| Price from | $49/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 7 |
| Spec score · PDF Compression Software | 9.1 (#2) | 9.0 (#3) |
| API | The documentation describes a REST API for programmatic image compression. | PDF2Go directs developers to partner service api2convert.com for a file-conversion API rather than documenting a native PDF2Go API. |
| Batch processing | Users can add hundreds of files or entire folders for parallel processing with progress tracking. | Paid plans allow batches of up to 200 files per task according to the current comparison table. |
| Founded | Crunchbase lists Hieu Dinh's Compresto founder role beginning January 4, 2024. | 2016 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Product | Compresto is a native macOS app for batch compressing videos, images, PDFs, and GIFs offline. | PDF2Go is an online PDF editor and converter for editing, compressing, merging, splitting, and converting PDFs in a browser. |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 3.0 out of 5 from 1 rating | 5.0 out of 5 from 1 rating. |
| Rating on G2 | 0 out of 5 from 0 reviews | 4.8 out of 5 from 7 reviews. |
| Support | The privacy policy lists [email protected] for questions about privacy or data handling. | Support is provided through email, a helpdesk, FAQs and a knowledge base; the pricing table lists response targets from 24 hours to seven days by plan. |
| What it does | Compresto is a native macOS application that batch-compresses videos, images, GIFs and PDFs locally, with claimed reductions of up to 90%. | PDF2Go is a browser-based service for editing, converting, compressing, merging, splitting and securing PDF files. |
