Test record & evaluation basis

Foxit Online PDF to Word Converter · PDF to Word

Foxit’s service delivered complete text and tables free without login; a desktop trial promotion appears without blocking the download.

Test date 2026-10-19Subscription + creditsNative output attachedMethod 2.3.1
1 · Date, environment & tier2026-10-19 · Guest flow

US-West (California, AS2914)

2 · Fixture & native export2-page text PDF; not a scan (anchor_pdf2word_v1)

DOCX · Output attached · Open native file ↗

3 · Price checks vs. test scoreOfficial pricing checked 2026-10-21

Subsequent pricing and service checks are shown separately without altering historical scores.

4 · What one test cannot proveScoped to this fixture & path

One run does not establish all complex scenes, untested paid maxima or long-term uptime.

Plans & historical pricing

Foxit free web converter and personal/team PDF Editor plans; USD · 2026-10-21

Plan · source date
Monthly / one-time
Annual bill / period
Quota & limits
Free online converter2026-10-20 ↗
Free
Free
Free Up to 15 MB/file; no account; count and page limits not listed.
PDF Editor (Annual, paid in full)2026-10-20 ↗
—
USD 129.99/year
Annual Per user/year; Windows, macOS and web, conversion and OCR; includes 300 free AI credits/month.
PDF Editor (Annual plan, billed monthly)2026-10-21 ↗
USD 10.99/month
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Monthly USD 10.99 per user/month under an annual commitment billed monthly (USD 131.88/year total); Windows, macOS, web and 300 AI credits/month. Rules [1]
PDF Editor (Monthly plan)2026-10-21 ↗
USD 16.99/month
—
Monthly USD 16.99 per user/month without an annual contract; Windows, macOS, web and 300 AI credits/month.
PDF Editor+ (Annual, paid in full)2026-10-20 ↗
—
USD 159.99/year
Annual Per user/year; additionally includes mobile apps (iOS/Android), AI Smart Redact and 150 eSign envelopes/year.
PDF Editor+ (Annual plan, billed monthly)2026-10-21 ↗
USD 13.99/month
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Monthly USD 13.99 per user/month under an annual commitment billed monthly (USD 167.88/year total); includes desktop, web, mobile, Smart Redact and 150 eSign envelopes/year. Rules [1]
PDF Editor+ (Monthly plan)2026-10-21 ↗
USD 19.99/month
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Monthly USD 19.99 per user/month without an annual contract; includes desktop, web, mobile, Smart Redact and 150 eSign envelopes/year.
PDF Editor 14 · Perpetual2026-10-20 ↗
USD 209.99 · one-time payment
Usage / one-time
Usage / one-time One-time per-user perpetual licence; not equivalent to all subscription benefits.
14-day trial2026-10-20 ↗
Free trial
Trial
Trial No credit card; actual trial entitlement is subject to activation page.
Volume Licensing2026-10-20 ↗
Contact sales
Quoted
Quoted 30+ seats quoted (up to 30% volume discount); local taxes extra.

10 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.

[1] Annual contract billed monthly

Verified across all three billing tabs on 2026-10-21: Annual plan paid in full is USD 129.99/year (PDF Editor) and USD 159.99/year (PDF Editor+); Annual plan billed monthly is USD 10.99/month (PDF Editor) and USD 13.99/month (PDF Editor+); flexible Monthly plan is USD 16.99/month (PDF Editor) and USD 19.99/month (PDF Editor+); plus USD 209.99 perpetual licence and 30+ seat Volume Licensing by quote.

Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.

Cancellation, sources & verification record

Cancellation and refund terms follow official checkout and help policies.

Official feature and pricing page ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗

Official feature and pricing page ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗

Official feature and pricing page ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗

Foxit PDF Editor pricing page capture across all three billing tabs ↗ · 2026-10-21 Capture 1 ↗

Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-19

Free online converter; Foxit PDF Editor+ from ~$12.99/mo

Free web converter + Desktop/Cloud suite subscriptions

Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.

Delivery & access

Free delivery record
Full-document watermark-free .docx (100% text + 16-cell native table + multi-page)
Watermark
Watermark-free
Free allowance
Free no-login single-file online conversion; bulk processing, deep editing, and advanced OCR upsell to Foxit PDF Editor+
Account requirements
No login required for direct conversion and download
Maximum specification record
Full 2-page native .docx (45 paragraphs + 16-cell native table, watermark-free)

May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.

Batch & API
Offers enterprise Foxit PDF Conversion SDK and Cloud API
Manual refinement
Not recorded or not verified

Tested result & sample

Unlike Adobe Acrobat Online's aggressive repeat-visitor paywall, enterprise rival Foxit keeps its web converter genuinely free: exporting a clean 12.9 KB .docx in 4.5s without login and reconstructing all 16 native table cells flawlessly (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png).

Fixture
anchor_pdf2word_v1
Recorded environment
US-West (California, AS2914)
Network-observed server wait
4.5 s
End-to-end reference
5.3 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
Upfront and transparent with zero post-conversion registration walls
Interaction
Provides a direct orange 'Download Your File →' link at the top of the completion modal, with an optional Foxit PDF Editor+ free trial banner below that never blocks free export.
Entity record
Foxit Software Inc.
Origin
Fremont, California, USA (Founded 2001)
Domain history record
2001–Present (25-year global PDF leader)
Third-party tracking record
Not recorded or not verified
External information
Not recorded or not verified
Processing
Foxit Cloud native PDF parsing and OpenXML reconstruction cluster
Retention statement
Encrypted cloud processing with automatic scheduled purging of uploaded files

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.

Stage A · Benchmark fixture 2-page text PDF; not a scan

anchor_pdf2word_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →

Stage B · Same-run screenshots 3 flow screenshots archived

Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.

Stage C · Native exported file DOCX · Output attached

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Stage D · Archived pricing sources 4 official source snapshots

Official feature and pricing page (snapshot ↗) · Official feature and pricing page (snapshot ↗) · Official feature and pricing page (snapshot ↗) · Foxit PDF Editor pricing page capture across all three billing tabs (snapshot ↗)

Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.

Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 93.6/100

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_pdf2word_v1

Honesty & reputation · 92.5/100 · 30%

CriterionScoreRationaleBasis
Pricing transparency32.5 / 35 Explicitly promises 'No software to install, no account required' on the landing page (01_landing.png); uploading our 2-page anchor PDF and clicking Start Conversion without login immediately pops up 'Success! Your file has been converted. Download Your File →' (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png). Evidence A →
Interaction restraint26.5 / 30 Provides a direct orange 'Download Your File →' link at the top of the completion modal, with an optional Foxit PDF Editor+ free trial banner below that never blocks free export. Evidence A →
Background & reputation19.5 / 20 Developed and operated by Foxit Software Inc. (founded 2001, Fremont, California), the world's #2 enterprise PDF technology vendor. Evidence A →
Engineering & privacy14 / 15 Enterprise cloud HTTPS encryption with automatic scheduled deletion of temporary documents from Foxit servers. Evidence A →

Capability · 94/100 · 70%

CriterionScoreRationaleBasis
Task quality62.5 / 65 100.0% text retention across 45 clean editable paragraphs (1,250 chars with zero duplicate header clutter), 16/16 native Word <w:tbl> table cells, and full Page 2 preservation (62.5/65) Evidence A →
Deliverable specifications18.5 / 20 Exports a complete, watermark-free 12.9 KB .docx without login or single-page truncation (18.5/20) Evidence A →
Processing speed13 / 15 Foxit cloud conversion finishes in ~4.5s with crisp responsiveness (13.0/15) 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.

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