The tools of a cloud suite. The privacy of an offline app.The cloud suites have the tools. Offline apps have the privacy.
Pick what you use today. We describe kinds of product, not brands.Dokulo has both: the full tool set and a real scanner, processed on the phone, for a one-time price. Here is how it compares with each kind of alternative. We describe kinds, not brands.
Compare Dokulo with
The best-known PDF tool set, web first, with a mobile app. Its mobile app processes files in its cloud; offline processing is a desktop feature.
| Feature | A · Cloud PDF suite | Dokulo |
|---|---|---|
| Where files are processed | The vendor’s cloud | On the phone only |
| Account needed | For the paid plan | Never |
| Watermark before you pay | No | Never |
| Limits before you pay | Batch and file-size caps; OCR, PDF/A and AI locked | None on included tools |
| Paid model | Subscription | One-time unlock, €9.99 |
| PDF tools | Full set | 30 tools |
| Real scanner | Basic | Yes: edge detection, batch, ID card, book |
| True redaction with auto-detection | No | Yes, verified after every run |
| AI summary, ask, translate | In the cloud, with credits | On the phone |
| Works in airplane mode | No | Yes, every tool |
| Store privacy label | Data linked to you | Data Not Collected |
Where files are processed
Cloud PDF suite: The vendor’s cloud
Dokulo: On the phone only
Account needed
Cloud PDF suite: For the paid plan
Dokulo: Never
Watermark before you pay
Cloud PDF suite: No
Dokulo: Never
Limits before you pay
Cloud PDF suite: Batch and file-size caps; OCR, PDF/A and AI locked
Dokulo: None on included tools
Paid model
Cloud PDF suite: Subscription
Dokulo: One-time unlock, €9.99
PDF tools
Cloud PDF suite: Full set
Dokulo: 30 tools
Real scanner
Cloud PDF suite: Basic
Dokulo: Yes: edge detection, batch, ID card, book
True redaction with auto-detection
Cloud PDF suite: No
Dokulo: Yes, verified after every run
AI summary, ask, translate
Cloud PDF suite: In the cloud, with credits
Dokulo: On the phone
Works in airplane mode
Cloud PDF suite: No
Dokulo: Yes, every tool
Store privacy label
Cloud PDF suite: Data linked to you
Dokulo: Data Not Collected
Kinds of product, checked October 2026. The facts behind each row are re-checked before any public use. A sixth kind, scanners with tiered plans, links your data to you.
The whole table
| Feature | ACloud PDF suite | BScanner tied to a document cloud | CSubscription scanner with ads | EThe phone’s built-in scanner | FSmall offline apps | USDokulo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where files are processed | The vendor’s cloud | The vendor’s cloud | Account and cloud sync | On the phone | On the phone | On the phone only |
| Account needed | For the paid plan | Yes | For most features | No (the phone’s account) | No | Never |
| Watermark before you pay | No | No | Yes, in some markets | No | Varies | Never |
| Limits before you pay | Batch and file-size caps; OCR, PDF/A and AI locked | OCR on 5 pages; combine and extract locked | Cloud OCR 3 tries; watermark | Few tools at all | Few tools | None on included tools |
| Paid model | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription (weekly to yearly) | – | Often one-time | One-time unlock, €9.99 |
| PDF tools | Full set | Some, mostly locked | Some | Almost none | A few | 30 tools |
| Real scanner | Basic | Strong | Strong | Basic | Rarely | Yes: edge detection, batch, ID card, book |
| True redaction with auto-detection | No | No | Partly (masking) | No | Rarely | Yes, verified after every run |
| AI summary, ask, translate | In the cloud, with credits | In the cloud | Cloud translate | No | No | On the phone |
| Works in airplane mode | No | No | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes, every tool |
| Store privacy label | Data linked to you | Used to track you | Used to track you; shares IDs for advertising | – | Varies | Data Not Collected |
Kinds of product, checked October 2026. The facts behind each row are re-checked before any public use. A sixth kind, scanners with tiered plans, links your data to you.
Good enough for one page. Then you need to send it.
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- Compress to under 2 MB for the portal
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- Translate the letter, on the phonePro