tool,url,date_tested,verdict,bytes_sent,destination_host,processing_model,evidence,is_control
Filevane,https://filevane.com/tools/compress-pdf/,2026-08-11,local,0,,client-side,0 bytes sent; tool independently confirmed to have run,TRUE
Smallpdf,https://smallpdf.com/compress-pdf,2026-08-11,uploaded,3156480,smallpdf-production-files…r2.cloudflarestorage.com,server-side,3156480 bytes sent to smallpdf-production-files…r2.cloudflarestorage.com,FALSE
iLovePDF,https://www.ilovepdf.com/compress_pdf,2026-08-11,uploaded,2107638,api112.ilovepdf.com,server-side,2107638 bytes sent to api112.ilovepdf.com,FALSE
PDF2Go,https://www.pdf2go.com/compress-pdf,2026-08-11,uploaded,3156480,www35.pdf2go.com,server-side,3156480 bytes sent to www35.pdf2go.com,FALSE
Sejda,https://www.sejda.com/compress-pdf,2026-08-11,uploaded,3156480,www.sejda.com,server-side,3156480 bytes sent to www.sejda.com,FALSE
Soda PDF,https://www.sodapdf.com/compress-pdf/,2026-08-11,uploaded,3156480,api-gw.sodapdf.com,server-side,3156480 bytes sent to api-gw.sodapdf.com,FALSE
PDF Candy,https://pdfcandy.com/compress-pdf.html,2026-08-11,uploaded,3156480,s33.api.pdfcandy.com,server-side,3156480 bytes sent to s33.api.pdfcandy.com,FALSE
PDF24 Tools,https://tools.pdf24.org/en/compress-pdf,2026-08-11,uploaded,3156480,filetools23.pdf24.org,server-side,3156480 bytes sent to filetools23.pdf24.org,FALSE
FreePDFConvert,https://www.freepdfconvert.com/compress-pdf,2026-08-11,uploaded,3156480,www.freepdfconvert.com,server-side,3156480 bytes sent to www.freepdfconvert.com,FALSE
DocFly,https://www.docfly.com/compress-pdf,2026-08-11,uploaded,3156480,create-pdf.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com,server-side,3156480 bytes sent to create-pdf.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com,FALSE
TinyWow,https://tinywow.com/pdf/compress,2026-08-11,uploaded,3156480,tinywow.com,server-side,3156480 bytes sent to tinywow.com,FALSE
CleverPDF,https://www.cleverpdf.com/compress-pdf,2026-08-11,uploaded,3156480,www.cleverpdf.com,server-side,3156480 bytes sent to www.cleverpdf.com,FALSE
PDFSimpli,https://www.pdfsimpli.com/lp/compress-pdf,2026-08-11,uploaded,3156480,prodlegalsimplistorage.blob.core.windows.net,server-side,3156480 bytes sent to prodlegalsimplistorage.blob.core.windows.net,FALSE
Adobe Acrobat online,https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/online/compress-pdf.html,2026-08-11,not-established,0,,not-established,"The page would not load from our test network across three attempts (HTTP/2 protocol error). The hostname also resolved to an address outside Adobe's published ranges, which suggests DNS interference on our connection rather than anything about the service.",FALSE
AvePDF,https://avepdf.com/compress-pdf,2026-08-11,not-established,0,,not-established,DNS resolution failed repeatedly from our test network; the page never loaded.,FALSE
LightPDF,https://lightpdf.com/compress-pdf,2026-08-11,not-established,10240,,not-established,"The page loaded and accepted the file, but we could not confirm the tool ever started, so the absence of an upload proves nothing.",FALSE
Xodo,https://xodo.com/compress-pdf,2026-08-11,not-established,31457,,not-established,"The page loaded and accepted the file, but we could not confirm the tool ever started. Outbound traffic in the window was third-party telemetry, not the document.",FALSE
PDFgear,https://www.pdfgear.com/compress-pdf/,2026-08-11,not-established,0,,not-established,We could not confirm the tool ever started.,FALSE
OnlineConvertFree,https://onlineconvertfree.com/compress/pdf/,2026-08-11,not-established,0,,not-established,No file input could be located automatically; this one needs a manual pass.,FALSE
DocuPub,https://www.docupub.com/pdfcompress/,2026-08-11,not-established,0,,not-established,"The file was accepted but we could not confirm the tool ever started. This row is the reason the 'did it actually run' check exists: without it, this tool would have been recorded as processing locally.",FALSE