Compress PDF

Yes, with no catch and no pro tier holding back the good settings. All three compression modes are open to everyone, there is no daily quota, and nothing is stamped on the result. Our paid bank-statement converter pays for this page.

They do not. Compression runs on your device, so the file is never sent to us or to any third party. Open your browser's network tab and what you will see is this page's own code — including the page-rendering engine that Balanced and Strong load — plus an anonymous usage count, and nothing whatsoever of your file.

It depends entirely on what is inside it. Lossless mode rewrites the file structure and drops unused objects, which is usually a modest saving on a text PDF — sometimes only a few percent. Balanced and Strong both redraw every page as an image, which cuts scanned and image-heavy PDFs dramatically; Strong shrinks further than Balanced because it redraws at a lower resolution and quality. Neither one keeps the text selectable.

Lossless mode does not touch your content at all — same pages, same text, same images, just a tidier file. It is the only mode that leaves the text selectable. Balanced and Strong both trade quality for size by redrawing each page as an image, which is what turns the text into part of the picture; Balanced keeps more detail, Strong squeezes harder. Start with Lossless and only move along if the file still is not small enough.

Each file has to be under 100 MB. That guard exists because the compression happens inside your browser tab, and a bigger file risks the tab running out of memory mid-job. There is no daily limit — compress as many files as you like, one at a time.