sourceback

Locked files in. Editable source out.

how it works
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Pick a tool & uploadPDF → InDesign or PowerPoint, an image → a font, and more.
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Preview freeA fidelity score and a side-by-side check before you pay.
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Recover the sourceDownload a ready-to-edit file. Pay per file — no account, no subscription.
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Private by design: your file and the result are auto-deleted within 12h. We never reuse your content.

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What it actually costsEvery tool, every price, and three worked examples — from a $1 single page to a $12 brochure.Read →SourceBack vs Markzware PDFMarkzA $259/year desktop licence against a $1-minimum browser job — which is cheaper depends entirely on how often you do this.Read →SourceBack vs AI vectorizersVectorizer.ai, Illustrator's Image Trace and SourceBack all trace an image. The difference is what you commit to.Read →
No AI guesswork.Your source is rebuilt from the file's own text and vectors — nothing is invented.
Honest about limits.Flat or scanned pages are recovered with OCR and clearly labelled: the words come back editable over the original picture, never passed off as the original text layer.
Private by design.Uploads and results auto-delete within 12h. Pay per file — no account needed.
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PDF to InDesign · PowerPoint to InDesign · PDF to PowerPoint · PDF to Word · Image to Vector · Image to Font · Brand assets from PDF · Compress a PDF