AnyConv vs Pandoc

AnyConv is an online converter for documents, images, videos, audio, eBooks, archives and other file types. It supports more than 300 formats and thousands of conversion combinations, with file upload and download handled in a browser without installing software. It is listed for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web and Windows. The free plan needs no registration and permits uploads up to 100 MB per file and up to 60 conversions per hour. AnyConv says files are automatically deleted from its servers within an hour and that it does not access, view or analyze file contents. It states that transfers use HTTPS, that infrastructure is hosted on secure servers in Germany and Finland, and that its data-handling practices are GDPR-compliant. Its privacy policy says the site may collect technical details such as IP address, browser type and language, operating system and referring URL, and uses Google Analytics and Google AdSense. AnyConv says it is available in 22 languages and serves users in more than 190 countries. Questions and feedback can be sent by email or through its contact form.

Pandoc is a command-line document converter and Haskell library, offered for free under the GPL. It converts among markup and word-processing formats including Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, Word DOCX, EPUB, and Jupyter notebooks. Readers parse a source into an abstract syntax tree, which writers then turn into the selected output format. Templates and Lua filters let users adjust processing, and Lua can also be used to create custom readers and writers. Pandoc formats citations and can produce bibliographies with hundreds of CSL styles. PDF output uses LaTeX by default, though users can specify another PDF engine. Installers or binaries are provided for Windows, macOS, and Linux, with package-manager and source installation also documented. It can be run through GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD, and official Docker images are available. The official Linux executable is statically linked without dynamic dependencies or external data-file dependencies. Pandoc has no graphical interface; conversions from more expressive formats can lose information, and complex tables may not fit its document model.