The best open source PDF compression engine. It never returns a file larger than the original, offers a true lossless mode, and posted the lowest corruption rate of every engine we benchmarked.
Ships as a CLI, Node SDK, C library, self-hosted service and WebAssembly build.
Open source, self-hosting and internal use stay free. Hyper Compress is licensed under the AGPL-3.0. If your project is AGPL-compatible, or you run Hyper Compress as-is for yourself, you never need a commercial license. Commercial licenses are only for shipping Hyper Compress inside closed-source software.
Per product, billed annually. Every tier includes all updates and new releases while active.
One developer, under $100k annual revenue
Companies under $1M annual revenue
Companies at $1M annual revenue or more
Redistribution, reselling as an SDK, or offering Hyper Compress as a service
GitHub repository: github.com/alam00000/bentopdf-hyper-compress
Every tier lets you ship Hyper Compress inside one closed-source product. The tiers differ by who you are, how many developers you have, and whether Hyper Compress is passed on to anyone else.
| Solo | Indie | Business | OEM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who it's for | One developer, under $100k annual revenue | Companies under $1M annual revenue | Companies at $1M annual revenue or more | Anyone redistributing, reselling or hosting the engine |
| Annual price | $99 | $199 | $499 | from $1,999 |
| Developers covered | One developer | Unlimited | Unlimited | Discussed with you |
| Closed-source products covered | One | One | One | Terms shaped to your product |
| Updates while active | ||||
| Support | Priority email | Priority | ||
| Redistribute inside someone else's product | ||||
| Resell as an SDK | ||||
| Offer Hyper Compress as a hosted service |
Redistribution, reselling and hosting are what separate OEM from the rest. If Hyper Compress only ships inside your own closed-source product, the choice between Solo, Indie and Business is purely a question of your size.
A license covers one shipped product. A second product needs a second license, or ask about covering your whole catalogue at OEM.
Every release published while your license is active is yours. If you let it lapse, you keep a perpetual right to the last version you received.
The commercial license replaces the AGPL for your product. You ship closed source, with no requirement to publish your changes or your application.
Hyper Compress is written and owned by BentoPDF, and every third-party component it bundles, including PDFium, qpdf, jpegli and Leptonica, is permissively licensed. No copyleft surprises in your supply chain.
Only if you ship Hyper Compress inside closed-source software. Open-source projects under an AGPL-compatible license, self-hosting, and internal use are all free under the AGPL-3.0.
No. Hyper Compress is a separate project with its own license. The BentoPDF app license does not grant any rights to Hyper Compress, and a Hyper Compress license does not cover BentoPDF.
You move up to the matching tier at your next renewal. Nothing retroactive. Growing past a threshold mid-term never invalidates your current license.
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