Alternatives to CloudConvert
An online file converter for more than 200 document, image, audio, video, archive and CAD formats. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
CloudConvert
An online file converter for more than 200 document, image, audio, video, archive and CAD formats.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as CloudConvert.
Convertio
A browser-based file converter that handles documents, images, audio, video, ebooks and archives in over 300 formats.
Convertio handles over 300 formats and adds OCR for scanned PDFs, but still uploads files to a third-party server with a 1 GB size limit.
Zamzar
A long-running online file converter supporting over 1100 formats, with no account needed for small files.
Zamzar supports over 1100 formats without an account for small files, but the free tier limits uploads to 50 MB.
Also worth comparing
These listings name CloudConvert as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
HandBrake
A video converter that turns files and unprotected discs into MP4, MKV or WebM with presets for common devices.
CloudConvert converts video and many other formats in the browser with an API for automation, but files are uploaded to a third-party server and it needs an internet connection.
Shutter Encoder
A professional transcoding and media processing front end for FFmpeg, with batch queues, presets and genuinely lossless operations.
CloudConvert moves conversion into the browser with an API for automation and support for over 200 formats, but files are uploaded to a third-party server.
Squoosh
Browser tool for comparing and compressing images with different codecs.
CloudConvert converts over 200 formats including images and offers an API, but files are uploaded to a third-party server instead of staying in the browser.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
CleverPDF
Set of free online and desktop PDF conversion tools.
iLovePDF
Browser PDF toolkit for merging, splitting, compressing and converting.
Smallpdf
Browser PDF tools for compressing, converting, editing and signing.
PDF24 Tools
Free online PDF tools for merging, compressing, creating, editing and converting PDF files in a browser.
Stirling PDF
A self-hosted web PDF toolkit for merging, splitting, converting, signing and editing PDFs on your own server.
Ghostscript
PostScript and PDF interpreter behind a great deal of other software.
