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Frequently Asked Questions

Short, honest answers about pricing, privacy, supported formats, and conversion fidelity. If your question isn't here, email [email protected].

What is JuSenseDataSuite?

A local-first PDF, Word, Excel, and CSV toolkit that runs entirely in your browser. It merges, splits, redacts, compresses, and watermarks PDFs; converts between PDF, Word, Excel, and CSV; and cleans, filters, validates, and deduplicates spreadsheet data.

Nothing uploads — files are processed on your device. No account required. No subscription. Works offline after first load.

How much does JuSenseDataSuite cost? Is it a subscription?

Free tier: 1000 operations per month with every feature unlocked. No account, no card, no time limit. For most students and casual users, the free tier works forever.

Pro: $39 one-time for unlimited use. It's not a subscription — you pay once and own that version forever. You can also try Pro free for 14 days before buying.

What does the 1000 operations per month free tier actually include?

Every tool is fully unlocked on the free tier — merge PDF, split PDF, redact, compress, convert PDF to Word, Word to PDF, Excel to PDF, CSV cleanup, everything. No watermark, no feature gate.

Each successful save counts as one operation. The counter resets on the 1st of each calendar month, local time. If you cross 1000 in a month, work still continues — we never hard-block you. The app just suggests upgrading and keeps working.

For comparison: Smallpdf free is 2 tasks per day and requires an account beyond that. Adobe's online tool allows 2 tasks per day. JuSenseDataSuite gives you 1000 a month with no account and no upload.

Do my files get uploaded anywhere when I merge or convert a PDF?

No. All processing happens in your browser, on your device. The only network traffic is the one-time app download the first time you visit. After that, JuSenseDataSuite works fully offline.

We have no server that handles your files. There is no cloud to opt out of because there is no cloud. You can verify this yourself — open your browser's Network tab while merging a PDF; you'll see zero requests.

How is this different from Smallpdf, iLovePDF, or Adobe Acrobat online?

Those tools upload your file to their servers, process it there, and send the result back. That's fine for non-sensitive documents, but it means every tax return, contract, medical record, or client invoice you've converted has been on someone else's infrastructure — possibly logged, possibly cached, possibly subject to subpoena.

JuSenseDataSuite never transmits your file. That's the only meaningful difference for most users. For power users, we're less mature — no batch processing, no API, no team features. If you need those, Smallpdf or Adobe are still the right choice.

Does it work offline?

Yes. JuSenseDataSuite is a Progressive Web App (PWA). On first visit the entire app is cached on your device. From then on you can merge, convert, redact, and process files on an airplane, in a café with no WiFi, or on a locked-down corporate network. It never phones home.

What PDF tools are included?

  • Merge — combine multiple PDFs into one
  • Split — by page ranges or target size
  • Page operations — reorder, delete, rotate pages
  • Compress — reduce file size
  • Password-protect — AES encryption
  • Watermark — text or image, with opacity and position control
  • Extract text — PDF to plain text or searchable PDF
  • OCR scanned PDFs — English, German, Spanish, French, auto-detected
  • Redact — permanently remove text, not just paint over it visually
On redaction: many free tools "redact" by drawing a black rectangle on top of the text, leaving the original text extractable via copy-paste. Ours actually strips the underlying text from the PDF object model.

Can I convert PDF to Word for free without uploading?

Yes, within honest limits. JuSenseDataSuite extracts text from a PDF and writes it to an editable .docx file, fully in your browser. Paragraph breaks and basic bold/italic are preserved when the PDF used standard fonts.

What this conversion does NOT preserve:

  • Tables — come out as space-separated text you'll need to re-format
  • Multi-column layouts — reading order may be scrambled
  • Headers, footers, page numbers — mixed into the body
  • Precise fonts — output uses the Word default
  • Images — omitted

For PDFs with complex tables or multi-column layouts, Microsoft Word's built-in File → Open on a .pdf reconstructs layout better than any browser tool. Use that if you have Word installed. This conversion is best for text-heavy PDFs where you just need the content.

Can I convert Word to PDF?

Yes. JuSenseDataSuite produces a print-ready PDF from a .docx file, preserving headings, paragraphs, inline formatting (bold, italic, underline), lists, simple tables, and embedded images.

Before conversion, a pre-flight scanner warns you about layout features the v1 engine can't preserve exactly — merged cells (colspan/rowspan), nested tables, text boxes, multi-column layouts, headers and footers, form fields. You still get the conversion; you just won't be surprised by the output.

For full-fidelity conversion of complex forms, Microsoft Word's native File → Save As PDF remains the best option. Our tool is for quick archival PDFs and text-heavy documents.

Can I convert Excel to PDF and clean CSVs?

Excel → PDF renders sheets with their formatting to a printable PDF. CSV ↔ XLSX converts in both directions.

The suite also includes a data-cleaning workflow specifically for messy exports:

  • Clean — trim whitespace, normalise case, strip invisible characters, fix encoding issues
  • Filter — keep or drop rows matching conditions
  • Columns — reorder, rename, drop, split by delimiter
  • Validate — type-check each column (dates, numbers, emails, URLs)
  • Dedup — exact and fuzzy row deduplication

What's the maximum file size I can process?

500 MB per file. Because processing happens on your own device, the real limit is your device's available RAM. On a typical laptop, multi-hundred-megabyte PDFs and half-million-row CSVs work without issue. Older Chromebooks and phones may hit memory pressure earlier.

Which browsers does JuSenseDataSuite support?

Any modern browser — Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Brave, Opera, Arc. No plugin or extension needed.

For the best install experience (app icon on your dock or home screen, offline-first behaviour), Chrome and Edge offer the cleanest Install prompt. Firefox supports the same tools without a dedicated install. Safari 16+ supports PWA install from the Share menu.

Can I use it on my phone or tablet?

Yes — iOS Safari and Android Chrome both support PWAs. On iOS, tap Share → Add to Home Screen. On Android, use the Install prompt that appears on first visit.

The layout adapts to small screens, but heavy operations on very large files will run faster on a laptop.

If I buy Pro, does the license cover all my devices?

Yes — a Pro license is for one person across their own devices (laptop, desktop, second laptop, phone, tablet). The same license key activates Pro on each device you paste it into.

Pro is not a team or per-seat license. If two people in the same household or office want Pro, each needs their own. See the Terms of Service for the full wording.

What's the refund policy?

Pro is refundable within 14 days of purchase. Email [email protected] with your license key — no questions asked beyond verifying eligibility.

If you'd rather not commit, click Start free trial in the app for 14 days of unlimited use — no card, no account.

What happens to my data if I clear my browser storage?

Files you converted or saved to disk are unaffected — those live wherever you saved them on your file system.

JuSenseDataSuite itself keeps its settings, usage counter, and licence key in your browser's local storage, so clearing that resets the app to a fresh install. The app ships with a 3-tier automatic backup system so that accidental settings loss is recoverable — see Settings → Backups.

What happens if JupiterSense stops existing?

Your installed copy keeps working. There's no server to phone home to, no license check against our infrastructure, no cloud dependency. The version you installed today continues to process your files indefinitely. This is a deliberate protection against vendor lock-in.

How do I get help?

Email [email protected]. Because JuSenseDataSuite has no account system, please include your license key (for Pro users) so we can verify eligibility for paid support.