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Each product is scored independently per task edge; switch tasks below while keeping shared products selected| Task edge | PDFtoWord.com | avepdf.com | Switch / compare |
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| PDF to Word | 91/100 DOCX · Output attached | 76/100 DOCX · Output attached | Active task |
| PDF compression | Not tested in topic | 95/100 PDF · Output attached | Compare in task topic → |
| Scanned PDF OCR | Not tested in topic | 94/100 PDF · Output attached | Compare in task topic → |
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Browse this task →| Criterion | Nitro PDF to Word (PDFtoWord.com) PDF to Word 91/100 Seven-aspect task score Nitro’s service retains text and tables without login or email; free files are limited to 25MB, with suite promotions and an assistant widget. Tested export DOCX · Output attached Historical test · 2026-10-18 | AvePDF PDF to Word (by Nutrient / Orpalis) PDF to Word 76/100 Seven-aspect task score Clearly states its two-action free quota upfront and lets guests quickly export a two-page DOCX with full text retention, but flattens tables into plain paragraphs and applies different retention terms to free uploads. Tested export DOCX · Output attached Historical test · 2026-10-19 |
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| Pricing & rules | ||
| Pricing plans | pdftoword.com now redirects to Nitro: free browser converter and related Nitro PDF licences · 2026-10-20 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Free web converter2026-10-20 ↗ Free Free Free Free browser tool without registration or email; limited use with no numeric count stated. Nitro PDF Standard2026-10-20 ↗ — USD 180/year Annual USD 180 per user/year; conversion, editing and related subscription features. Nitro PDF Plus2026-10-20 ↗ Contact sales Quoted Quoted Enterprise teams quoted; advanced security and administration. Nitro PDF Classic · 3 years2026-10-20 ↗ USD 270 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time Windows desktop licence, one payment for 3 years; not unlimited web entitlement. Valid for 3 years, not perpetual Nitro 14-day trial2026-10-20 ↗ Free trial Trial Trial 14-day full-feature trial; no credit card required. 5 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. Standard explicitly bills USD 180 annually; the USD 15 monthly equivalent is not presented as a flexible monthly plan. Classic costs USD 270 once for 3 years, not a lifetime licence. Some template copy says download PDF despite the PDF-to-Word title; no new conversion result is inferred. Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred. Cancellation, sources & verification recordCancellation 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 ↗ | AvePDF web Free and Annual Premium plans · 2026-10-21 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits AvePDF Free2026-10-21 ↗ Free Free Free Maximum 2 processing actions per 6 hours; max file size 128 MB, up to 10 files per processing across 50+ document tools AvePDF Premium2026-10-21 ↗ — USD 55/year Annual Single-user annual payment of USD 55; unlimited document processing with no hourly limit, max file size 512 MB, up to 100 files per action, no ads and technical support Billed annually as a single USD 55 payment; cancel anytime with a 30-day money-back guarantee 2 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. The official pricing page offers a Free tier (2 actions per 6 hours, 128 MB file limit) and an annual AvePDF Premium tier billed once at USD 55/year, with no standalone monthly plan. Cancellation, sources & verification recordCancel anytime; the official pricing page states a 30-day money-back guarantee. AvePDF official pricing page ↗ · 2026-10-21 Capture 1 ↗ |
| Free & trial allowance on the test date | Free online conversion and direct download for PDFs up to 25 MB (with a 'Restart' button to convert additional files) | 2 free actions without login (up to 128 MB per file); exports a valid 11,435-byte DOCX with 100% text retention but 0 native tables. |
| Cancellation & refunds | Cancellation and refund terms follow official checkout and help policies. | Cancel anytime; the official pricing page states a 30-day money-back guarantee. |
| Disclosure of costs & limits | Discloses 'Maximum size allowed is 25MB' directly below the upload button before file selection | Not verified |
| Task quality | ||
| Measured fixture results | Text retained: 100% · Editable table cells: 16 · Page 2 preserved: Yes | Text retained: 100% · Editable table cells: 0 · Page 2 preserved: Yes |
| Fixture findings | Downloaded without an email address with tables retained; the historical entry limited files to 25MB. | Both pages of body text and the footer token were preserved; the 4x4 table was flattened into plain paragraphs. |
| Original historical observation | Once notorious years ago for requiring an email address to receive converted files, `pdftoword.com` (now integrated into `gonitro.com/pdf-to-word`) has completely dropped the email gate: it discloses a clear 25 MB limit upfront and exports a 10.0 KB 16-cell native-table .docx in 4.8s via a direct Download button (03_download.png). | Exported a valid 11,435-byte DOCX preserving all text checkpoints and Page 2, but flattening the 4×4 table into plain paragraphs. |
| Suitable uses · historical assessment | Business users who trust an enterprise PDF vendor (Nitro Software) and want to convert contracts or reports under 25 MB into native editable Word (.docx) without logging in or giving an email address | Not verified |
| 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 · Check watermark record |
| Historical specification note · not an official maximum | Full 2-page native .docx (44 paragraphs + 16-cell native table, watermark-free, up to 25 MB per file) | Not verified |
| Watermark observation | Watermark-free | Not verified |
| Batch & API | Web tool supports sequential single-file conversions ('Restart'); batch and OCR are handled by Nitro PDF Pro desktop | Not verified |
| Recorded free-tier dimensions | Not verified | Not verified |
| Attached file dimensions | Not verified | Not verified |
| Published allowances & file limits · not tested | Free web converter: Free browser tool without registration or email; limited use with no numeric count stated. / Nitro 14-day trial: 14-day full-feature trial; no credit card required. | AvePDF Free: Maximum 2 processing actions per 6 hours; max file size 128 MB, up to 10 files per processing across 50+ document tools |
| Speed & reliability | ||
| Timing observation | Network-observed server wait: 4.8s · End-to-end reference: 5.6s | Network-observed server wait: 1.78s · End-to-end reference: 2.54s |
| Date & fixture | 2026-10-18 · anchor_pdf2word_v1 · US-West (California, AS2914) | 2026-10-19 · 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 | Not verified |
| Sign-in methods | No login or email required; optional Nitro account sign-in | No login required within the 2-action free quota |
| Manual adjustment | Not verified | Not verified |
| Interaction observations | Zero registration modals or third-party ad banners; displays a side-by-side Nitro PDF desktop promo card and a dismissible 'Nina from Nitro' AI sales assistant widget in the bottom-right corner (02_workspace.png). | No forced popup at download; page displays a browser-language prompt, Nutrient acquisition notice, and Nudocs AI banner. |
| Background & reputation | ||
| Service lifecycle notice | Not verified | Not verified |
| Operator | Nitro Software, Inc. | Orpalis / Nutrient (GdPicture SDK) Web Tool |
| Recorded origin | Founded in Melbourne, Australia / HQ in San Francisco, USA | Not verified |
| Domain history record | 2005–Present (21-year enterprise PDF software leader) | Not verified |
| Background & reputation assessment | Officially operated by Nitro Software, Inc. (founded in Melbourne in 2005, headquartered in San Francisco), owner of the category-defining `pdftoword.com` domain. | Operated by Orpalis (now Nutrient / GdPicture.NET SDK) as the official web showcase for its document SDK. |
| External reputation record | Not verified | Not verified |
| Engineering & privacy | ||
| Processing location | Uploaded for cloud processing | Uploaded for cloud processing |
| Third-party tracking record | Not verified | Not verified |
| Engineering & privacy assessment | Processed on Nitro's enterprise-compliant cloud infrastructure without requiring personal email submission or account creation to retrieve the converted file. | On-page Privacy notice states uploaded files are accessible for up to 30 minutes and can be manually deleted, while explicitly distinguishing free users from "We do not retain files for AvePDF Premium subscribers". |
| Retention statement | Explicit retention period unconfirmed; inspect policy record | Claims deletion within 30 minutes; deletion not independently verified |
| Evaluation basis | ||
| Pricing transparency | 31.5 / 35 Clearly states 'Maximum size allowed is 25MB. Supported formats: pdf' on the upload card (01_landing.png); uploading our 2-page anchor PDF immediately displays 'Your document is ready!' and a direct black Download button (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png), completely retiring its legacy email-gate requirement. | 28 / 35 Top banner clearly discloses "You have 2 free actions left" and "Max file size: 128 MB" before upload; within that quota, guests convert and download the 11.2 KB DOCX directly without a login wall. |
| Interaction restraint | 25.5 / 30 Zero registration modals or third-party ad banners; displays a side-by-side Nitro PDF desktop promo card and a dismissible 'Nina from Nitro' AI sales assistant widget in the bottom-right corner (02_workspace.png). | 20 / 30 No forced popup at download; page displays a browser-language prompt, Nutrient acquisition notice, and Nudocs AI banner. |
| Background & reputation | 19.5 / 20 Officially operated by Nitro Software, Inc. (founded in Melbourne in 2005, headquartered in San Francisco), owner of the category-defining `pdftoword.com` domain. | 15 / 20 Operated by Orpalis (now Nutrient / GdPicture.NET SDK) as the official web showcase for its document SDK. |
| Engineering & privacy | 13.5 / 15 Processed on Nitro's enterprise-compliant cloud infrastructure without requiring personal email submission or account creation to retrieve the converted file. | 7 / 15 On-page Privacy notice states uploaded files are accessible for up to 30 minutes and can be manually deleted, while explicitly distinguishing free users from "We do not retain files for AvePDF Premium subscribers". |
| Task quality | 61.5 / 65 Powered by Nitro's enterprise PDF conversion kernel, OpenXML `word/document.xml` inspection confirms 100.0% text retention (4/4 headings, 3/3 special-symbol phrases, 44 editable paragraphs) and a complete 16-cell native Word `<w:tbl>` table (12/12 financial values intact) with Page 2 token preserved (61.5/65) | 48 / 65 Exported a valid 11,435-byte DOCX (55 paragraphs): 4/4 headings, 12/12 table cell strings, 3/3 body phrases, and the Page 2 marker are 100% preserved, but the 4×4 financial table is flattened into plain paragraphs (native <w:tbl> table_count=0). |
| Deliverable specifications | 18 / 20 Exports a complete 2-page watermark-free native `.docx` file (10.0 KB) without login or email submission, supporting free files up to 25 MB (18.0/20) | 16 / 20 Guests directly download a valid watermark-free DOCX (11.2 KB) without signing in, subject to the 2-action free quota and lacking native Word table objects. |
| Processing speed | 11.7 / 15 Automatically starts cloud conversion upon upload and presents the Download button in ~4.8s (11.7/15) | 14.5 / 15 2026-10-21 single-sample network timing: /en/file/upload took 0.76s, and server preparation/conversion (/en/file/prepare-file-for-tool to /en/tools/pdf-to-word-action) took 1.78s (end-to-end 2.54s). |
