LightPDF vs AI PDF Reader vs Smallpdf AI PDF vs UPDF

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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LightPDF
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Competitor 1
APAI PDF Reader
Competitor 2
Smallpdf AI PDF
Competitor 3
UPDF
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool LightPDF
lightpdf.com
LightPDF AI for Docs is an online tool that utilizes artificial intelligence to summarize and extract insights from uploaded PDF, Word, Excel, and PPT documents. With multi-platform availability and s
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Competitor APAI PDF Reader
aipdfreader.net
Upload a PDF and get a summary in seconds
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Competitor Smallpdf AI PDF
smallpdf.com
Smallpdf AI PDF, also called Chat with PDF, lets you upload a document and talk to it.
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Competitor UPDF
pdfassistant.ai
PDFs that work the way you need them to
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.8Mvisits/mo
4.1Kvisits/mo
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28.7Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 1.0%
▲ 324.1%
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▼ 28.2%
6-month growth
-4.4%
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-27.5%
Global rank web
#34,433
#7,244,900
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#984,401
Avg. last 3 months
1.7M
1.7K
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40.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
51%
0%
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42%
Pages / visit
2.3
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2.1
Visit duration
1m 31s
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19s
Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 10%
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● Direct 90% · ● Mail 10%
LightPDFAI PDF ReaderSmallpdf AI PDFUPDF
0477.3K954.5K1.4M1.9MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MAI PDF Reader · 1.2KAI PDF Reader · 294AI PDF Reader · 2.5KAI PDF Reader · 977AI PDF Reader · 4.1KUPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7K1001K10K100K1M10MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MAI PDF Reader · 1.2KAI PDF Reader · 294AI PDF Reader · 2.5KAI PDF Reader · 977AI PDF Reader · 4.1KUPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$1.33per month · free tier available
Free
€6per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Free FreeMonthly $5.99/moYearly $15.99/yrLifetime $39.99
Free Free
Pro €7.50/moTeam (2-100 users) €6/mo
Starter FreePlus $9.99/moPro $24.99/moBusiness $59.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsWeb pages
Documents
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Document ExtractionAI PDF
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
9
11
8
14
PDF analysis
PDFs
Document summarization
PDF summaries
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Summarizing
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Interactive PDF processing
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Document data extraction
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Document chat
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Text extraction
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Data extraction
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Document editing
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Document reading
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PDF management
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Document scanning
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Document summaries
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Document translation
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File conversion
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OCR
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Translations
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Document analysis
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Document processing
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PDF compression
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PDF redaction
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.