Pricing
Free to start. Buy once, keep forever.
Low prices, a genuinely useful free tier, and a one-time Lifetime license — no subscription required.
Free
For everyone — view, read & annotate.
$0forever
No account needed
DownloadOpen & view any PDF (incl. password-protected)
Zoom, fit, thumbnails, multi-tab & search
Select & copy text
Highlight, text notes & add new text
Edit properties / metadata
Accessibility check
Outline, Bookmarks & Properties panels
Student
Organize & optimize — verified by school email.
$1.00/mo
billed $12.00/yr
Everything in Free
Organize — merge, split, extract, reorder, rotate
Compress & OCR (90+ languages)
Full annotation suite (underline, pen, shapes)
Add bookmarks & outline navigation
MOST POPULAR
Professional
Every tool, for heavy daily users.
$4.00/mo
billed $48.00/yr
Everything in Student
Convert — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Image
Edit existing text, whiteout & rich text
Redact, watermark, forms & sign
Send for signature with live tracking (coming soon)
Security — verified AES-256 & PAdES signatures
Sanitize, Bates, PDF/A & deskew
Power Tools — Compare, Measure, Batch
AI Assistant, Writing & Plugins
Lifetime
Pay once, keep forever. No subscription.
$50once
one-time payment · Folia 1.x
Everything in Professional — forever
Licensed for Folia 1.x — the version you buy
Yours on this machine, offline-activated
Folia Local AI — unlimited, on-device
Free updates within v1.x (your major version)
No recurring bill, ever
Free tier to try · 14-day refund on Annual & LifetimeSecure checkout — powered by LemonSqueezyPrices exclude tax — added at checkout based on your location
Every install includes a genuinely useful free tier — no card, no account. Already bought? Activate a key.
Common buying questions
How many devices can I use?
Each license activates Folia on one computer at a time. Subscriptions move between your machines from your dashboard; a Lifetime license is portable — deactivate one computer and activate another whenever you change hardware.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once activated, Folia runs fully offline and your files never leave the device. Air-gapped machines can activate with a signed offline key — no internet required.
What if I want a refund?
Annual and Lifetime purchases can be refunded within 14 days of the charge — email us with your order details. Monthly plans aren’t refundable, because you can cancel at any time: cancelling stops the next charge and you keep access to the end of the period you paid for. The free tier lets you try every part of Folia before you pay anything.
Enterprise & teams
Roll Folia out across your organization.
Volume licensing at a price that scales with your seat count, offline machine-locked activation for air-gapped environments, deployment help and priority support.
Volume licensingOffline activationAir-gapped readyPriority support
Custom pricing
Tell us your team size and we'll put together a quote — typically well below per-seat Acrobat.
Talk to sales Activation works offline — send a machine code, paste back a signed key.
Compare every plan
Capability
Free
Student
Pro
Lifetime
Read & annotate
Open & view (incl. protected)
Highlight, notes & add text
Edit properties / metadata
Accessibility check
Organize & optimize
Merge, split, reorder, rotate
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Compress
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OCR — 90+ languages
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Advanced annotation (pen, shapes)
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Convert & edit
Convert to Word / Excel / PPT / image
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Edit existing text & whiteout
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Redact, watermark, forms & sign
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Security
Protect — verified AES-256
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Digital signature (PAdES)
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Send for signature & track (coming soon)
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Sanitize, Bates & PDF/A
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Power & AI
Compare, Measure & Batch
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Folia Local AI (on-device)
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AI Assistant, Writing & Plugins
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Licensing
Works offline
Billing
Free
Subscription
Subscription
One-time
Updates
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Continuous
Continuous
Major version