DoKit vs PDF Candy
DoKit
dokit.org
PDF Candy
pdfcandy.comSide by side
| Figure | DoKit | PDF Candy |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $0.33/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 6 |
| Spec score · PDF Merger Software | 8.6 (#8) | 8.8 (#6) |
| Spec score · PDF mergers | 8.6 (#6) | 9.3 (#2) |
| Company | DoKit’s terms identify the service provider as Fundacja Otwarte Państwo, based in Warsaw, Poland, and give company registration number 0000924759. | PDF Candy says it was developed by the Icecream Apps team and has been offered since 2016. |
| File retention | The terms say PDF merge, split and compress files are deleted after 15 minutes, PDF edits after 24 hours, and other files after 60 minutes by default. | PDF Candy says uploaded and created files are automatically deleted from its servers within two hours after processing. |
| Support | DoKit invites users to email [email protected] for problems, questions or feedback. | The pricing page says technical support will respond within two business days if the Help Center cannot resolve an order issue. |
Plans
DoKit
- Free registered userFree
- Free visitor / non-registeredFree
- Premium userPrice not published
PDF Candy
- Web + Desktop FreeFree
- Desktop + Web Yearly$4 a year
- Web Monthly$6 a month
- Desktop + Web Lifetime$99 a month
- Web + Desktop FREEFree
- Desktop + Web Lifetime$99, paid once
In their own words
DoKit
DoKit is a web-based document toolkit for processing PDFs and converting documents to and from PDF. Its tools merge, split, compress, protect, and unlock PDFs. Merge accepts PDF, JPEG, DOC, PPT, XLS, and TXT files, combines them into one PDF, and lets users set their order. Split can extract pages into separate files or divide a PDF into equal-sized chunks. The Eco tool converts documents to grayscale and smaller paper sizes for printing. DoKit runs online without requiring software installation. Free visitors and free registered users can use the service, alongside paid Premium accounts; the terms say functionality may vary by user type. Uploaded files are automatically deleted by default after 15 minutes for merge, split, and compress operations, 24 hours for PDF edits, and 60 minutes for other files. DoKit says tool pages use SSL and do not store files, while its terms reserve access to uploaded content for fraud prevention, technical issues, service improvement, or support. The provider is Fundacja Otwarte Państwo in Warsaw, Poland.
PDF Candy
PDF Candy is a PDF toolkit for editing, converting, merging, splitting, compressing, signing, protecting and managing documents. Its tools include text editing, annotations and OCR, while AI features can summarize, chat with and translate PDF documents. Users can import files from Google Drive or Dropbox and save updated versions back to cloud storage. PDF Candy Desktop is a Windows download with 35 tools that can operate offline; the company lists 98 PDF tools and 19 languages. Access is listed for web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. The free plan has page and hourly restrictions, limited file size, no batch processing and a desktop operations limit. Students and teachers can get one year of PDF Candy PRO online at no cost, with no hourly limits and uploads up to 500 MB. PDF Candy says files are deleted from its servers within two hours after processing. The free plan is available, with paid access from $6/mo.