Selectable text
Text, fonts and vector artwork remain in the PDF.
All benchmarksPDF watermarking
PDF watermarking
Keep the document.
Carry the watermark.
Add an invisible watermark while keeping text selectable and pages useful.
View results- file checks passed
- 12 / 12
- stays selectable
- Text
- pages per PDF
- 1–8
File checks · September 28, 2026 · Later edits can affect recovery.Reading the results
What you get
A PDF that still works like a PDF.
Every page checked
Etchv checks visual quality and reads the expected watermark from every page before delivery.
Keep supported content
Page layout, supported annotations and attachments stay intact. Attachments are not watermarked.
Clear results
Detection shows page results, so you can spot missing marks or different watermarks.
API results · September 29, 2026
PDFs · watermarking
PDF watermarks / min
CPU · 1 at once0.8
CPU · 16 at once7.8
GPU · 1 at once1.5
GPU · 16 at once13.0
Each dot is a completed request. Rates reflect this task’s share of the total work. 3 errors across 858 PDF requests, including rejected files.
Explore performanceCompare
Compare this workflow.
| Platform | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EtchvImages, PDFs and video | |||||
| Steg.AIVisual content protection | |||||
| IMATAGContent tracking | |||||
| DigimarcOrigin and authenticity | |||||
| EchoMarkDocument and email leaks |
PDFs
Etchv
Selectable PDFs
Keeps text and vector artwork in supported PDFs. Every output page is checked.
Steg.AI
PDF + Office
Supports PDF, DOCX and PPTX. Confirm whether the features you need are preserved.
IMATAG
Ask provider
Confirm this feature with the provider.
Digimarc
Ask provider
Confirm this feature with the provider.
EchoMark
PDF watermarking
Marks PDF text and images. Confirm preservation of your document’s features.
Before you start
Know the limits.
- Unencrypted PDFs with 1–8 unrotated pages, up to 20 MB. Some interactive features are unsupported.
- Output files can be larger. Page edits or removing watermark content can affect recovery.