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Why VSThiran
Why VSThiran?
Free, private and ready when you are.
Free to use
Every tool on VSThiran is free, with no subscription and no paywalled features.
No signup required
Open a tool and start. No account, no email address, no trial to remember to cancel.
Browser-based
Everything runs on your own device, in the tab you have open - nothing to install.
Private by design
Files are read and processed locally. Nothing is uploaded to a server or stored anywhere.
Guides & Articles
Learn how to solve it
VSThiran is tools and the explanations behind them - practical guides for jobs that span several tools, and articles that walk through one problem properly.
How to clean up a messy spreadsheet
Upload the file once, look at what is actually wrong with it, fix the formatting, then deal with the duplicates. Each step hands the file to the next, so you upload once and download at the end.
Read the guideOpen See What Is in My FileHow to compare two spreadsheets
It depends what "compare" means for your files. To see what changed between two versions, compare them directly. To bring columns across from one to the other, match them on a shared column. To check two systems agree on money, reconcile them.
Read the guideOpen Compare SpreadsheetsHow to edit a PDF without Acrobat
"Editing a PDF" is usually one of five different jobs. Open the file once and you can do all of them in sequence - reorder the pages, mark it, number it, sign it and shrink it - then download once at the end.
Read the guideOpen Organise PDFHow to calculate end-of-service gratuity in the UAE
For mainland UAE employees, end-of-service gratuity is 21 days of basic salary for each of the first 5 years of service, plus 30 days of basic salary for each year after that - calculated on the last basic salary, not allowances, and capped at two years of total remuneration.
Read the articleOpen UAE Gratuity CalculatorVLOOKUP vs XLOOKUP: which should you use?
Use XLOOKUP if you have Microsoft 365 or Excel 2021 or later - it is simpler, safer and more flexible. Use VLOOKUP when you must support older Excel versions, or when following an existing workbook someone else built.
Read the articleOpen VLOOKUP OnlineFAQ
Frequently asked questions
What VSThiran is, how to use it, and how listings work.
VSThiran is a free collection of online tools for everyday work - calculators, converters, generators and short guides. Everything is designed to answer one question quickly, without sign-up.
No. There is no sign-up, no login and no paywall. Open a tool, use it, and close the tab.
No. VSThiran is free to use, and the goal is to keep the tools and knowledge here free for the long term.
The calculators, converters and file tools run entirely in your browser. Nothing you type or upload is sent to a VSThiran server for those tools.
Yes. The tools are built to be globally applicable and do not assume any particular country. Where a calculation genuinely differs by country, that is stated on the page rather than assumed.
Email hello@vsthiran.com with what you need and why. Suggestions for small, genuinely useful tools are always welcome.