LightPDF vs ReadDocs vs Speechify 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
ReadDocs
Competitor 2
Speechify
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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 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 Speechify
speechify.com
Read with your ears instead of your eyes
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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
744visits/mo
5.2Mvisits/mo
28.7Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 1.0%
▲ 141.6%
▼ 5.5%
▼ 28.2%
6-month growth
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-29.2%
-27.5%
Global rank web
#34,433
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#8,665
#984,401
Avg. last 3 months
1.7M
384
5.5M
40.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
51%
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42%
Pages / visit
2.3
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Visit duration
1m 31s
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19s
Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 10%
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 90% · ● Mail 10%
LightPDFReadDocsSpeechifyUPDF
01.8M3.7M5.5M7.4MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Speechify · 5MSpeechify · 5.6MSpeechify · 6.2MSpeechify · 5.8MSpeechify · 7.4MSpeechify · 6.9MSpeechify · 6.7MSpeechify · 5.8MSpeechify · 5.5MSpeechify · 5.2MUPDF · 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 · 1.8MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Speechify · 5MSpeechify · 5.6MSpeechify · 6.2MSpeechify · 5.8MSpeechify · 7.4MSpeechify · 6.9MSpeechify · 6.7MSpeechify · 5.8MSpeechify · 5.5MSpeechify · 5.2MUPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$1.33per month · free tier available
Free tier
$29per 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 FreePro £9.99/moBusiness £29/mo
Free FreePremium $29/mo
Starter FreePlus $9.99/moPro $24.99/moBusiness $59.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsWeb pages
DocumentsImagesText
DocumentsWeb pagesTextAudio
TextDocuments
Output
Text
Text
TextAudio
TextDocuments
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Education & LearningVoice & SpeechAI PodcastAI Reader+2 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Document ExtractionAI PDF
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Document summarization
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PDF analysis
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PDF summaries
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Summarizing
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Document data extraction
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Interactive PDF processing
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OCR
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Text extraction
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Data extraction
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Document chat
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Document editing
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Document q a
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Document summaries
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PDF management
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Reading
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Text to speech
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Document scanning
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File conversion
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Official documents q a
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Summaries
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Transcription
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Voice notes
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Voice writing
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Audiobooks
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Document analysis
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Document processing
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Meeting summaries
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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.