Smallpdf AI PDF vs ReadDocs vs ChatPDF vs Mapify

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

Your tool
Smallpdf AI PDF
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ReadDocs
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ChatPDF
Competitor 3
Mapify
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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 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 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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Competitor Mapify
mapify.so
Mapify is an AI mind map generator and summarizer that converts PDFs and documents, YouTube videos, webpages, long text, audio recordings and images into structured mind maps.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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744visits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 141.6%
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Global rank web
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Avg. last 3 months
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384
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Bounce rate lower is better
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39%
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Pages / visit
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Smallpdf AI PDFReadDocsChatPDFMapify
0186372558744ReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 7441001KReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Feb '26MarApr
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
€6per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free
$5.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Pro €7.50/moTeam (2-100 users) €6/mo
Free FreePro £9.99/moBusiness £29/mo
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Free FreeBasic $5.99/moPro $11.99/moUnlimited $17.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextDocuments
DocumentsTextImages
Web pagesTextDocuments
Web pagesTextImagesDocumentsAudio
Output
Text
Text
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SlidesImages
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsWriting & Content+4 more
Productivity & OfficeVideo EditingWriting & ContentAI Mind Mapping+3 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Summarizing
Document summarization
PDFs
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PDF summaries
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Interactive PDF processing
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Summaries
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Document chat
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Document summaries
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Mind maps
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Homework assistance
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OCR
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Official documents q a
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PDF analysis
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Research
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Video summaries
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Academic research
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Document data extraction
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Meeting summaries
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Multilingual summarization
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Visual summaries
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Web research summarization
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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.