Purpose-built for legal teams

The PDF tools your
legal team actually needs.

BATES stamping with conflict detection. Redaction that destroys the text layer. Fake-redaction scanning that catches what others miss. These aren't afterthoughts here — they're the product.

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⚠️Risk

Compliance as an afterthought

Adobe buries security audit in menus. Smallpdf doesn't have it at all. BATES tools are single-purpose Windows apps from 2010. You deserve better.

🚫Liability

Free tools can't be trusted

Uploading privileged documents to free PDF websites isn't a workflow — it's a malpractice conversation waiting to happen.

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Too many tools, too much risk

Stamp here, redact there, compress somewhere else. Every re-upload is a chance for the wrong version to end up in the wrong hands.

Security First

Your files are not our business.

Built for industries where a data breach isn't an inconvenience — it's a lawsuit.

AES-256

Encryption at rest
& in transit

TLS 1.3

All data encrypted
in transit

24hr

Automatic file
deletion policy

SOC 2

Compliance
on the roadmap

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Documents are processed on US-based infrastructure in isolated sessions and automatically deleted within 24 hours. We never train on, read, or mine your data. No third-party analytics touch your files. Every upload is encrypted end-to-end. Period.

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Magic ScanScanning

Discovery_Exhibit_A.pdf

284 pages · 42.1 MB

3 Issues

Findings

Fake redaction detected on pages 12, 45, 89

Fix →

Hidden metadata: author, creation date, GPS coords

Clean →

Embedded JavaScript on page 1

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Medical_Records_Batch.pdf

128 pages · 18.7 MB

Clean

2 files · 412 pages scanned Fix All Issues

The Platform

16 tools. One platform.
Zero re-uploading.

Upload once. BATES stamp, redact, audit, compress, watermark, and send — without downloading and re-uploading between six different websites.

Magic Scan

Automated document analysis. Finds fake redactions, hidden metadata, scripts, and compliance issues — recommends and applies fixes in one click.

Autopilot

Security Audit

Scan for hidden metadata, JavaScript, fake redactions, embedded files, and hidden text layers — then clean each finding individually or in bulk.

Key

BATES Stamp

Cross-document sequential numbering with live preview, conflict detection, audit logs, automatic file renaming, and multi-file merge.

Key

Redaction

Deep rasterize+burn mode destroys the text layer entirely. Regex PII detection finds SSNs, credit cards, and phone numbers automatically.

Compress

Per-page classification (scanned, text, vector, mixed) applies optimal compression per page. Meet court filing size limits without losing quality.

Detect & Clean

Automatically find and remove blank pages, fax cover sheets, and placeholder pages from document sets.

OCR

Make scanned documents searchable and selectable with optical character recognition.

Password Protect

AES-256 encryption. Set permissions for printing, copying, and editing.

Watermark

CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT, DO NOT COPY, PRIVILEGED presets built in. Custom text and positioning available.

Bookmark Index

Extract, create, and export PDF bookmarks as a navigable table of contents.

Merge

Combine multiple PDFs into a single document. Drag to set order, preview before merging.

Split

Divide documents by page range, bookmarks, or custom rules.

Rearrange Pages

Drag-and-drop page thumbnails to reorder, rotate, or delete pages.

Secure Send

Share files with expiring links, download limits, and passphrase protection.

Send a Fax

Digital-to-analog faxing for healthcare, legal, and government workflows. HIPAA BAA available.

View PDF

Full-featured viewer with zoom, page navigation, and quick inspection.

Deep Dive

BATES stamping that actually
keeps up with your caseload.

Not a basic page numberer. Full document-production stamping with cross-document sequencing, conflict detection, flattening, audit logs, and output renaming — all in the browser.

Cross-Document Sequencing

Upload an entire production set. Stamp each file separately, run one continuous sequence across all files, or merge everything into a single stamped PDF. Your numbering never breaks.

Live Preview & Conflict Detection

See your stamp on the actual page before applying. If your stamp overlaps existing text, we flag it — page by page — so you can reposition or adjust margins before committing.

Flatten Before Stamping

One toggle converts fillable forms, annotations, and interactive elements to static content before stamps are applied. Prevents tampering and ensures stamps can't be stripped from the output.

Automatic File Renaming

Output files are renamed with their BATES range automatically. Choose from patterns like 000001-000284_Discovery.pdf — no manual renaming after download.

PDF & CSV Audit Logs

Export a full stamping report — every file, every page range, every BATES number assigned. Available as a formatted PDF for filing or a CSV for your document management system.

Full Formatting Control

Custom prefix and suffix, 4–7 digit padding, date stamps in four formats, three font families, adjustable size, 9-position placement, custom colors, and optional styled backgrounds.

Example: Cross-document production stamping

Discovery_Exhibit_A.pdf SMITH-000001-000284_Discovery_Exhibit_A.pdf 284 pages

Medical_Records_Batch.pdf SMITH-000285-000412_Medical_Records_Batch.pdf 128 pages — sequence continues

Deposition_Transcript.pdf SMITH-000413-000580_Deposition_Transcript.pdf 168 pages — no gaps, no overlaps

Built For

Purpose-built for the people
who handle the documents.

⚖️

Litigation Support & Paralegals

BATES stamping with live preview and conflict detection. Deep redaction that destroys the text layer. Fake-redaction detection that catches what opposing counsel missed. The tools you need for preparing production sets and stamping exhibit pages for court filing.

"We need BATES done right, redactions we can trust, and audit trails we can defend. That's not an afterthought — that's the whole job."

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Compliance & Records

Security audit that surfaces hidden metadata, embedded scripts, and fake redactions across entire document sets. Redaction verification ensures sensitive information is truly destroyed — not just hidden under a black box that can be copied and pasted.

"Our security audit used to be manual spot-checks. Now we run every document through before it leaves the building."

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Legal Operations

One platform instead of five. Compress court filings, watermark drafts, merge exhibit packages, password-protect sensitive documents — then stamp and redact when production time comes. Per-case billing documentation coming soon for clean pass-through to clients.

"Every re-upload across tools is a chance for the wrong version to end up in the wrong hands. One platform eliminates that."

How We Compare

Compliance-grade tools vs.
general-purpose PDF editors.

Other tools treat legal compliance features as add-ons. We built the product around them.

Feature	PDF Sentry	Adobe Acrobat Pro
BATES stamping with live preview		No preview
Page conflict detection (BATES)
Deep redaction (rasterize + burn)		Mark-and-apply
Fake redaction detection
Security audit (metadata, scripts, hidden content)		Buried, manual
Compression with page-type classification		Basic
Magic Scan (zero-config autopilot)
Browser-based (no install)		Desktop app
Auto-rename files with BATES range
Compress, merge, split, watermark

Adobe is a general-purpose PDF editor. PDFSentry is a compliance toolkit. Adobe has BATES stamping — without live preview, without conflict detection, without automatic file renaming. It has redaction — without fake-redaction scanning. It has metadata removal — buried in menus most users never find. The features legal teams rely on most are afterthoughts in Adobe.

Feature	PDF Sentry	Smallpdf / iLovePDF
Compression with page-type classification		Basic
Merge / Split / Rearrange
Watermark presets		Basic
BATES stamping
Deep redaction
Fake redaction detection
Security audit
Magic Scan (autopilot optimization)
24hr auto-delete file policy

Smallpdf and iLovePDF are consumer tools. They're fine for merging a few files. But they have zero compliance capabilities — no BATES, no redaction, no security audit, no auto-delete policy. When the work gets serious, you need a different class of tool.

Feature	PDF Sentry	VDOCS / Bates Express
Live page preview with stamps rendered		Static thumbnail
Page conflict detection
Cross-document sequencing
Browser-based (any device)		Windows only
Modern, responsive UI		Dated
Automatic file renaming		Limited
PDF & CSV audit log export		Basic
Compress, redact, merge, split included		BATES only

The most capable BATES stamping tool on the market — plus everything else you need. Standalone BATES tools are Windows-only, single-purpose, and haven't updated their UX in years. PDF Sentry gives you the same capability in the browser, plus the entire compliance and PDF toolkit.

Feature	PDF Sentry	Redactable
Deep redaction (rasterize + burn)		Permanent removal
Fake redaction detection
Regex PII detection (SSN, credit cards)
AI/NLP entity detection	Roadmap
Audit trails & redaction certificates
BATES stamping
Compress, merge, split, watermark
Security audit

Redactable does redaction. PDF Sentry does redaction AND everything else. Redactable's AI/NLP detection is more advanced for unstructured PII like names in context. But at $50+/month for redaction alone, the value equation shifts when you also need BATES stamping, security audit, compression, and the rest of the toolkit in one platform.

Pricing

One plan. Every tool.
No feature gates.

Every compliance tool, every processing tool, every workflow — included. No tiers to navigate, no upgrade walls mid-workflow.

Professional

$39 /month

Full access to every tool in the platform. BATES, redaction, security audit, compression, merge, split, watermark, OCR, fax — everything.

All 16 tools — no feature gates

BATES stamp with live preview & conflict detection

Deep redaction (rasterize + burn)

Fake redaction detection

Security audit & metadata cleanup

Magic Scan autopilot

Compress, merge, split, watermark, OCR

Secure Send & Send a Fax

AES-256 encryption, 24hr auto-delete

US-based processing, priority queue

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Per-Case

$49 /case

Bill PDF processing directly to the case. Individual invoicing and documentation suitable for client pass-through — a disbursement, not overhead.

Everything in Professional

Per-case invoicing with matter number

Detailed processing logs per case

Documentation suitable for client billing

Pass-through cost vs. monthly OpEx

No monthly commitment

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All plans include 24hr auto-delete, AES-256 encryption, and US-based processing. Free trial includes full access to all tools for 7 days.

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Scan your documents for
hidden compliance risks.

Upload any PDF and get an instant risk summary — fake redactions, hidden metadata, embedded scripts, and more. No signup required.

Document Risk Summary

Fake redactions detected 3 found

Hidden metadata & author info 5 fields

Embedded JavaScript 1 script

Encryption & permissions Clean

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Our Redaction Verifier scans any PDF and tells you if the redactions are real — or just black boxes hiding extractable text. Free, instant, no account required.

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The PDF tools yourlegal team actually needs.

Your files are not our business.

16 tools. One platform.Zero re-uploading.

BATES stamping that actuallykeeps up with your caseload.

Purpose-built for the peoplewho handle the documents.

Compliance-grade tools vs.general-purpose PDF editors.

One plan. Every tool.No feature gates.

Scan your documents forhidden compliance risks.

Think your redactions are secure?Upload and find out.