Why compress PDFs?
Marketplace portals, HR systems, and email gateways often cap attachment size. A 15 MB scan may fail where a 2 MB version uploads cleanly.
Step-by-step
- Sign in and open Compress PDF.
- Upload **one** PDF.
- Choose a **quality preset**:
- •**Maximum compression (screen)** — smallest file, fine for on-screen reading
- •**Balanced (ebook)** — default; good for most business documents
- •**Higher quality (printer)** — larger output, better for printing
- Click **Compress PDF**.
- Download `compressed.pdf` and compare file size in your file manager.
How compression works
On our servers we prefer **Ghostscript** (`gs`) for real PDF recompression. If Ghostscript is not installed, we fall back to a lighter **pdf-lib** optimization — you still get a result, but size reduction may be smaller.
Good candidates for compression
- •Scanned invoices and delivery notes
- •Multi-page catalogs exported from design tools
- •PDFs you plan to attach to Meesho, Amazon, or Flipkart seller tickets (when allowed)
Limits
- •25 MB per file (Free) · 50 MB (Premium)
- •10 PDF jobs per day (Free) · 100 (Premium)
Need to send **images** instead? Try PDF to JPG or Bulk Compress for photos.