PicWish Image Compressor · Image compression
Signed-in free accounts can download full-resolution compressed images with fast processing and substantial size reduction, but guest downloads hit a login modal and PNG inputs are converted to JPEG.
US-West (California, AS2914)
JPEG · Output attached · Open native file ↗
Subsequent pricing and service checks are shown separately without altering historical scores.
One run does not establish all complex scenes, untested paid maxima or long-term uptime.
Plans & historical pricing
Web free, weekly/monthly/annual subscriptions and expanded packs; excludes API · 2026-10-20
13 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Actual annual charges $59.99/$263.99. A 3-day trial is offered; cancel before expiry to avoid charges. Exact daily free count is unspecified. The 11,500-credit pack includes a current 1,500-credit bonus.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancel under My Orders; request refunds through official support, eligibility not separately verified.
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗ · Capture 4 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-19
Free web download after sign-in; paid credits/desktop app for bulk and custom settings
Post-Compression Login Gate + Desktop App Upsell
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 2048×2048
- Watermark
- Not recorded or not verified
- Free allowance
- Compressed canonical 4,237,170-byte PNG to 1,447,201 bytes; downloaded 2048×2048 JPEG (-65.85%) after free Google sign-in.
- Account requirements
- Google or email login required when clicking Download Image
- Maximum specification record
- Not recorded or not verified
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Not recorded or not verified
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Compressed canonical PNG to 1,447,201-byte 2048×2048 JPEG (-65.85%, PSNR=47.03 dB, SSIM=0.9997) after free Google sign-in.
- Fixture
- anchor_compress_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 1.43 s
- End-to-end reference
- 3.54 s
Network wait includes round trips, queuing and polling error, not pure inference time. Local timings depend on the device; repetition counts are not standardized in legacy records.
Experience, rules & trust
- Disclosure
- Not recorded or not verified
- Interaction
- Uses a post-processing login wall at the download step and devotes half the result panel to promoting the desktop app.
- Entity record
- AI Image Tool Matrix (Wangxu Tech / Apowersoft)
- Origin
- Not recorded or not verified
- Domain history record
- Not recorded or not verified
- Third-party tracking record
- Not recorded or not verified
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Alibaba Cloud OSS upload + gw.aoscdn.com async compression queue (single-sample server wait 1.43s)
- Retention statement
- Not fully reverified; prior inference not carried forward
A recorded statement does not verify deletion or all data-processing behavior.
Verifiable audit trail & evidence
Four SHA-256-verified stages link the benchmark fixture, same-run interface screenshots, native exported artifact and archived pricing sources.
anchor_compress_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →
Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 72.7/100
Overall = honesty & reputation × 30% + capability × 70%. Component maxima follow this report’s rubric. List scores are rounded for display; original precision is retained here.
Scoring version 2.3.1 · Test fixture anchor_compress_v1
Honesty & reputation · 52/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 15 / 35 | Landing page headlines "Free Online Image Compressor — Compress images with one click" and lets guests upload and preview the compression ratio (4.04MB to 1.38MB), but clicking Download Image opens a login gate; after free Google sign-in, the 2048×2048 image downloads without payment, while batch mode and custom settings require the desktop app. | Evidence B → |
| Interaction restraint | 12 / 30 | Uses a post-processing login wall at the download step and devotes half the result panel to promoting the desktop app. | Evidence B → |
| Background & reputation | 15 / 20 | Operated by Wangxu Technology (HK) Co., Limited (Apowersoft). | Evidence B → |
| Engineering & privacy | 10 / 15 | HTTPS upload to Alibaba Cloud OSS plus gw.aoscdn.com async task queue; requires account login to retrieve the compressed file. | Evidence B → |
Capability · 81.5/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 53 / 65 | Compressed the 4,237,170-byte (4,137.9 KB) canonical PNG to a 1,447,201-byte (1,413.3 KB) 2048×2048 JPEG (-65.85%, 2.93x ratio) with PSNR=47.03 dB and SSIM=0.9997 on opaque RGB content, though converting the container format from PNG to JPEG. | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 14 / 20 | Signed-in free account downloads a full 2048×2048 watermark-free file, but guest download is blocked by a login modal and PNG is transcoded to JPEG. | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 14.5 / 15 | 2026-10-21 single-sample network timing: OSS PUT upload 1.80s, async compression task (r40 to r43) server wait 1.43s, end-to-end 3.54s. | Evidence A → |
Legacy scores may include advertised maximum capabilities. Read tested output separately from paid capabilities. Records without matching tiers and scope are not ranked together.
Revisions & corrections
- 2026-10-18
Initial test on PicWish Image Compressor. - 2026-10-19
Unified 30/70 weighting and decimal rounding; added evidence hashes and publication gating. - 2026-10-19
Added native export evidence after authorized Google sign-in. - 2026-10-21
Captured single-sample server processing time (server_s=1.43s) via Ego browser and compiled seven-aspect draft scores for human review.