LightPDF vs UPDF vs Scanned.to 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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UPDF
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Scanned.to
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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 UPDF
pdfassistant.ai
PDFs that work the way you need them to
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Competitor Scanned.to
scanned.to
Scanned.to is an AI document converter that turns scanned PDFs and photos into editable files without losing the original look.
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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
28.7Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 1.0%
▼ 28.2%
▲ 15.5%
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6-month growth
-4.4%
-27.5%
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Global rank web
#34,433
#984,401
#11,720,871
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Avg. last 3 months
1.7M
40.4K
1.1K
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Bounce rate lower is better
51%
42%
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Pages / visit
2.3
2.1
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Visit duration
1m 31s
19s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 90% · ● Mail 10%
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LightPDFUPDFScanned.toSmallpdf 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 · 1.8MUPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7KScanned.to · 1.5KScanned.to · 1.8K1K10K100K1M10MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MUPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7KScanned.to · 1.5KScanned.to · 1.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$1.33per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$14per month
€6per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeMonthly $5.99/moYearly $15.99/yrLifetime $39.99
Starter FreePlus $9.99/moPro $24.99/moBusiness $59.99/mo+1 more
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Pro €7.50/moTeam (2-100 users) €6/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsWeb pages
DocumentsText
DocumentsImages
DocumentsText
Output
Text
DocumentsText
Documents
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Document ExtractionAI PDF
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI Document ExtractionAI Translate
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Document data extraction
PDF analysis
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PDFs
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Document summarization
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Text extraction
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OCR
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PDF summaries
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Summarizing
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Interactive PDF processing
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Document processing
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Data extraction
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Document chat
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Document editing
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Document translation
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PDF management
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Document scanning
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Document transformation
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File conversion
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Handwritten note digitization
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Image document translation
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Translations
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Document analysis
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Document formatting
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Menu translation
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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.