Modern, automated cloud preflight vs. legacy desktop Acrobat plugins.
Discover why web-to-print storefronts and developers are migrating to Filecheck.
For decades, Enfocus PitStop has been the industry standard for manual preflight checking inside Adobe Acrobat. But today's print market is digital-first. Forcing customer-uploaded artwork through local Windows/macOS servers, complex Switch flows, or manual operator queues slows down orders, raises support costs, and creates massive friction.
Filecheck is built for the web. It embeds directly inside your store checkout or web application to inspect and auto-correct PDF uploads instantly in milliseconds.
Embed validation directly into Shopify, WooCommerce, or custom web forms. Catch upload problems before checkout completes.
Provide customers with a side-by-side preview of original vs. auto-corrected bleed and colors, capturing visual approval during checkout.
Zero infrastructure management. Scaled on Amazon Web Services to handle massive seasonal print traffic spikes with zero lag.
Pay only €0.10 for each file processed. No monthly commitments, no maintenance fees, and credits never expire.
Designed primarily as an Adobe Acrobat plugin or desktop software. Files must be manually inspected by prepress engineers.
If a file fails validation, operators must export a PDF report and manually email the client back-and-forth, delaying production by hours or days.
Requires running physical Windows/macOS servers or VMs, maintaining hotfolders, and configuring complex automation flows locally.
Demands high upfront licensing costs per desk or server instance, plus mandatory annual maintenance contracts regardless of actual volume.
Yes. Filecheck delivers PitStop-class preflight and auto-correction as a managed serverless API: no Switch workflows to host, no Acrobat dependency, no per-server licensing. Files are checked and fixed at upload time, before they enter your queue.
Filecheck expresses corrections as JSON rules with auto-fix strategies — add bleed, convert to CMYK, embed fonts, flatten transparency. The common storefront corrections are covered without building or maintaining action lists.
Filecheck is pay-as-you-go (from €0.10 per job) or a monthly plan — no upfront license or maintenance contract. You pay for processed files, not for seats or servers.
Yes — that is the core difference. Filecheck ships a drop-in upload widget with an interactive report and soft-proof your customers see at upload time. PitStop is a prepress-side tool; the customer never sees it.
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Ditch legacy desktop plugins. Integrate Filecheck's serverless validation widgets in minutes and automate your prepress queue.