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      "strength": "Online and desktop PDF conversion with editing, OCR, signing, forms, and sharing.",
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    },
    {
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      "name": "PDF2Go",
      "homeUrl": "https://www.pdf2go.com/",
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      "retention": {
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  ],
  "changeLog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-11",
      "summary": "Initial baseline published with 25 services measured by the same script."
    }
  ]
}