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PDF editors, as AI assistants see them
Adobe Acrobat tops the PDF editors leaderboard out of 19 products tracked, with an overall score of 60 out of 100 and a mention in 53 of 68 answers. That's a sizable lead: PDFgear sits second with a score of 27, named in 26 of 68 answers, just ahead of Foxit, also at 27, named in 24 of 68. Nitro PDF follows at 24, and PDF-XChange Editor rounds out the top five at 21, named in 17 of 68 answers. ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity each rate Acrobat highest among the three, ranging from 56 to 69.
week of 2026-09-21
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Leaderboard
| # | product | score | vs last week |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe Acrobat | 60 | new |
| 2 | Foxit | 27 | new |
| 3 | PDFgear | 27 | new |
| 4 | Nitro PDF | 24 | new |
| 5 | PDF-XChange Editor | 21 | new |
| 6 | Smallpdf | 18 | new |
| 7 | Preview | 17 | new |
| 8 | Stirling PDF | 17 | new |
| 9 | Sejda | 16 | new |
| 10 | PDF Expert | 14 | new |
| 11 | PDF24 | 10 | new |
| 12 | ABBYY FineReader | 9 | new |
| 13 | iLovePDF | 9 | new |
| 14 | Wondershare PDFelement | 7 | new |
| 15 | PDFsam Basic | 6 | new |
| 16 | Xodo | 6 | new |
| 17 | pdfFiller | 4 | new |
| 18 | PDFescape | 2 | new |
| 19 | UPDF | 2 | new |
Where the assistants get their answers →
Popular head-to-heads
- Adobe Acrobat vs Foxit
- Adobe Acrobat vs PDFgear
- Foxit vs PDFgear
- Foxit vs Nitro PDF
- Nitro PDF vs PDFgear
- Nitro PDF vs PDF-XChange Editor
- PDF-XChange Editor vs Smallpdf
- Preview vs Smallpdf
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Score = how often an assistant names the product, weighted by position. Full explanation.