iLovePDF · PDF to Word
Smooth login-free downloads retain text and tables and offer deletion; free text conversion and paid OCR are distinguished upfront, with scans untested.
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
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 · 2026-10-18
$4 / month (billed annually at $48/yr; $7/mo monthly)
Free standard tier + Premium subscription (unlocks scanned OCR, unlimited batches, and desktop app)
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- Full watermark-free .docx (100% text + 16-cell native Word table + all pages preserved)
- Watermark
- Watermark-free
- Free allowance
- Free tier converts standard digital PDFs without login; scanned OCR and large batches require Premium
- Account requirements
- No login required for standard selectable-text PDF conversion
- Maximum specification record
- Full 2-page native .docx (44 paragraphs + 16-cell native Word table, watermark-free)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Supports Google Drive / Dropbox integration and developer REST API
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
iLovePDF states its free vs. paid OCR boundary upfront before you click convert, and its 3.2s auto-downloaded 10.0 KB .docx achieves 100% text retention and 16-cell native Word table reconstruction upon XML inspection (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png).
- Fixture
- anchor_pdf2word_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 3.2 s
- End-to-end reference
- 3.7 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
- Clearly labels No OCR (Free) vs OCR (Premium) on the right panel before clicking Convert
- Interaction
- Uploading without login and clicking Convert to WORD reaches the download screen in ~3.2s, triggers automatic browser download, and offers a one-click server delete button.
- Entity record
- iLovePDF (ilovepdf.com)
- Origin
- Barcelona, Spain
- Domain history record
- 2010–Present (16-year global PDF utility leader)
- Third-party tracking record
- Not recorded or not verified
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Cloud distributed PDF parsing and OpenXML reconstruction cluster
- 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_pdf2word_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 93.1/100
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 · 92/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 32 / 35 | Upfront on the pre-conversion sidebar, iLovePDF clearly distinguishes free 'No OCR (Convert PDFs with selectable text to editable Word files)' from Crown-badged 'OCR (Scanned PDFs, Premium)', never ambushing users with a paywall after conversion (01_landing.png, 02_workspace.png, 03_download.png). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 27 / 30 | Uploading without login and clicking Convert to WORD reaches the download screen in ~3.2s, triggers automatic browser download, and offers a one-click server delete button. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 19 / 20 | Independently operated in Barcelona, Spain since 2010 with ISO/IEC 27001 certification. | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 14 / 15 | End-to-end HTTPS encryption with an instant file-wipe trash button on the download screen and automatic server deletion within 2 hours. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 93.5/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 62 / 65 | Underlying word/document.xml inspection confirms 100.0% text retention, Page 2 preservation, and 16-cell native Word <w:tbl> reconstruction with faithful typography and margins (62.0/65) | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 18 / 20 | Exports a complete watermark-free .docx file (10.0 KB) without login; only scanned OCR and heavy batch concurrency require Premium (18.0/20) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 13.5 / 15 | Fast cloud PDF-to-DOCX engine completes in ~3.2s and auto-triggers download (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
- 2026-10-18
Initial DOCX XML structural inspection and honesty benchmark on Mode A document anchor (anchor_pdf2word_v1).