ReadDocs vs LightPDF vs AI PDF Reader vs UPDF

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

Your tool
ReadDocs
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Competitor 1
LightPDF
Competitor 2
APAI PDF Reader
Competitor 3
UPDF
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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 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 APAI PDF Reader
aipdfreader.net
Upload a PDF and get a summary in seconds
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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
744visits/mo
1.8Mvisits/mo
4.1Kvisits/mo
28.7Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 141.6%
▲ 1.0%
▲ 324.1%
▼ 28.2%
6-month growth
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-4.4%
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-27.5%
Global rank web
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#34,433
#7,244,900
#984,401
Avg. last 3 months
384
1.7M
1.7K
40.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
51%
0%
42%
Pages / visit
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2.1
Visit duration
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1m 31s
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19s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 88% · ● Referral 10%
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● Direct 90% · ● Mail 10%
ReadDocsLightPDFAI PDF ReaderUPDF
0477.3K954.5K1.4M1.9MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744LightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MAI PDF Reader · 1.2KAI PDF Reader · 294AI PDF Reader · 2.5KAI PDF Reader · 977AI PDF Reader · 4.1KUPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7K1001K10K100K1M10MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744LightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8MAI PDF Reader · 1.2KAI PDF Reader · 294AI PDF Reader · 2.5KAI PDF Reader · 977AI PDF Reader · 4.1KUPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$1.33per month · free tier available
Free
$9.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePro £9.99/moBusiness £29/mo
Free FreeMonthly $5.99/moYearly $15.99/yrLifetime $39.99
Free Free
Starter FreePlus $9.99/moPro $24.99/moBusiness $59.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesText
DocumentsWeb pages
Documents
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Productivity & OfficeAI Document ExtractionAI PDF
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
13
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14
Document summarization
PDF analysis
PDF summaries
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Summarizing
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PDFs
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Interactive PDF processing
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Document chat
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Document summaries
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Document data extraction
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OCR
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Text extraction
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Data extraction
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Document editing
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Document q a
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Document reading
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PDF management
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Document scanning
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Document translation
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File conversion
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Official documents q a
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Summaries
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Translations
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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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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.