Smallpdf AI PDF vs UPDF vs Collate vs PDF.ai

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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Competitor 1
UPDF
Competitor 2
Collate
Competitor 3
PDF.ai
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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 UPDF
pdfassistant.ai
PDFs that work the way you need them to
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Competitor Collate
collate.one
Collate is a free, offline PDF assistant designed for everyday learners, students, and professionals who want to take control of their PDFs. With Collate, you can: • Summarize PDFs: Turn lengthy doc
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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
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28.7Kvisits/mo
4.1Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 28.2%
▼ 59.8%
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6-month growth
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-27.5%
-0.1%
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Global rank web
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#984,401
#4,822,608
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Avg. last 3 months
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40.4K
8.9K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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42%
37%
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Pages / visit
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2.1
1.3
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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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Smallpdf AI PDFUPDFCollatePDF.ai
015.8K31.5K47.3K63KUPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7KCollate · 10.2KCollate · 7.2KCollate · 5.3KCollate · 4.1KCollate · 6KCollate · 13.1KCollate · 12.4KCollate · 10.2KCollate · 4.1K1K10K100KUPDF · 38.9KUPDF · 51.3KUPDF · 45.4KUPDF · 39.5KUPDF · 52.9KUPDF · 63KUPDF · 52.7KUPDF · 39.9KUPDF · 28.7KCollate · 10.2KCollate · 7.2KCollate · 5.3KCollate · 4.1KCollate · 6KCollate · 13.1KCollate · 12.4KCollate · 10.2KCollate · 4.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
€6per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$49per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Pro €7.50/moTeam (2-100 users) €6/mo
Starter FreePlus $9.99/moPro $24.99/moBusiness $59.99/mo+1 more
Free Custom
Free FreeStarter $49/moPro $99/moScale $249/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Documents
DocumentsText
Output
Text
DocumentsText
Text
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Document ExtractionAI PDF
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
14
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10
PDF summaries
PDFs
PDF analysis
Interactive PDF processing
Summarizing
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Document summarization
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Document data extraction
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Document chat
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PDF management
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Data extraction
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Document processing
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Document scanning
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File conversion
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Local AI
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OCR
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Text extraction
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Document analysis
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Document reading
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PDF compression
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PDF redaction
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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.