AvePDF vs Xodo Compress PDF
AvePDF
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Xodo Compress PDF
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| Figure | AvePDF | Xodo Compress PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3.75/mo | $7.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 9 |
| Spec score · PDF Compression Software | 8.5 (#10) | 8.6 (#8) |
| Spec score · PDF compressors | 8.5 (#6) | 8.8 (#4) |
| Integrations | The converter supports upload from Google Drive, Dropbox, and a web address, and lets users save results to cloud storage. | Xodo provides a Chrome extension, Google Workspace app for Google Drive, Xodo PWA, Windows app and Android and iOS apps. |
| Support | The Premium plan includes technical support. | Apryse provides customers technical support from its developers and solution engineers. |
Plans
Xodo Compress PDF
- FreeFree
- Free online PDF compressorFree
- Xodo Web$7.99 a month
- Xodo Document Suite$8.99 a month
- Xodo Desktop (PDF Studio)$9.99 a month
- Xodo Web$95.88 a year
- Xodo Document Suite$107.93 a year
- Xodo Desktop (PDF Studio)$119.88 a year
- PDF Studio perpetual license$240, paid once
In their own words
AvePDF
AvePDF is a browser-based service for editing, converting, and managing PDF and other electronic documents. Its tools cover merging, splitting, compression, conversion, protection, redaction, signing, OCR, PDF/A conversion and validation, and scanning. The converter handles more than 100 formats, including raster and vector images, office and text formats, CAD, and SVG. Files can be uploaded from Google Drive, Dropbox, or a web address, with results saved to cloud storage. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 50+ document tools, 2 processing operations per 6 hours, files up to 128 MB, and up to 10 files per processing. Premium costs $45 a year, billed annually as one payment per user; it includes unlimited processing, files up to 512 MB, and up to 100 files per processing, as well as no ads, technical support, and early beta access. Free-service uploads may be retained to improve services, including to train models; Premium files are not retained. Premium subscribers also receive multiple levels of encryption.
Xodo Compress PDF
Xodo Compress PDF reduces PDF file size through an online compressor with Low and High compression settings. The free online plan permits one Low compression action per day; High compression requires a trial. Xodo says uploaded files are protected with TLS encryption and permanently deleted after one hour. The compressor is part of a wider set of Xodo tools available on web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. Xodo Web includes more than 40 online tools, and the Document Suite combines web and desktop tools. Xodo PDF Studio offers more than 60 professional tools and works offline, with Light, Balanced, Aggressive and custom optimization profiles. It can optimize batches of PDFs and handle batch conversion, text extraction and security operations. Xodo Mobile can view, scan, edit, annotate, convert, compress and e-sign documents, with connections to Xodo Drive, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox and iCloud. Pricing includes a free plan, a 3-day trial and paid options from $7.99/mo (annual).