ReadDocs vs Smallpdf AI PDF vs UPDF vs ChatPDF

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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Smallpdf AI PDF
Competitor 2
UPDF
Competitor 3
ChatPDF
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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 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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Competitor UPDF
pdfassistant.ai
PDFs that work the way you need them to
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Competitor ChatPDF
chatpdf.com
ChatPDF is a document question-answering app: upload a PDF, ask questions in plain language, and get answers with built-in citations that point back to the source passage.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
744visits/mo
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28.7Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 141.6%
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▼ 28.2%
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6-month growth
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-27.5%
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Global rank web
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#984,401
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Avg. last 3 months
384
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40.4K
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Bounce rate lower is better
39%
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42%
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Pages / visit
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2.1
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Visit duration
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19s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 90% · ● Mail 10%
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ReadDocsSmallpdf AI PDFUPDFChatPDF
015.8K31.5K47.3K63KReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744UPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7K1001K10K100KReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744UPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
Free tier
€6per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
Free
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Free trial
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Plans
Free FreePro £9.99/moBusiness £29/mo
Pro €7.50/moTeam (2-100 users) €6/mo
Starter FreePlus $9.99/moPro $24.99/moBusiness $59.99/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesText
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
DocumentsTextWeb pages
Output
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Document ExtractionAI PDF
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsWriting & Content+4 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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PDF analysis
PDF summaries
Document summarization
Interactive PDF processing
PDFs
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Summarizing
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Document chat
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Summaries
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Document data extraction
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Document editing
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Document summaries
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PDF management
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Document scanning
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File conversion
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OCR
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Official documents q a
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PDF translations
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Research
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Text extraction
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Academic research
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Document analysis
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Document reading
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Homework assistance
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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.