iLovePDF · Scanned PDF OCR
Completes scanned PDF OCR without login in just 3.45s and auto-downloads an unwatermarked 2-page searchable PDF with 100% accuracy across all 12 confusable invoice table cells, clipping only the trailing word of the Page 2 white-on-navy banner (94.4% overall text recall).
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
iLovePDF USD single-seat web plans; 25+ users quoted · 2026-10-20
5 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Monthly and annual controls confirm USD 9/month and USD 60/year. Free processing is limited without exact figures; education and seat discounts require eligibility checks.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Upgrade, downgrade or cancel in account settings. The page says prices include applicable VAT, with regional invoice treatment. Refund terms were not separately verified.
Official feature and pricing page ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Official feature and pricing page ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-25
Free Single-File OCR + Premium Subscription ($5/mo)
Free Single-File OCR + Premium Subscription ($5/mo)
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- Full 2-page searchable PDF (2473.6 KB · 15 BT / 233 TJ · watermark-free)
- Watermark
- Watermark-free
- Free allowance
- Free Single-File OCR + Premium Subscription ($5/mo)
- Account requirements
- No Login Required
- Maximum specification record
- Full 2-page searchable PDF (2473.6 KB · 15 BT / 233 TJ · watermark-free)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Single-file OCR on free tier; batch processing per plan quota
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Generated a 2-page searchable PDF (15 BT / 233 TJ text operators) with 12/12 invoice table cells and the Page 2 verification token intact; clipped the end of the Page 2 white-on-navy banner CONTINUATION -> CONTI I (94.4% text recall).
- Fixture
- anchor_pdfocr_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 3.45 s
- End-to-end reference
- 4.36 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
- Options disclosed upfront with no post-OCR paywall trap
- Interaction
- Zero ad popups or email capture walls; clicking Apply OCR completes in 3.45s and automatically triggers the output download.
- Entity record
- iLovePDF (ilovepdf.com)
- Origin
- Barcelona, Spain
- Domain history record
- 2010–Present (16-year global PDF utility leader)
- 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 OCR engine (cloud_ilovepdf_ocr_worker)
- Retention statement
- Users can delete converted files immediately via the trash icon, or let automatic purge remove them within 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_pdfocr_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →
Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.
Official feature and pricing page (snapshot ↗) · Official feature and pricing page (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 94.8/100
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 · 90/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 29 / 35 | Unlocks OCR PDF without login, completing server OCR on our 644.4 KB 2-page raster scan in 3.45s and auto-downloading an unwatermarked 2-page searchable PDF (01_landing.png, 02_result.png, 03_download.png); batch OCR and larger files require Premium ($5/mo). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 28 / 30 | Zero ad popups or email capture walls; clicking Apply OCR completes in 3.45s and automatically triggers the output download. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 19 / 20 | Operated in Barcelona, Spain by iLovePDF SL since 2010 with ISO/IEC 27001 information security certification. | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 14 / 15 | End-to-end HTTPS transport with automatic 2-hour server file purge and an instant manual delete button on the completion screen. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 96.8/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 63.3 / 65 | Deterministic searchable PDF stream & table inspection: reconstructs a 2-page selectable text layer (15 BT / 233 TJ operators) over the 644.4 KB zero-font raster scan, recovering 3/4 headings and 12/12 confusable invoice table cells (100% table accuracy, 94.4% overall text recall) with the Page 2 verification token intact (63.3/65) | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 19 / 20 | Exports a complete 2-page watermark-free searchable PDF (2473.6 KB) without login (19/20) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 14.5 / 15 | Upload took 0.91s and cloud OCR server processing completed in 3.45s (4.36s end-to-end) (14.5/15) | 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
- 2026-10-25
Initial scanned PDF OCR text layer, confusable invoice table cell accuracy, and server timing benchmark on anchor_pdfocr_v1.