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| Image compression | 92/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | 84/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | Active task |
| PDF to Word | Not tested in topic | 92/100 Full 2-page .docx (9.4 KB, 44 paragraphs, 16/16 table cells) · Historical description; output not attached | Compare in task topic → |
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Browse this task →| Criterion | RedKetchup Image Compressor Image compression 92/100 Seven-aspect task score On-device processing retains full size for free with detailed controls; ad blocking adds a 20-second export wait, avoidable by allowing ads or paying. Tested export 2048 × 2048 · PNG Historical test · 2026-10-19 | FreeConvert Image Compressor Image compression 84/100 Seven-aspect task score Login-free access accepts large files and offers deletion while retaining full-size PNG; limited free compute and dense search ads are the trade-offs. Tested export 2048 × 2048 · PNG Historical test · 2026-10-18 |
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| Pricing & rules | ||
| Pricing plans | RedKetchup web tools and ad-free Premium account (Free / $5 One-Year / $10 Lifetime); USD · 2026-10-21 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Free Web2026-10-21 ↗ Free Free Free Free unlimited compression for PNG/JPEG/WEBP/HEIC without login; includes ads and a support countdown when ad blockers are active. Premium One-Year2026-10-21 ↗ — USD 5/year Annual USD 5 for 1 year of Premium access: removes ads (No ads) and skips download previews/countdowns (Skip previews). Premium Lifetime2026-10-21 ↗ USD 10 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time USD 10 one-time Lifetime Premium access: removes ads (No ads) and skips download previews/countdowns (Skip previews). 3 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. RedKetchup online compression and bulk tools are free with all compression settings unlocked. Clicking Upgrade / REMOVE ADS opens the Upgrade to Premium modal offering two lightweight plans: USD 5 One-Year and USD 10 Lifetime to remove ads and skip download previews/countdowns. Cancellation, sources & verification recordFree tier requires no login; Premium offers USD 5 One-Year and USD 10 one-time Lifetime upgrades under official Terms. RedKetchup online compressor page and Upgrade to Premium modal ↗ · 2026-10-21 Capture 1 ↗ | FreeConvert USD web subscriptions, free allowance and volume-tiered options · 2026-10-21 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Free2026-10-20 ↗ Free Free Free 20 conversion minutes/day; up to 5 conversion minutes/file; 1 GB web file limit. Basic2026-10-20 ↗ USD 12.99/month — Monthly 1,500 conversion minutes/month; 1.5 GB files; up to 100 concurrent conversions; shared web/API allowance. Basic (Annual)2026-10-20 ↗ — USD 129.9/year Annual Billed annually at USD 129.90/year (USD 10.83/month equivalent, 2 months free); 1,500 conversion minutes/month, 1.5 GB max file size, shared web/API allowance. Billed annually at USD 129.90/year; cancel anytime Standard2026-10-20 ↗ USD 24.99/month — Monthly 2,000 conversion minutes/month; 2 GB files; up to 100 concurrent conversions; shared web/API allowance. Standard (Annual)2026-10-20 ↗ — USD 249.9/year Annual Billed annually at USD 249.90/year (USD 20.82/month equivalent, 2 months free); 2,000 conversion minutes/month, 2 GB max file size, shared web/API allowance. Billed annually at USD 249.90/year; cancel anytime Pro2026-10-20 ↗ USD 29.99/month — Monthly 4,000 conversion minutes/month; 5 GB files; up to 100 concurrent conversions; shared web/API allowance. Pro (Annual)2026-10-20 ↗ — USD 299.9/year Annual Billed annually at USD 299.90/year (USD 24.99/month equivalent, 2 months free); 4,000 conversion minutes/month, 5 GB max file size, GPU/CPU encoding, shared web/API allowance. Billed annually at USD 299.90/year; cancel anytime Scale (Volume-tiered)2026-10-20 ↗ Contact sales Quoted Quoted Volume-tiered pricing starting at 45 units (1,125 conversion minutes/month from USD 27.90/month or USD 279.00/year, scaling up to 1M conversion minutes/month and 20 GB files). Prepaid top-up (One-time Credit starting tier)2026-10-20 ↗ USD 49.95 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time Minimum tier of 45 units (45×25 = 1,125 conversion minutes at USD 1.11/unit = USD 49.95 total, 5 GB max file size); higher volumes scale down to USD 0.33/unit, expiring 30 days after purchase. 9 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. Monthly plans (USD 12.99 / 24.99 / 29.99) and annual billed totals (Basic USD 129.90/year, Standard USD 249.90/year, Pro USD 299.90/year — 2 months free, displayed on cards as USD 10.83 / 20.82 / 24.99 monthly equivalents) are verified from the official pricing page and its SSR payload. Scale and One-time Credit use volume tiers starting at 45 units (1,125 conversion minutes; One-time Credit starts at USD 49.95 for 30 days). Conversion minutes measure processing duration, not file counts. Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred. Cancellation, sources & verification recordSubscriptions can be cancelled anytime to stop future renewals and advertise a 100% Money Back Guarantee; one-time credits expire after 30 days without auto-renewal. 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 pricing page Yearly toggle and SSR Nuxt billing payload verification ↗ · 2026-10-21 Capture 1 ↗ |
| Free & trial allowance on the test date | Unlimited free local compression; adblock users wait a 20-second support countdown before final file export | Free tier supports up to 1 GB per file, capped at ~20–25 cloud Conversion Minutes per day |
| Cancellation & refunds | Free tier requires no login; Premium offers USD 5 One-Year and USD 10 one-time Lifetime upgrades under official Terms. | Subscriptions can be cancelled anytime to stop future renewals and advertise a 100% Money Back Guarantee; one-time credits expire after 30 days without auto-renewal. |
| Disclosure of costs & limits | Workspace settings and adblock countdown notice are clear and upfront | Discloses 'Max file size 1GB. Sign Up for more' directly below the upload button |
| Task quality | ||
| Measured fixture results | File reduction: 56.31% · Output size: 1807.8 KB | File reduction: 47.5% · Output size: 2172.4 KB |
| Fixture findings | Local processing reduced this fixture by about 56% with adjustable quantisation; useful if you want parameter control. | Reduced this fixture by about 48% and accepts large inputs; allow for cloud waiting and ads. |
| Original historical observation | RedKetchup is one of the few tools that lets users manually pick 8-bit quantization dithering algorithms (Atkinson) and inspect pixels side-by-side in a full-screen viewer: it shrinks our 4.14 MB anchor PNG by 56.31% to 1.77 MB locally at PSNR=39.35 dB and SSIM=0.9984 (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png). | FreeConvert's standout strength is its massive 1 GB free file-size limit, shrinking our 4.14 MB anchor PNG to 2.17 MB (-47.50%, PSNR=38.53 dB) without login; drawbacks include slower cloud queue turnaround (~12s) and dense contextual search ads (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png). |
| Suitable uses · historical assessment | Developers and UI designers who want fine-grained control over PNG color depth (8/24/32-bit) and dithering algorithms with 100% local browser privacy | Users who need to compress oversized PNG/TIFF/JPEG images exceeding the 5 MB / 50 MB limits of other tools without logging in |
| Result & output evidence | ||
| Delivery capabilities | ||
| Recorded export specifications | 2048 × 2048 · PNG · No watermark in test | 2048 × 2048 · PNG · No watermark in test |
| Historical specification note · not an official maximum | 2048×2048 (native resolution watermark-free PNG direct export) | 2048×2048 (no-login native-resolution watermark-free PNG, up to 1 GB per file) |
| Watermark observation | Watermark-free | Watermark-free |
| Batch & API | Offers a dedicated Bulk Image Resizer page; no external cloud API | Supports batch uploads, Google Drive / Dropbox integration, and developer REST API |
| Recorded free-tier dimensions | 2048 × 2048 | 2048 × 2048 |
| Attached file dimensions | 2048 × 2048 · PNG | 2048 × 2048 · PNG |
| Speed & reliability | ||
| Timing observation | Recorded local processing time: 2.2s · End-to-end reference: 2.2s | Network-observed server wait: 8.5s · End-to-end reference: 12s |
| Date & fixture | 2026-10-19 · anchor_compress_v1 · US-West (California, AS2914) | 2026-10-18 · anchor_compress_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 | No login required; optional $5 ad-free account login | No login required; optional Pro subscription login |
| Manual adjustment | Not verified | Not verified |
| Interaction observations | Offers industry-leading granular controls for PNG bit depth (8-bit / 24-bit / 32-bit) and dithering algorithms (Atkinson / Floyd-Steinberg / Sierra) plus a split-screen inspector; the only friction is the 20s timer when ads are blocked. | No forced sign-up modals block the download, but the page is heavily populated with Media.net / Yahoo! Search contextual ad blocks disguised as action buttons (e.g., 'Compress JPEG to 200 KB', see 01_landing.png, 03_download.png). |
| Background & reputation | ||
| Service lifecycle notice | Not verified | Not verified |
| Operator | RedKetchup (redketchup.io) | TRMedia Inc. (FreeConvert.com) |
| Recorded origin | Independent Developer Toolkit | Canada |
| Domain history record | 2021–Present | 2018–Present (major global cloud file conversion platform) |
| Background & reputation assessment | Well-regarded independent frontend image processing toolkit (Image Resizer, Compressor, Icon Editor) actively maintained since 2021. | Operated by Canada-based TRMedia Inc. with ISO/IEC 27001 information security certification and tens of millions of monthly visits. |
| External reputation record | Not verified | Not verified |
| Engineering & privacy | ||
| Processing location | On-device processing | Uploaded for cloud processing |
| Third-party tracking record | Not verified | Not verified |
| Engineering & privacy assessment | 100% client-side browser Web Worker and HTML5 Canvas execution—all PNG palette quantization and Atkinson dithering happen locally in browser memory (Blob URL) with zero server uploads. | 256-bit SSL encrypted upload with an explicit notice on the results screen: 'Converted files are automatically deleted after 8 hours to protect your privacy' plus a manual delete button (02_workspace.png). |
| Retention statement | This flow runs locally; post-close deletion not independently verified | Claims deletion within 8 hours; deletion not independently verified |
| Evaluation basis | ||
| Pricing transparency | 31.5 / 35 Completely free and requires no sign-up (01_landing.png, 02_workspace.png); when an adblocker is active, clicking final Download displays a transparent notice ('The download will begin in 20 seconds. To avoid the countdown... Allow ads or upgrade for $5', 03_download.png) and automatically exports the full-resolution PNG once the timer finishes. | 30 / 35 Clearly states 'Max file size 1GB. Sign Up for more' on the hero dropzone (01_landing.png); uploading the 4.14 MB anchor image requires no login to compress and directly download the full PNG (02_workspace.png, 03_download.png), subject to a ~20 conversion-minutes/day free cloud quota. |
| Interaction restraint | 25.5 / 30 Offers industry-leading granular controls for PNG bit depth (8-bit / 24-bit / 32-bit) and dithering algorithms (Atkinson / Floyd-Steinberg / Sierra) plus a split-screen inspector; the only friction is the 20s timer when ads are blocked. | 21 / 30 No forced sign-up modals block the download, but the page is heavily populated with Media.net / Yahoo! Search contextual ad blocks disguised as action buttons (e.g., 'Compress JPEG to 200 KB', see 01_landing.png, 03_download.png). |
| Background & reputation | 18 / 20 Well-regarded independent frontend image processing toolkit (Image Resizer, Compressor, Icon Editor) actively maintained since 2021. | 18 / 20 Operated by Canada-based TRMedia Inc. with ISO/IEC 27001 information security certification and tens of millions of monthly visits. |
| Engineering & privacy | 15 / 15 100% client-side browser Web Worker and HTML5 Canvas execution—all PNG palette quantization and Atkinson dithering happen locally in browser memory (Blob URL) with zero server uploads. | 13.5 / 15 256-bit SSL encrypted upload with an explicit notice on the results screen: 'Converted files are automatically deleted after 8 hours to protect your privacy' plus a manual delete button (02_workspace.png). |
| Task quality | 60.5 / 65 Default Auto-Detect (8-bit + Atkinson dithering) preserves native PNG format and shrinks 4,137.9 KB to 1,807.8 KB (56.31% reduction, 2.29× ratio) with PSNR = 39.35 dB and SSIM = 0.9984 (60.5/65) | 55.5 / 65 Default PNG compression shrinks 4,137.9 KB to 2,172.4 KB (-47.50%, 1.90× ratio) at PSNR = 38.53 dB and SSIM = 0.9981, while offering advanced gear settings for target percentage tuning (55.5/65) |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 100% preserves 2048×2048 pixel dimensions and native PNG format without watermarks or login (20.0/20) | 19.5 / 20 Exports a watermark-free 2048×2048 native PNG without login and uniquely supports up to 1 GB per file on the free tier—far exceeding the 5–50 MB cap of competitors (19.5/20) |
| Processing speed | 12 / 15 Local Web Worker quantization and full-screen preview complete in ~2.2s (0s network upload; adblock users wait a 20s countdown before export) (12.0/15) | 9.5 / 15 Three-stage cloud queue upload, worker compression, and result polling takes ~12.0s end-to-end (~8.5s server processing) (9.5/15) |
