PDF Candy vs Xodo Compress PDF

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.

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).