Frequently asked questions

Yes, completely. Every feature, including OCR and file conversion, runs on your computer. You can use BentoPDF with no internet connection at all.

Yes. Click into any paragraph and type, just like a text document. BentoPDF preserves the original fonts, spacing and layout while you edit.

Your documents never leave your computer. BentoPDF does no cloud processing and sends no document content anywhere, so confidential files stay confidential.

BentoPDF runs on macOS 12 or later (Apple silicon and Intel), Windows 10 or later, and major Linux distributions.

Yes, in both directions. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, HTML and EPUB files convert to PDF, and PDFs export back to editable Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Your first launch starts a 7-day trial with every feature unlocked. No account, no credit card, and it keeps working offline.

The app asks for a license key. Buy once, paste the key from your email, and you are done. Your documents are never touched.

A license is for one computer, on macOS, Windows or Linux. Moving to a new machine is easy: deactivate on the old one and activate on the new one.

Only once, to activate your key. After that BentoPDF verifies your license entirely on your computer and works fully offline.

You buy the number of seats you need in one checkout, then invite people by email from your order page. Each person gets their own license key, and you can add, remove or reassign people at any time. Larger teams pay less per seat, and it is all on one invoice.

Yes. Organizations can license fully offline (air-gapped) machines: the app exports a small request file, an admin turns it into a license file on any online computer, and the offline machine imports it. See the Offline Activation page in the footer.