PDFViz
The facts below are what the maker publishes about PDFViz, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From PDFViz's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | No account · no watermark · no file or daily cap; browser memory limits apply |
The facts
Each one read from PDFViz's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Data collection
- The privacy page says the site runs no usage data scripts, sets no tracking cookies, and requires no account.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Features
- Tools include merging, splitting, compressing, converting, reordering, unlocking, password protecting, signing, filling forms, comparing, and repairing PDFs.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Known limitation
- PDFViz says its tools cannot currently read text from photographed scans because the needed text-recognition engine is too large for a browser tab.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Limits
- PDFViz says there is no site-set file size cap, but large files may be limited by the memory available to the browser tab and device.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Network
- The privacy page says Cloudflare sees standard request information while serving pages, but requests do not carry document content.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Privacy
- The privacy page says PDF files are processed in the browser and are never uploaded or stored by PDFViz.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Result checks
- Before offering a download, a tool reopens its output and checks it against the original; a result that does not match is not offered.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Support
- PDFViz asks users to email support with the tool page, exact on-screen message, browser, and operating system, and says not to attach the document.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Technology
- PDFViz says its tools use Mozilla's pdf.js to read and check PDFs and pdf-lib to write them.checked 7 Oct 2001
- What it does
- PDFViz is a set of free PDF tools that run in the browser tab; files are not uploaded.checked 7 Oct 2001
The company
- Maker
- PDFViz describes itself as a small independent project and says it does not provide a company story on its About page.checked 7 Oct 2001
Where it runs
- Security approach
- PDFViz says its tools can continue working after the page loads and the network is disconnected.checked 7 Oct 2001
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