What “free” actually covers on this spoke
Plenty of converters advertise free and then watermark the download, cap resolution, or demand an email before the file appears. Eligible one-photo jobs on Convertify4u do not work that way. You open the tool, drop a .heic, and save a JPEG. There is a daily allowance on the free tier so the Edge path stays usable for everyone. Pro removes that cap and unlocks folder queues on VPS. This spoke exists so you are not hunting through the hub for “do I need an account?” The answer for a normal single is no. Guest Wi-Fi, a library PC, or a borrowed laptop should not collect another password. HTTPS still applies. Auto-deletion still applies. Free is not “we keep your camera roll because you did not pay.” If you arrived with eighty listing photos, stop here and open the batch spoke. That work is Premium on purpose: serverless functions are the wrong machine for a full trip folder.
What stays free
Everyday eligible singles: upload, convert, download. No account. No watermark on that output.
What Pro is for
Multi-file queues, oversized packs, and dedicated-server capacity so a browser tab is not encoding a whole roll alone.