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What "free converter" should mean
Free has been redefined by funnel sites until it means "first one’s free". Here is a checklist for judging any converter — including this one: caps, watermarks, accounts, retention, and where the money actually comes from.
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Step by step
- Check the cap: is there a file-size or per-day limit, and is it printed before you upload, or discovered after?
- Check the output: does the free result carry a watermark or a quality ceiling?
- Check the account: can you finish a job without one? If not, you are the product being stocked.
- Check the files: does the site say, plainly, when your uploads are deleted?
- Check the money: ads, subscriptions, or data? A free site that cannot say is telling you.
Tips from people who do this a lot
- This site’s answers, for the record: 200 MB per file, no per-day job counters on standard tools, no watermarks, no accounts exist, files deleted at download, funded by one short ad per job.
- The trial test: if "free" needs a card number, it is not free, it is a delayed charge with extra steps.
- Judge a converter by its second job, not its first — funnels are generous exactly once.
FAQ
Can a converter be free forever?
Yes, if the model is honest: ads at modest scale pay real server bills. What cannot be free forever is a venture-funded funnel losing money on purpose.
Why do so many converters watermark?
Because the unwatermarked file is the upsell. Watermarking is not a cost recovery — it is a hostage.
Is this really free?
Yes — every tool on this site is free. A short ad before your download is what pays the server bills, so nothing needs a paywall or an account.