ReadDocs vs Claude Code vs Gemini vs LightPDF

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

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ReadDocs
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Claude Code
Competitor 2
Gemini
Competitor 3
LightPDF
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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 Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
744visits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
1.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 141.6%
▼ 6.8%
▼ 2.6%
▲ 1.0%
6-month growth
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+106.6%
+0.8%
-4.4%
Global rank web
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#434
#17
#34,433
Avg. last 3 months
384
125.2M
2.7B
1.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
64%
28%
51%
Pages / visit
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Visit duration
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2m 36s
7m 01s
1m 31s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 10%
ReadDocsClaude CodeGeminiLightPDF
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Claude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8M1001K10K100K1M10M100M1B10BReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Claude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$17per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$1.33per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePro £9.99/moBusiness £29/mo
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Free FreeMonthly $5.99/moYearly $15.99/yrLifetime $39.99
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocuments
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
DocumentsWeb pages
Output
Text
Code
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 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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Summarizing
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PDF analysis
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Document summarization
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Coding
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Chatbots
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Data extraction
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Document chat
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Document data extraction
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Document q a
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Document summaries
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Image generation
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PDF summaries
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Terminal
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Agents
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Code analysis
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Code explanations
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Email writing
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Image to image
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Interactive PDF processing
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Large language models
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Official documents q a
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PDFs
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Research
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Search engine
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Summaries
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Text extraction
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Translations
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