Open recovery benchmark

Openable competitor analysis

A format-by-format comparison of Openable and browser repair tools on frozen PDF, JPEG, and PNG cases.

Frozen firstProducts, cases, scoring rules, and validators were registered before execution.

9 cases eachSix damaged files plus three healthy controls.

Independent validationA separate validator checks recovered content against the untouched source.

Auditable trailSHA-256 fingerprints tie each result to its frozen inputs and outputs.

Verified recovery

A pass means the recovered file matches the untouched source under the frozen validator, while healthy controls remain unchanged.

View the evidence

PDF

6 damaged · 3 healthy controls

Openable9/9

PDF24 Repair PDF6/9

zPDF Repair PDF5/9

PDF2Go Repair PDF3/9

JPEG

6 damaged · 3 healthy controls

Openable9/9

ToolTea Image Repair9/9

PNG

6 damaged · 3 healthy controls

Openable9/9

ToolTea Image Repair5/9

What this shows

Openable led the registered PDF and PNG cohorts and tied ToolTea on JPEG. The broader product distinction is coverage: Openable provides one local browser workflow across all three tested formats; the PDF products are PDF-only, while ToolTea is image-only.

Consumer experience

Product	Formats tested	Processing	Install	Account / paid export	Observed limit
Openable	PDF, JPEG, PNG	Local browser	None	None	None
PDF24	PDF	Server upload	None	None	None observed
zPDF	PDF	Local browser	None	None	10 files per session
PDF2Go	PDF	Server upload	None	None for this run	8 anonymous credits; 3 files per free task
ToolTea	JPEG, PNG	Local browser	None	None	Single-file workflow

Competitor criteria

Free tierAvailable without a paid upgrade.

Browser availableUsable in a browser without a required install.

Audit the result

The combined evidence report contains every tested product and format, including the frozen plans, tool identities, all 72 case results, independent validation checks, SHA-256 inventories, and publication attestations.

RegistrationSHA-256 7d899c4e…d7896a83

Harnessopenable-open-recovery-benchmark-kit 1.4.0

Verification8 publications · 3 format cohorts

Registration, protocol, corpora, tools, results, and full competitor analysis on GitHub