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The ultimate free file conversion platform. Convert audio, video, images, documents, and archives in seconds.
No registration required. 100% secure with automatic file deletion.
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Smallpdf is excellent at PDFs. If your day involves only PDFs, you may not need to switch. The case for FileConvert is when your work spans audio, video, images, archives, and ebooks too — one tool for every common format instead of juggling several.
Try FileConvert now →Smallpdf is a PDF-focused suite that has expanded to other document workflows in recent years. Founded around 2013 in Switzerland.
| Feature | Smallpdf | FileConvert |
|---|---|---|
| PDF tools | Extensive (sign, merge, split, redact) | Convert + compress |
| Audio / video / image / archive / ebook | Limited | Full |
| Free-tier task limit | Tasks per hour | Daily limit |
| Account requirement | Encouraged | Free tier: not required |
| Watermark on output | No | No |
Feature sets shift quickly in the PDF space; verify anything decision-critical against Smallpdf's current plans page before you choose.
Smallpdf meters its free tier by tasks per period rather than file size — fine for a document or two, interruptive in the middle of a batch. The Pro subscription removes the metering and unlocks the deeper PDF tooling (e-signing, OCR, advanced compression), typically with a short trial to test it.
Note what the subscription is really priced around: PDF workflows. If conversions across audio, video, and images are part of your month too, a single FileConvert plan may replace two subscriptions. Smallpdf's live rates are on their plans page — the task limits especially get retuned.
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If you need Smallpdf-specific PDF utilities like e-signing, redaction, or advanced PDF editing, Smallpdf is built for that and is the stronger choice. FileConvert focuses on conversion, not full PDF authoring.
If your conversions are PDF-only, you may not need a second tool. The case for FileConvert is when you also convert audio, video, images, archives, or ebooks — having one subscription for all of them is simpler than maintaining multiple.
No — occasional conversions fit comfortably in the free tier, which allows a daily number of jobs up to a capped file size. Heavier use is what the paid side is for: monthly credit plans or one-time packs that keep their credits forever.
As disposable: they're converted, delivered to your browser, and purged from the servers shortly afterwards. Nothing is retained or shared once the job is done.
Yes. The free tier requires no login at all — an account is only part of the paid subscription flow.
Smallpdf is a Swiss company with an enterprise customer base, and confidentiality is central to its pitch — for business PDFs it's a trustworthy operator. The comparison point isn't trust but scope: contracts and invoices also travel as scans, spreadsheets, and archives, and a tool covering those formats with prompt file deletion (FileConvert's approach) keeps one policy over all of them.
