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| PDF to Word | 94/100 DOCX · Output attached | 88/100 DOCX · Output attached | Active task |
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Browse this task →| Criterion | Convertio PDF to Word 94/100 Seven-aspect task score Convertio provides a login-free, watermark-free online PDF-to-Word converter with 24-hour file deletion, achieving flawless 13.65s reconstruction of the 2-page test anchor into a 14.2 KB DOCX with 100% text retention and fully native Word tables, though free usage relies on shared queue priority with daily limits. Tested export DOCX · Output attached Historical test · 2026-10-31 | Soda PDF Online PDF to Word 88/100 Seven-aspect task score Automatic login-free conversion retains text and tables; free frequency and size limits apply, with no immediate deletion control observed and a stated 24-hour retention. Tested export DOCX · Output attached Historical test · 2026-10-18 |
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| Pricing & rules | ||
| Pricing plans | Convertio site-wide file conversion and OCR subscription plans · 2026-10-31 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Free2026-10-31 ↗ Free Free Free Up to 100MB file size without login, limited daily conversion minutes Supports basic conversions across 300+ formats and trial OCR；Standard queue priority, 2 concurrent tasks, 24h file retention Lite Monthly2026-10-31 ↗ USD 11.99/month — Monthly 1 GB max file size, 1,000 conversion points/mo, 50 concurrent conversions High priority queue, ad-free experience, unlimited daily minutes Basic Monthly2026-10-31 ↗ USD 22.99/month — Monthly 3 GB max file size, 3,000 conversion points/mo, 100 concurrent conversions High priority queue, ad-free, high-concurrency batch processing Pro Monthly2026-10-31 ↗ USD 44.99/month — Monthly 10 GB max file size, 10,000 conversion points/mo, unlimited concurrent conversions Highest priority queue, ad-free, heavy professional workflow support Lite Annual2026-10-31 ↗ — Annual price not verified Annual 1 GB max file size, 1,000 conversion points/mo, 50 concurrent conversions 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 recordSubscriptions 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 ↗ | Soda PDF USD web/desktop Pro, Team and Business; annual team bill uses default 3 seats · 2026-10-20 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Free online conversion2026-10-20 ↗ Free Free Free FAQ says “2 files per day or 3 MB”; the rule is ambiguous. Advanced features require payment; arbitrary free exports are not guaranteed. Soda PDF Pro2026-10-20 ↗ USD 12.5/month USD 89/year Monthly 1-month licence; web and desktop access; monthly renewal amount not separately checked in checkout. Annual 1 seat, actual first-year bill USD 89; annual renewal USD 129; optional device/phone-support add-ons cost extra. USD 89 first year, then USD 129 every 12 months until cancelled Soda PDF Team · per seat2026-10-20 ↗ USD 11.25/month — Monthly Per-seat 1-month licence, 3–19 seats; not the team total. Soda PDF Team · 3-seat total2026-10-20 ↗ — USD 240/year Annual Default 3-seat first-year total USD 240; card says 80 per seat first year, then 129 per seat/year; other seat counts require a new quote. USD 80/seat first year, then USD 129/seat every 12 months; total depends on seats Soda PDF Business2026-10-20 ↗ USD 20/month USD 198/year Monthly 1-month licence; web and desktop tools. Annual Actual annual bill USD 198, renewing at 198 every 12 months. USD 198 every 12 months until cancelled 7 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. Annual order totals checked without payment: Pro USD 89 first year, renewing at 129; Business 198/year; default 3-seat Team first year 240 (card says 80 per seat). The Team monthly card shows 11.25 per seat, not the 3-seat total. All seat tiers, optional add-ons and taxes were not exhaustively verified. Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred. Cancellation, sources & verification recordCheckout states automatic renewal, cancellable through the account or support. Full conditions of the 30-day refund guarantee were not separately verified. 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 ↗ 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 ↗ |
| Free & trial allowance on the test date | Up to 100MB file size without login, limited daily conversion minutes | Free guests can convert standard single files without login; high-volume batch jobs and full online editing require a Soda PDF plan |
| Cancellation & refunds | Subscriptions can be cancelled anytime; refunds follow official terms of service. | Checkout states automatic renewal, cancellable through the account or support. Full conditions of the 30-day refund guarantee were not separately verified. |
| Disclosure of costs & limits | Homepage clearly states file limits and community ratings | Zero-friction direct conversion and download |
| Task quality | ||
| Measured fixture results | Text retained: 100% · Editable table cells: 16 · Page 2 preserved: Yes | Text retained: 100% · Editable table cells: 16 · Page 2 preserved: Yes |
| Fixture findings | In the 2-page table anchor benchmark, Convertio achieved 100% text retention across 4/4 headings and 12/12 table cells, impeccably reconstructing a native Word table (1 table, 4 rows, 16 cells) with zero raster degradation. | Converted automatically with text and editable tables retained; scans and long documents were not tested. |
| Original historical observation | Convertio accepted the sample without login, processed it in 13.65s on the server, preserved 100% vector text and native tables, and exported a 14.2 KB watermark-free DOCX (01_landing.png, 02_result.png, 03_download.png). | Soda PDF Online delivers veteran commercial quality: auto-converting upon upload in 14.3s and exporting a super-compact 5.5 KB .docx with 100% text retention and 16 native Word table cells (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png). |
| Suitable uses · historical assessment | Professionals needing high-fidelity editable Word documents from PDFs with complex tables | Office users seeking a clean, ad-free, no-login converter that accurately rebuilds native 16-cell Word tables (<w:tbl>) |
| Result & output evidence | ||
| Scans / OCR | The fixture is a text PDF; scans and OCR were not tested | The fixture is a text PDF; scans and OCR were not tested |
| Delivery capabilities | ||
| Recorded export specifications | DOCX · Output attached · No watermark in test | DOCX · Output attached · No watermark in test |
| Historical specification note · not an official maximum | Full 2-page native DOCX document (14.2 KB, no watermarks) | Full 2-page native .docx (5.5 KB, 46 paragraphs + 16-cell native table, watermark-free) |
| Watermark observation | No watermark | No watermark |
| Batch & API | Supports local, Google Drive, Dropbox imports, and developer REST API | Supports local file and Google Drive / Dropbox cloud imports and exports |
| Recorded free-tier dimensions | Not verified | Not verified |
| Attached file dimensions | Not verified | Not verified |
| Published allowances & file limits · not tested | Free: Up to 100MB file size without login, limited daily conversion minutes · Supports basic conversions across 300+ formats and trial OCR · Standard queue priority, 2 concurrent tasks, 24h file retention | Free online conversion: FAQ says “2 files per day or 3 MB”; the rule is ambiguous. Advanced features require payment; arbitrary free exports are not guaranteed. |
| Speed & reliability | ||
| Timing observation | Network-observed server wait: 13.65s · End-to-end reference: 13.65s | Network-observed server wait: 12.8s · End-to-end reference: 14.3s |
| Date & fixture | 2026-10-31 · anchor_pdf2word_v1 · US-West (California, AS2914) | 2026-10-18 · anchor_pdf2word_v1 · US-West (California, AS2914) |
| Repeated tests & reliability | No standardized repetition count, success rate or variability range is recorded. | No standardized repetition count, success rate or variability range is recorded. |
| Interaction experience | ||
| Account requirements | No login in this test | No login in this test |
| Sign-in methods | Direct upload, conversion, and download without registration | No login required for standard single-file conversion |
| Manual adjustment | Not verified | Not verified |
| Interaction observations | Not verified | Clean, ad-free commercial interface that automatically starts conversion upon upload and presents a clear blue 'Download file' button on the same page (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png). |
| Background & reputation | ||
| Service lifecycle notice | Not verified | Not verified |
| Operator | Convertio Ltd. | Avanquest Software / LULU Software (sodapdf.com) |
| Recorded origin | Not verified | Montreal, Canada |
| Domain history record | Not verified | 2010–Present (16-year commercial PDF software suite) |
| Background & reputation assessment | Not verified | Developed and operated since 2010 by Montreal-based LULU Software / Avanquest Software Group, a veteran North American PDF software vendor. |
| External reputation record | Not verified | Not verified |
| Engineering & privacy | ||
| Processing location | Uploaded for cloud processing | Uploaded for cloud processing |
| Third-party tracking record | Google Analytics · Google Ads | Not verified |
| Engineering & privacy assessment | Not verified | Full SSL encryption with automatic 24-hour server file deletion. |
| Retention statement | Claims deletion within 24 hours; deletion not independently verified | Claims deletion within 24 hours; deletion not independently verified |
| Evaluation basis | ||
| Pricing transparency | 28 / 35 Supports direct no-login drag-and-drop PDF-to-Word conversion and exports a full unwatermarked .docx (01_landing.png, 03_download.png), subject to daily free task frequency and file size limits. | |
| Interaction restraint | 26 / 30 Clean, ad-free commercial interface that automatically starts conversion upon upload and presents a clear blue 'Download file' button on the same page (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png). | |
| Background & reputation | 18 / 20 Developed and operated since 2010 by Montreal-based LULU Software / Avanquest Software Group, a veteran North American PDF software vendor. | |
| Engineering & privacy | ||
| Task quality | 65 / 65 Text Retention: 100% · Native Word Tables (<w:tbl>): 1 (16 cells) · Page 2 Preserved: Yes | 61 / 65 Excellent OpenXML reconstruction: 100.0% text retention (4/4 headings, 3/3 body phrases, Page 2 verified) and 100% native Word <w:tbl> table reconstruction (4 rows, 16 cells, 12/12 data values intact) in a compact 5.5 KB file (61.0/65) |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 Clean unwatermarked export (8/8); Export spec: Full 2-page native DOCX document (14.2 KB, no watermarks) | 17.5 / 20 Exports a complete, unwatermarked 5.5 KB .docx with no login required (17.5/20) |
| Processing speed | 11 / 15 Network-observed server wait: 13.65s (API mode: async_verified; network upload 0s / end-to-end 13.65s shown for reference only, never penalized) | 11.5 / 15 Auto-converts upon upload in ~14.3s without requiring an extra Convert click (11.5/15) |
