PDF24 Tools · Scanned PDF OCR
100% free and unlimited without login, converting our 2-page raster scan into a 567.5 KB searchable PDF in 6.24s with 100% recall across all 4 headings and 12 confusable invoice table cells.
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
PDF24 online PDF-to-Word · 2026-10-20
1 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
The tool page explicitly states free, ad-supported access without limits. Arbitrarily large files and complex scans were not verified; no new performance test was conducted.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancellation and refund terms follow official checkout and help policies.
Official feature and pricing page ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-25
100% Free & Unlimited (Includes Free Desktop App)
100% Free & Unlimited (Includes Free Desktop App)
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- Full 2-page searchable PDF (567.5 KB · 15 BT / 241 TJ · watermark-free)
- Watermark
- Watermark-free
- Free allowance
- 100% Free & Unlimited (Includes Free Desktop App)
- Account requirements
- No Login Required
- Maximum specification record
- Full 2-page searchable PDF (567.5 KB · 15 BT / 241 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 / 241 TJ text operators) with 100% recall across 4/4 headings, 12/12 invoice table cells, and the Page 2 verification token.
- Fixture
- anchor_pdfocr_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 6.24 s
- End-to-end reference
- 8.06 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
- No registration or email required, exposing multi-language OCR dictionaries, Force OCR, and Deskew toggles upfront; a single clearly labeled static Advertisement banner sits below the workspace without obstructing the Download button.
- Entity record
- Geek Software GmbH
- Origin
- Berlin, Germany
- Domain history record
- 2006–Present (20-year German document utility benchmark)
- 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_pdf24_tesseract_ocr)
- Retention statement
- Users can click the trash icon on the download screen to immediately wipe files from the server, or let automatic short-term purge remove them
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.
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 98.4/100
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 · 98/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 35 / 35 | 100% free and unlimited with zero daily task caps, page truncations, or post-OCR paywalls. Uploading our 644.4 KB 2-page raster-only scanned PDF (anchor_pdfocr_v1, 0 embedded fonts) without login completes server OCR in 6.24s and exports a 2-page searchable PDF with direct download and an instant Erase button (01_landing.png, 02_result.png, 03_download.png). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 29 / 30 | No registration or email required, exposing multi-language OCR dictionaries, Force OCR, and Deskew toggles upfront; a single clearly labeled static Advertisement banner sits below the workspace without obstructing the Download button. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 19 / 20 | Developed and maintained by Geek Software GmbH in Berlin, Germany since 2006, widely trusted across enterprise and academic document workflows. | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 15 / 15 | Complies with German and EU GDPR standards, provides an instant "Erase" button on the result screen to wipe temporary server files, and offers the 100% offline PDF24 Creator desktop suite. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 98.5/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 65 / 65 | Deterministic searchable PDF stream & table inspection: reconstructs a 2-page selectable text layer (15 BT / 241 TJ operators) over the 644.4 KB zero-font raster scan, recovering 4/4 headings and 12/12 confusable invoice table cells (100% table accuracy, 100% overall text recall) with the Page 2 verification token intact (65/65) | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 | Exports a complete 2-page watermark-free searchable PDF (567.5 KB) without login (20/20) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 13.5 / 15 | Upload took 1.82s and cloud OCR server processing completed in 6.24s (8.06s end-to-end) (13.5/15) | 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.