LightPDF vs ReadDocs vs Nanonets 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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ReadDocs
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Nanonets
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Smallpdf AI PDF
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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 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 Nanonets
nanonets.com
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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
744visits/mo
291.5Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 1.0%
▲ 141.6%
▼ 8.8%
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6-month growth
-4.4%
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+5.3%
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Global rank web
#34,433
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#119,959
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Avg. last 3 months
1.7M
384
292.8K
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Bounce rate lower is better
51%
39%
40%
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Pages / visit
2.3
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4.6
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Visit duration
1m 31s
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3m 27s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 10%
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● Direct 85% · ● Referral 11%
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LightPDFReadDocsNanonetsSmallpdf AI PDF
0477.3K954.5K1.4M1.9MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Nanonets · 310.5KNanonets · 309KNanonets · 346KNanonets · 253.8KNanonets · 276.9KNanonets · 292.2KNanonets · 283.2KNanonets · 267.2KNanonets · 319.7KNanonets · 291.5K1001K10K100K1M10MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Nanonets · 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
Free tier
$100per month · free tier available
€6per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Free FreeMonthly $5.99/moYearly $15.99/yrLifetime $39.99
Free FreePro £9.99/moBusiness £29/mo
Starter FreeGrowth CustomCredits Plan $100/mo
Pro €7.50/moTeam (2-100 users) €6/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsWeb pages
DocumentsImagesText
DocumentsImages
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
Data
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Legal & FinanceProductivity & OfficeAI AccountingAI Agent+2 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Document summarization
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Summarizing
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Document data extraction
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OCR
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Data extraction
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PDF analysis
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PDF summaries
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PDFs
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Interactive PDF processing
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Text extraction
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Document processing
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Document chat
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Document summaries
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Accounting
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Accounting automation
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Invoice processing
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Invoices
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Purchase order management
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Summaries
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Workflows
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Agents
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Image data extraction
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Meeting 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.