How JadePDF processes your PDFs
The technical truth. No marketing fluff.
🔒 Browser-only tools (80%)
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Your PDF
→
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Browser Memory
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⚡
pdf-lib WASM
→
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Output PDF
Zero network requests. Zero server uploads. Your file never leaves your device. You can verify this yourself by opening Chrome DevTools → Network tab and processing any browser-only tool.
☁️ Server-required tools (20%)
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Your PDF
→
🔐
TLS 1.3
→
☁️
Cloudflare Worker
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Deleted in 60s
Some operations like Word→PDF conversion or high-quality OCR require software (LibreOffice, Tesseract optimized) that doesn't run in browsers yet.
When server processing is necessary, we apply the strictest privacy guarantees in the industry:
- • TLS 1.3 encryption in transit
- • AES-256 encryption at rest in temporary R2 storage
- • 60-second automatic deletion (not 1-2 hours like competitors)
- • No content logging — only request metadata (timestamp, size, success/fail)
- • No AI training on your files
- • No data sharing with third parties
Comparison: What happens to your files?
| Aspect | JadePDF | iLovePDF | Smallpdf | Adobe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browser-only tools | 80% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Server deletion time | 60 seconds | 2 hours | 1 hour | Unknown |
| Verifiable in DevTools | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Honest about server use | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Content logging | ❌ None | ⚠️ Unclear | ⚠️ Unclear | ⚠️ Unclear |
| AI training on files | ❌ Never | ⚠️ Unclear | ⚠️ Unclear | ⚠️ Unclear |
Verify yourself
Don't trust us. Trust your browser.
- 1 Open any browser-only tool (like Compress PDF)
- 2 Press F12 → Network tab → click the "clear" button (🚫)
- 3 Upload and process a PDF
- 4 Watch the Network tab — you'll see zero requests during processing
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