LightPDF vs ChatGPT vs Smallpdf AI PDF vs Nanonets

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

Your tool
LightPDF
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Competitor 1
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Smallpdf AI PDF
Competitor 3
Nanonets
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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 ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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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 Nanonets
nanonets.com
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.8Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
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291.5Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 1.0%
▲ 3.5%
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▼ 8.8%
6-month growth
-4.4%
-1.6%
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+5.3%
Global rank web
#34,433
#7
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#119,959
Avg. last 3 months
1.7M
5.5B
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292.8K
Bounce rate lower is better
51%
30%
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40%
Pages / visit
2.3
4.3
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4.6
Visit duration
1m 31s
6m 35s
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3m 27s
Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
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● Direct 85% · ● Referral 11%
LightPDFChatGPTSmallpdf AI PDFNanonets
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BNanonets · 310.5KNanonets · 309KNanonets · 346KNanonets · 253.8KNanonets · 276.9KNanonets · 292.2KNanonets · 283.2KNanonets · 267.2KNanonets · 319.7KNanonets · 291.5K100K1M10M100M1B10BLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BNanonets · 310.5KNanonets · 309KNanonets · 346KNanonets · 253.8KNanonets · 276.9KNanonets · 292.2KNanonets · 283.2KNanonets · 267.2KNanonets · 319.7KNanonets · 291.5KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$1.33per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
€6per month · free tier available
$100per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Free FreeMonthly $5.99/moYearly $15.99/yrLifetime $39.99
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Pro €7.50/moTeam (2-100 users) €6/mo
Starter FreeGrowth CustomCredits Plan $100/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsWeb pages
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextDocuments
ImagesDocuments
Output
Text
TextImagesCodeAudio
Text
Data
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Legal & FinanceProductivity & OfficeAI AccountingAI Agent+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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13
Document data extraction
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Summarizing
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Data extraction
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PDF analysis
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Document summarization
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OCR
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PDFs
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Text extraction
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Document processing
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Chatbots
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Document chat
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Accounting
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Accounting automation
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Blogging
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Coding
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Interactive PDF processing
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Invoice processing
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Invoices
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PDF summaries
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Purchase order management
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Research
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Search engine
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Translations
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Workflows
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Reviews
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Prompts
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