ConvertFiles vs Zamzar API
ConvertFiles
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| Figure | ConvertFiles | Zamzar API |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · File Conversion Software | 7.8 (#30) | 8.6 (#9) |
| Spec score · File Converter Software | 7.8 (#22) | 8.6 (#7) |
| File retention | Uploaded and converted files are automatically deleted after 4 hours for signed-out users and 3 days for registered users. | Free web conversions are stored for up to 24 hours, while paid users’ files remain until deletion or expiry under the applicable service terms. |
| Headquarters | Petah Tikva, Israel | The registered office is The Courtyard, Shoreham Road, Upper Beeding, Steyning, West Sussex BN44 3TN, United Kingdom. |
| Support | Users can contact the support team through the site, and the maker says it will investigate conversion errors and report the outcome. | The pricing page gives plan-specific response times of one to three days, and the company says its support team is staffed by software developers. |
| What it does | ConvertFiles converts files between more than 300 formats in the browser, without requiring software installation. | Zamzar provides cloud file conversion between documents, images, video, audio, e-books, compressed files and CAD formats through a REST API. |
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ConvertFiles
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Zamzar API
Zamzar API is a REST-based HTTP service for adding file conversion to mobile, web, or desktop applications. It supports more than 1,100 conversion types across documents, video, images, audio, eBooks, CAD, 3D, and compressed files. Files can come from a user's machine or be reachable through HTTP, FTP, SFTP, or Amazon S3. Zamzar says its cloud service can handle demand from one file to 10,000. Developers can use official Java, PHP, and Python SDKs, plus code samples for C#, cURL, Node.js, and other languages. The free Test plan costs nothing, requires no card, and includes 100 credits, a 1 MB maximum file size, one-day file storage, and a three-day support response. Paid plans start at $25 /month. Successful conversions use at least one credit, and unused monthly credits do not roll over. Zamzar describes the API as a conversion service, not a CDN; converted files should be retrieved through the API. Accounts include free sandbox testing subject to file-size and job-count limits.