Convertio · Scanned PDF OCR
Convertio offers 10 free OCR pages per day without login, completing Word (.docx) export in 18.04s with zero watermarks, though default language settings impacted recall.
US-West (California, AS2914)
DOCX · 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
Convertio site-wide file conversion and OCR subscription plans · 2026-10-31
Supports basic conversions across 300+ formats and trial OCR；Standard queue priority, 2 concurrent tasks, 24h file retention
High priority queue, ad-free experience, unlimited daily minutes
High priority queue, ad-free, high-concurrency batch processing
Highest priority queue, ad-free, heavy professional workflow support
High priority queue; advertised as $6.99/mo equivalent billed annually；Annual upfront total undisclosed on main tier card; unverified per contract rules
5 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Free tier supports up to 100MB. Monthly plans are fully disclosed; annual plans display monthly equivalents without upfront annual invoice totals.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Subscriptions can be cancelled anytime; refunds follow official terms of service.
Official homepage and conversion workspace ↗ · 2026-10-31 Capture 1 ↗
Official pricing and subscription tiers ↗ · 2026-10-31 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-11-05
$9.99/day (24-Hour Pass) or $11.99/mo (Lite) / from $6.99/mo billed yearly
Free Daily Quota + 24-Hour Pass + Monthly/Yearly Subscription
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- Editable Word (.docx) document (1594 chars · watermark-free)
- Watermark
- Watermark-free
- Free allowance
- Free guest quota of 10 pages per day with direct .docx download
- Account requirements
- No login required for daily free OCR quota (up to 10 pages); paid tiers require registration
- Maximum specification record
- Editable Word (.docx) Document (1594 chars · watermark-free)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Supports multi-file batch upload, language selection, and multiple output formats
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Convertio cloud OCR completed in 18.04s, outputting a 9.5 KB Word document with 16.7% text recall and 25% table accuracy under default language settings.
- Fixture
- anchor_pdfocr_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 18.04 s
- End-to-end reference
- 18.04 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
- Quota and pricing disclosed upfront without post-OCR paywall trapping
- Interaction
- Direct upload and conversion without mandatory registration; results screen offers direct download button with clear status.
- Entity record
- Convertio Ltd.
- Origin
- Cyprus
- Domain history record
- 2014–Present (12+ years continuous operation)
- Third-party tracking record
- Google Analytics · Google Tag Manager · Cloudflare
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Cloud distributed transcoding and OCR engine cluster
- Retention statement
- Source files deleted immediately after processing; converted files purged after 24 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_pdfocr_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →
Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.
Official homepage and conversion workspace (snapshot ↗) · Official pricing and subscription tiers (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 54/100
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_pdfocr_v1
Honesty & reputation · 89/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 30 / 35 | Monthly pricing (Lite $11.99, Basic $22.99, Pro $44.99) is clearly listed; annual plans show amortized monthly cost ($6.99/mo) upfront. | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 28 / 30 | Direct upload and conversion without mandatory registration; results screen offers direct download button with clear status. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 18 / 20 | Operating for over 12 years with transparent corporate entity in Cyprus and comprehensive privacy whitepapers. | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 13 / 15 | Uploaded source files are destroyed immediately after conversion; converted artifacts are retained for 24 hours before purge. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 39/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 14 / 65 | Deterministic scanned PDF OCR inspection: on the 644.4 KB 2-page raster scan, default OCR language caused text degradation, resulting in 0/4 headings, 3/12 table cells (25% table accuracy), and 16.7% overall text retention (14.0/65) | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 16 / 20 | Exports standard Microsoft Word (.docx) without login and zero watermarks, without explicit page break (16/20) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 9 / 15 | Cloud async queue and conversion completed in 18.04s server wait time (9/15) | 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
- 2026-11-05
Scanned PDF OCR text retention, table cell accuracy, and server wait benchmark on anchor_pdfocr_v1.