Smallpdf AI PDF vs ReadDocs vs Mapify vs LightPDF

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

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Smallpdf AI PDF
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ReadDocs
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Mapify
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LightPDF
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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 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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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
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744visits/mo
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1.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 141.6%
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▲ 1.0%
6-month growth
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-4.4%
Global rank web
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#34,433
Avg. last 3 months
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384
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1.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
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39%
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51%
Pages / visit
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1.1
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2.3
Visit duration
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1m 31s
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● Direct 88% · ● Referral 10%
Smallpdf AI PDFReadDocsMapifyLightPDF
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 · 1.8M1001K10K100K1M10MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744LightPDF · 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
€6per month · free tier available
Free tier
$5.99per month · free tier available
$1.33per 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
Free FreeBasic $5.99/moPro $11.99/moUnlimited $17.99/mo
Free FreeMonthly $5.99/moYearly $15.99/yrLifetime $39.99
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextDocuments
TextImagesDocuments
Web pagesTextImagesDocumentsAudio
DocumentsWeb pages
Output
Text
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SlidesImages
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Productivity & OfficeVideo EditingWriting & ContentAI Mind Mapping+3 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Summarizing
Document summarization
PDF analysis
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PDFs
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Document chat
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PDF summaries
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Document data extraction
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Interactive PDF processing
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OCR
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YouTube summaries
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Data extraction
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Document q a
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Document summaries
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Mind maps
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Official documents q a
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Summaries
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Text extraction
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Video summaries
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Document processing
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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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Web search
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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.