I’ll walk with you
Paperza is made to last fifteen seconds: you arrive, you see the converter, you leave the file, you download it. The account comes later, if you need it.
Do I have to register?
No. As a guest you already convert. I only ask for an account for history, larger files or a paid plan. The flow is: file → short wait → download → “another file?”. Then, if you like, you stay.
Where does my file go?
You upload it to temporary space, I convert it, I give you a download link that expires. On the free plan files stay about an hour, then they really disappear: we don’t keep a “just in case” copy. Paid plans: up to 24 hours. Details in privacy.
Limits that bite
Free plan: 50 MB, 5 conversions a day, one job at a time. If the message talks about quota, wait until tomorrow or look at the plans. An antivirus scan may refuse a file: in that case we don’t insist, it’s the security queue.
Why isn’t PDF → Word magic?
A PDF isn’t a Word document. Tables and layout can move. I tell you first, so I don’t promise Adobe fidelity. Same for Excel and PowerPoint. Pages: PDF to Word, PDF to Excel, Word to PDF.
OCR, watermark, lock
OCR makes a scan searchable: it isn’t infallible and on free it will be limited. The watermark is a sign, not DRM. Protect and unlock use a password of yours: if you forget it, I don’t recover it. Many of these are still “coming soon” on the engine.
Summary and translation
If one day some text leaves towards a model, privacy and the subprocessors list will say so. The binary PDF doesn’t leave. On the free plan they stay off. See summary and translation.
Cookies and free-plan boxes
Necessary ones stay on. Analytics and ads don’t, until you turn them on from the banner or the Cookies page. After advertising consent, a placeholder box may appear on the free plan: no ad scripts without TCF.
It doesn’t work. What do I do?
Check format and weight. If the tool is coming soon, the message says so. Otherwise write from Contact — without attaching the confidential PDF to the support email.