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iLovePDF
sampled: 3 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 | 4 | 5% of answers | #2.0 |
| Claude | 16 | 35% of answers | #8.6 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 8 | 15% of answers | #6.7 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best tool to compress a large PDF? | 4 of 4 | #2 |
| What's the best tool to merge, split and reorder PDF pages? | 2 of 4 | #4 |
| What's the best tool to convert a PDF to Word or Excel? | 1 of 3 | #6 |
| What are the best PDF editors? | 1 of 3 | #9 |
| What's the best alternative to Adobe Acrobat? | 1 of 3 | #11 |
| What's the best free PDF editor? | 1 of 3 | #13 |
| What's the best online PDF editor that works in the browser? | 1 of 4 | #3 |
| What's the best PDF editor app for iPhone or Android? | 1 of 4 | #9 |
| What are the best PDF editors in 2026? | 1 of 4 | #14 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best PDF editor for Windows? | Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, PDF-XChange Editor |
| What's the best PDF editor for Mac? | Preview, PDF Expert, Nitro PDF |
| Which PDF editor is best value for a small business? | Nitro PDF, Foxit, PDF-XChange Editor |
| Which PDF tool is best for privacy and sensitive documents? | Stirling PDF, PDF-XChange Editor, PDFgear |
| What's the best tool to fill in and sign a PDF form? | Adobe Acrobat, PDFgear, Preview |
| What's the best OCR tool to make a scanned PDF searchable? | ABBYY FineReader, Adobe Acrobat |
| What's the best tool to redact or remove sensitive text from a PDF? | Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, PDF-XChange Editor |
| What's the best open-source or self-hosted PDF tool? | Stirling PDF |
| What's the best tool to edit a PDF without a subscription? | PDFgear, PDF24, Sejda |
| What's the best tool to extract tables or data from a PDF? | Adobe Acrobat |
| What's the best AI tool to summarise or chat with a PDF? | Adobe Acrobat |
Assistants cited 15 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 | Most people needing a free web tool | Simple, multiple compression levels, lots of PDF utilities | Web uploads may not suit confidential files jobbit.uk |”
- Gemini“iLovePDF: Extremely user-friendly, offers "Extreme," "Recommended," and "Less" compression presets.”
- Claude“Online tools (iLovePDF, Smallpdf, Adobe's web compressor) — fine for a quick one-off with non-confidential files.”
Closest rivals
- iLovePDF vs ABBYY FineReader9
- iLovePDF vs PDF2410
- iLovePDF vs Wondershare PDFelement7
- iLovePDF vs PDFsam Basic6
- iLovePDF vs Xodo6
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