LightPDF vs NoteGPT vs ReadDocs vs Smallpdf AI PDF

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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NoteGPT
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ReadDocs
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Smallpdf AI PDF
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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 NoteGPT
notegpt.io
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Competitor ReadDocs
readdocs.co.uk
Upload a PDF contract and ReadDocs spits out a one-minute summary, bullet points, and answers to specific questions you ask
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.8Mvisits/mo
7.3Mvisits/mo
744visits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 1.0%
▼ 9.2%
▲ 141.6%
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6-month growth
-4.4%
-43.3%
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Global rank web
#34,433
#6,906
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Avg. last 3 months
1.7M
8.2M
384
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Bounce rate lower is better
51%
44%
39%
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Pages / visit
2.3
4.1
1.1
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Visit duration
1m 31s
4m 23s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 15%
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LightPDFNoteGPTReadDocsSmallpdf AI PDF
03.2M6.4M9.6M12.8MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MNoteGPT · 7.7MNoteGPT · 9.1MNoteGPT · 10.6MNoteGPT · 12.1MNoteGPT · 12.8MNoteGPT · 12.8MNoteGPT · 12.4MNoteGPT · 9.3MNoteGPT · 8MNoteGPT · 7.3MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 7441001K10K100K1M10M100MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MNoteGPT · 7.7MNoteGPT · 9.1MNoteGPT · 10.6MNoteGPT · 12.1MNoteGPT · 12.8MNoteGPT · 12.8MNoteGPT · 12.4MNoteGPT · 9.3MNoteGPT · 8MNoteGPT · 7.3MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$1.33per month · free tier available
$9per month
Free tier
€6per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeMonthly $5.99/moYearly $15.99/yrLifetime $39.99
Pro $9/moUnlimited $19.92/moMax $69/mo
Free FreePro £9.99/moBusiness £29/mo
Pro €7.50/moTeam (2-100 users) €6/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsWeb pages
AudioDocumentsTextWeb pagesVideo
TextImagesDocuments
TextDocuments
Output
Text
DataDocumentsImagesSlidesText
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsVideo Editing+16 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Summarizing
Document summarization
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PDF analysis
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Document chat
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PDF summaries
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PDFs
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Document data extraction
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Interactive PDF processing
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OCR
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Data extraction
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Document q a
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Document summaries
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Video summaries
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Mind maps
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Note taking
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Official documents q a
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Summaries
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Text extraction
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Transcription
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Document processing
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Education
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Meeting summaries
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Podcasts
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Research
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Text to speech
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YouTube summaries
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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.