I've tried trial versions of several Acrobat alternatives and none have done what I needed easily even though my needs are very modest. I need to view PDFs, merge 2 PDF files, and delete pages out of PDFs, and save them with those changes. That's it. For this functionality, Adobe wants me to buy Acrobat Pro with a gazillion features I won't use and pay $14.99/mo with a year committment or $24.99/mo without the commitment. I'm not against paying something, but that's just too darned much to pay for my limited requirements. I use my receipt scanner to scan documents to searchable PDFs for personal documents and documents related to my side hustle, so I end up producing a LOT of PDF files, so I'd prefer software I can run on my local machine rather than uploading my sensitive data to a website.
I ask my fellow mustachians for frugal suggestions...