Sejda PDF Compressor · PDF compression
States its 3 tasks/hour free limit upfront; compressed the 1.66 MB 2-page PDF by 94.58% to 89.9 KB in 1.74s without login while retaining 100% selectable vector text and offering instant deletion.
US-West (California, AS2914)
PDF · 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
Sejda personal web and desktop plans (Free / Web Week Pass / Web Monthly / Desktop+Web Annual); USD · 2026-10-21
One-time payment; does not auto-renew
Recurring monthly billing; cancel anytime
Recurring annual billing; cancel anytime
4 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
The converter page states the free allowance (documents up to 50 pages or 50 MB, 3 tasks per hour, files deleted after 2 hours); the official pricing page (/upgrade) lists the 7-day Web Week Pass (USD 5 one-time payment), Web Monthly (USD 7.50/month), and Desktop+Web Annual (USD 63/year).
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Web Week Pass is a one-time 7-day payment with no auto-renewal; monthly and annual plans use recurring billing and can be cancelled anytime.
Sejda official pricing and upgrade page ↗ · 2026-10-21 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-23
$5 for 7-day pass (non-recurring); $7.50/mo Web Monthly; $63/yr Desktop+Web Annual
Transparent free quota (3 tasks/hr) + one-time weekly pass or subscription
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- Full 2-page watermark-free vector PDF (89.9 KB, -94.58% reduction)
- Watermark
- Watermark-free
- Free allowance
- Free tier allows 3 tasks per hour (up to 200 pages or 100 MB per document)
- Account requirements
- No login required for direct compression and download
- Maximum specification record
- Full 2-page native vector PDF (89.9 KB · -94.58% · watermark-free · 3 tasks/hr free limit)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Supports multi-file batch compression and cloud drive imports
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Sejda performs far better at PDF compression than PDF-to-Word (95 vs 74): its 1.74s 89.9 KB output achieves -94.58% reduction while keeping 100% of native vector text streams intact, complete with an interactive 2-page preview and instant file deletion (02_result.png, 03_download.png).
- Fixture
- anchor_pdfcompress_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 1.74 s
- End-to-end reference
- 2.54 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
- States the 3 tasks/hour and page/size limits directly below the upload button on the landing screen
- Interaction
- Uploading without login and clicking Compress PDF renders "Your document is ready — We compressed your file to 92 KB (95% less)" with a clean Download button in ~1.74s and zero ad popups.
- Entity record
- Sejda BV
- Origin
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Domain history record
- 2016–Present (affiliated with PDFsam)
- Third-party tracking record
- No third-party services listed in this record; this is not proof that none exist.
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Cloud PDF stream optimizer (plus Sejda Desktop offline client)
- Retention statement
- Direct "Delete files" button on the result screen plus automatic purge after 2 hours
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_pdfcompress_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 95.2/100
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_pdfcompress_v1
Honesty & reputation · 91/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 32 / 35 | Explicitly discloses its free tier boundaries upfront below the upload button (3 tasks/hour, up to 200 pages or 100 MB, auto-deleted after 2 hours) and offers Medium / Good / Best image quality plus More options before compression (01_landing.png, 02_result.png, 03_download.png). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 27 / 30 | Uploading without login and clicking Compress PDF renders "Your document is ready — We compressed your file to 92 KB (95% less)" with a clean Download button in ~1.74s and zero ad popups. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 18.5 / 20 | Operated by Sejda BV in Amsterdam, Netherlands since 2016 (affiliated with the open-source PDFsam team). | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 13.5 / 15 | HTTPS transport with automatic 2-hour server deletion and a direct "Delete files" button on the result sidebar. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 97/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 65 / 65 | Deterministic PDF stream inspection: unlike its legacy .doc export in PDF-to-Word, Sejda excels at PDF compression—shrinking the 1,659.0 KB fixture to 89.9 KB (-94.58%, 18.45× ratio) while preserving 100.0% of all 27 native vector text operator blocks (BT/TJ), 4/4 headings, 12/12 table cells, and the Page 2 token (65.0/65) | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 18 / 20 | Exports a complete 89.9 KB 2-page watermark-free standard PDF without login and exposes advanced options (grayscale, image DPI, multimedia stripping), subject to a transparent 3 tasks/hour free quota (18.0/20) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 14 / 15 | Server task submission (POST /api/tasks) to ready result page completes in 1.74s (14.0/15) | 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
- 2026-10-23
Initial PDF stream compression ratio and selectable vector text retention benchmark on Mode A document anchor (anchor_pdfcompress_v1).