Is it safe? Does it upload your files?
Straight answers on whether popular online tools send your documents to a server — and the browser-local alternative that never does.
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PDF tools
- Is Smallpdf safe?Does Smallpdf upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is iLovePDF safe?Does iLovePDF upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is PDF24 safe?Does PDF24 upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is Soda PDF safe?Does Soda PDF upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is Sejda safe?Does Sejda upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is DocFly safe?Does DocFly upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
Image tools
- Is Squoosh safe?Does Squoosh upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is TinyPNG safe?Does TinyPNG upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is Compressor.io safe?Does Compressor.io upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is Kraken.io safe?Does Kraken.io upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is Canva safe?Does Canva upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is iLoveIMG safe?Does iLoveIMG upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
Developer tools
- Is JSONFormatter.org safe?Does JSONFormatter.org upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is jwt.io safe?Does jwt.io upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is Regex101 safe?Does Regex101 upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is Carbon safe?Does Carbon upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
Writing & text tools
- Is Hemingway Editor safe?Does Hemingway Editor upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is WordCounter.net safe?Does WordCounter.net upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is Grammarly safe?Does Grammarly upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
AI tools
File conversion & more
- Is TinyWow safe?Does TinyWow upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is Convertio safe?Does Convertio upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is Zamzar safe?Does Zamzar upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is CloudConvert safe?Does CloudConvert upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.
- Is FileConverto safe?Does FileConverto upload your files? What happens to them, and the private alternative.