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pdfpix vs PDF Candy

PDF Candy's free tier carries page and hourly restrictions, no batch processing and a limited file size, and its own pricing page says so without printing the numbers. It keeps uploaded files for up to two hours. pdfpix has no restrictions to publish because nothing is uploaded and nothing is stored.

What the free tier says about itself

The pricing page at pdfcandy.com/pricing.html lists the free tier as page and hourly restrictions, no batch processing and limited file size, alongside two real positives: no adverts and no account needed. Checked 20 August 2026. The restrictions are named as categories, not as numbers.

So the hourly task limit exists by the vendor's own admission and its value is not published. This page will not print a figure it could not read on PDF Candy's site. Expect to meet the limit rather than to plan around it.

What paying removes

The paid tiers raise the per-task file size to five hundred megabytes and unlock batch processing. On 20 August 2026 the page listed a Desktop and Web yearly plan at four dollars a month, advertised as seventy five percent off eighteen dollars a month, a web monthly plan at six dollars a month, and a lifetime licence at ninety nine dollars once.

The desktop application is Windows only, works offline, and was described as thirty five tools. If you use these tools daily on Windows, the desktop build answers the upload question better than any web tier does.

What happens to the uploaded file

PDF Candy states that all uploaded files and processed output are kept for no longer than two hours. That is a clear, short and unusually specific retention promise, and it is better than most free tools publish. It is still a window during which your document sits on someone else's disk.

pdfpix has no such window because there is no upload. How it works describes the boundary, and the privacy page lists what analytics may contain: route names, event names and counts, never document bytes, file names, text, metadata, previews or the values you type.

Batch work

No batch processing on the free tier is the restriction that bites hardest, because the whole reason to open a tools site is usually that you have twelve files, not one. pdfpix does not batch across files either, and it is fair to say so plainly.

What it does do is handle multi-page work inside one file without limits: split, reorder and delete pages, zero-padded per-file names on a split, and page export that zips every page when there is more than one.

Which to use

One file, no adverts, no account needed, and it must not leave your machine: pdfpix. Many files, conversion, or a format pdfpix does not handle: PDF Candy, and accept the two hour retention window. On Windows and doing this daily: the PDF Candy desktop build.

The PDF2Go comparison covers the other credit-based free tool, and the converter roundup sorts the field by format pair rather than by brand.

PDF Candy and pdfpix, side by side
PDF Candypdfpix
Unlimited free use PDF Candy Page and hourly limits Plus no batch processing and a limited file size. pdfpix No restrictions None to publish.
Publishes the number behind its limits PDF Candy None of them Its pricing page prints no figure for any restriction. pdfpix Nothing to publish
Retention PDF Candy Up to two hours Uploaded files are kept that long. pdfpix Nothing stored Nothing is uploaded, so there is nothing to keep.
Runs without uploading your file PDF Candy Uploaded first pdfpix Never uploaded
Not available PDF Candy A figure for any free limit pdfpix Batch runs across many files

The short answer

A limit you cannot read is hard to plan around. If the file is routine, either tool finishes the job. If it is confidential, the two-hour retention window is the fact that decides it.

Questions people ask

What is the PDF Candy hourly limit?
PDF Candy's pricing page names page and hourly restrictions on the free tier but does not print the numbers, checked 20 August 2026. It also lists no batch processing and limited file size on free, against five hundred megabytes per task on paid.
How long does PDF Candy keep my file?
Its pricing page states that all uploaded files and processed output are kept for no longer than two hours, checked 20 August 2026. pdfpix keeps nothing because nothing is uploaded in the first place.
How much does PDF Candy cost?
On 20 August 2026 the page listed a Desktop and Web yearly plan at four dollars a month, advertised as seventy five percent off eighteen dollars a month, a web monthly plan at six dollars a month, and a lifetime licence at ninety nine dollars once.
Can pdfpix process several files at once?
Not across separate files, no, and that matches the PDF Candy free tier rather than beating it. Within one file there are no limits: pages split, reorder, delete and export freely, and a multi-page export comes back as a zip.

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