Compress a PDF to 500 KB for resumes and scans

Usually because it has many pages of high-resolution color scans, or several large embedded fonts. Mergevanta never turns text into pictures, so there's a floor. Remove pages you don't need with Split PDF, or keep Allow grayscale if needed switched on so scans can go gray as a last resort.

Yes. Text, fonts, lines and links aren't touched, so the resume reads exactly as before. A profile photo is resampled for on-screen viewing, which isn't noticeable at normal zoom. Open the result once before you send it.

Ten scanned pages in 500 KB leaves about 50 KB per page, which is usually enough for clear, readable pages on screen. Color photos of documents may need the lower settings, and Mergevanta picks those only when the file wouldn't fit otherwise.

Yes. It works in mobile browsers on Android and iPhone with no app to install, so you can shrink a resume and upload it to a job portal from the same phone.

It's free, with no watermark and no sign-up. Your resume comes back exactly as you made it, just smaller.

Files up to 4 MB are sent to Mergevanta's server encrypted end to end, compressed in memory and deleted as soon as the result is sent back. Larger files are compressed in your browser and never leave your device.