split 100 PDFs by same rule | Script: pdftk input.pdf cat 1-5 output ch1.pdf | PDFTK |
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Jennifer spent a decade as an executive assistant and office manager handling every type of business document imaginable. She writes about PDF tools and document workflows for professionals who need reliable solutions without enterprise pricing.
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