FoxyUtils Online PDF Tools vs MinerU

FoxyUtils Online PDF Tools is a browser-based service for working with PDF files, without a software download. Its tools can merge, split, convert, edit, rotate, compress, protect, unlock, and measure PDFs. Listed conversions include PDF to Word, Excel, JPG, and ePUB, as well as Word, JPG, and ePUB to PDF. OCR is available, including for PDF-to-Word or PDF-to-Excel conversion on Premium plans. The free plan costs nothing, requires a registered account, has a 50MB limit, and allows two operations per hour. Paid options include Monthly at $5.99 a month and Annual at $2.99 a month billed $35.88 every 12 months; Lifetime costs $99, paid once. Premium features include no watermark, workflows, Dropbox and Google Drive connections, and no ads. FoxyUtils says uploads are removed after the requested action or within an hour of inactivity, while registration details are retained forever. Its privacy policy cautions that it cannot warrant the security of transmitted information.

MinerU 4.0 combines document parsing, a local document library, and tools for conversion, application integration, and agent reading. It accepts PDFs, images, office documents, ebooks, web formats, and other listed inputs, and can produce Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, DOCX, EPUB, PDF, structured content, and content lists. Four parsing tiers—Flash, Basic, Standard, and Advanced—serve different quality and compute needs. The library can discover files, cache parsing results, search content, continue by page or block, and preserve citation locators. Developers can use a Python SDK, V1 HTTP API, command-line tools, or a Gradio-based WebUI. MinerU supports the MCP protocol and agent frameworks, with exports to Dify and Notion. Documents are not automatically uploaded to the official service; remote parsing requires explicit configuration. Local WebUI and API server deployments are documented for Linux, macOS, and Windows. The open-source software is free under its project license; commercial-use limits apply above 100 million monthly active users or USD 20 million monthly revenue.