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iLovePDF ranks #12 of 27 in pdf editors in the week of 26 October 2026, with a visibility score of 13 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 40% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 2 of 4 assistants this week
iLovePDF shows up in 13 of 68 answers across AI assistants, landing an overall score of 9 out of 100 (ChatGPT 4, Claude 16, Perplexity 8). Its strongest showing is on compression: it's named in every answer, 4 of 4, to "What's the best tool to compress a large PDF?" It also appears in 2 of 4 answers for merging, splitting and reordering pages, and gets occasional mentions for browser-based editing, general PDF editor picks, and PDF-to-Word/Excel conversion. It's never named for redaction, AI summarising or chat, OCR, form filling and signing, or open-source tools.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 11 | 25% of answers | #4.2 |
| Claude | 21 | 55% of answers | #8.5 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | not sampled this week |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best tool to compress a large PDF? | 2 of 2 | #1 |
| What's the best tool to merge, split and reorder PDF pages? | 2 of 2 | #2 |
| What's the best online PDF editor that works in the browser? | 2 of 2 | #3 |
| What's the best tool to convert a PDF to Word or Excel? | 2 of 2 | #4 |
| What's the best PDF editor app for iPhone or Android? | 1 of 2 | #6 |
| What's the best open-source or self-hosted PDF tool? | 1 of 2 | #7 |
| What are the best alternatives to PDFgear? | 1 of 2 | #8 |
| What are the best PDF editors in 2026? | 1 of 2 | #13 |
| What are the best alternatives to Adobe Acrobat? | 1 of 2 | #16 |
| What are the best alternatives to Foxit? | 1 of 2 | #23 |
| Which PDF tool is best for privacy and sensitive documents? | 1 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best PDF editor for Windows? | 1 of 3 | #12 |
| What's the best PDF editor for Mac? | 1 of 3 | #12 |
| What are the best PDF editors? | 1 of 3 | #14 |
| What's the best alternative to Adobe Acrobat? | 1 of 3 | #15 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best free PDF editor? | PDF24, Sejda, PDFgear |
| Which PDF editor is best value for a small business? | Wondershare PDFelement, UPDF, Foxit |
| What's the best tool to fill in and sign a PDF form? | Adobe Acrobat, Preview, PDF-XChange Editor |
| What's the best OCR tool to make a scanned PDF searchable? | ABBYY FineReader, Adobe Acrobat, Stirling PDF |
| What's the best tool to redact or remove sensitive text from a PDF? | Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, PDF-XChange Editor |
| What's the best tool to edit a PDF without a subscription? | Preview, PDFgear, PDF24 |
| What's the best tool to extract tables or data from a PDF? | Adobe Acrobat, ABBYY FineReader |
| What's the best AI tool to summarise or chat with a PDF? | nobody in particular |
| What are the best alternatives to Preview? | PDF Expert, Adobe Acrobat, PDFgear |
| What are the best alternatives to PDF-XChange Editor? | Adobe Acrobat, PDF-XChange Editor, Nitro PDF |
Assistants cited 18 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. Claim to see them. See all sources for PDF editors.
In their words
- ChatGPT“!iLovePDF - PDF Editor & Scan - Productivity App | MWM”
- Claude“Sejda, Smallpdf, iLovePDF — browser-based, convenient for one-off tasks, but mind the privacy implications for sensitive documents.”
- Claude“Sejda, Smallpdf, iLovePDF — Freemium, no install, good for occasional merging/splitting/compressing/converting.”
Closest rivals
- iLovePDF vs Nitro PDF14
- iLovePDF vs Sejda14
- iLovePDF vs PDF Expert15
- iLovePDF vs PDF2415
- iLovePDF vs Wondershare PDFelement11
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