ReadDocs vs UPDF vs LightPDF vs PDF.ai

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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Competitor 1
UPDF
Competitor 2
LightPDF
Competitor 3
PDF.ai
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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 UPDF
pdfassistant.ai
PDFs that work the way you need them to
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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 PDF.ai
pdf.ai
PDF.ai lets you chat with any PDF: ask questions, get summaries and find answers inside the document.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
744visits/mo
28.7Kvisits/mo
1.8Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 141.6%
▼ 28.2%
▲ 1.0%
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6-month growth
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-27.5%
-4.4%
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Global rank web
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#984,401
#34,433
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Avg. last 3 months
384
40.4K
1.7M
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Bounce rate lower is better
39%
42%
51%
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Pages / visit
1.1
2.1
2.3
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Visit duration
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19s
1m 31s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 90% · ● Mail 10%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 10%
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ReadDocsUPDFLightPDFPDF.ai
0477.3K954.5K1.4M1.9MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744UPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7KLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.6MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.7MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.9MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.5MLightPDF · 1.8MLightPDF · 1.8M1001K10K100K1M10MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744UPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7KLightPDF · 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
$9.99per month · free tier available
$1.33per month · free tier available
$49per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Free FreePro £9.99/moBusiness £29/mo
Starter FreePlus $9.99/moPro $24.99/moBusiness $59.99/mo+1 more
Free FreeMonthly $5.99/moYearly $15.99/yrLifetime $39.99
Free FreeStarter $49/moPro $99/moScale $249/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesText
DocumentsText
DocumentsWeb pages
DocumentsText
Output
Text
DocumentsText
Text
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Productivity & OfficeAI Document ExtractionAI PDF
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
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9
2
Document summarization
PDF analysis
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Summarizing
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Document data extraction
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PDFs
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Text extraction
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OCR
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Data extraction
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Document scanning
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Document processing
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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.