UPDF vs LightPDF vs ReadDocs vs PDF.ai

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

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UPDF
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LightPDF
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ReadDocs
Competitor 3
PDF.ai
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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 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 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
28.7Kvisits/mo
1.8Mvisits/mo
744visits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 28.2%
▲ 1.0%
▲ 141.6%
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6-month growth
-27.5%
-4.4%
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Global rank web
#984,401
#34,433
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Avg. last 3 months
40.4K
1.7M
384
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Bounce rate lower is better
42%
51%
39%
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Pages / visit
2.1
2.3
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Visit duration
19s
1m 31s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 90% · ● Mail 10%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 10%
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UPDFLightPDFReadDocsPDF.ai
0477.3K954.5K1.4M1.9MUPDF · 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 · 1.8MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 7441001K10K100K1M10MUPDF · 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 · 1.8MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9.99per month · free tier available
$1.33per month · free tier available
Free tier
$49per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Starter FreePlus $9.99/moPro $24.99/moBusiness $59.99/mo+1 more
Free FreeMonthly $5.99/moYearly $15.99/yrLifetime $39.99
Free FreePro £9.99/moBusiness £29/mo
Free FreeStarter $49/moPro $99/moScale $249/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsWeb pages
DocumentsImagesText
DocumentsText
Output
DocumentsText
Text
Text
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeAI Document ExtractionAI PDF
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI Document ExtractionAI PDF+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
13
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PDF analysis
PDF summaries
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Document summarization
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PDFs
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Summarizing
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Document data extraction
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Interactive PDF processing
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Data extraction
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OCR
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Text extraction
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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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Summaries
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Document analysis
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Document processing
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Meeting summaries
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PDF compression
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PDF redaction
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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.