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
Folia Local AI engine (on-device)
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
Folia Local AI for study guides & key terms
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
30-day money-back guaranteeSecure checkout — powered by LemonSqueezy
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?
Every paid plan is covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee. If Folia isn’t for you, email us within 30 days of purchase and we’ll refund you in full.
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)
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