iLovePDF vs PDF24

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-21

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iLovePDF and PDF24 land close together overall, with scores of 9 and 10 out of 100 and mentions in 13 and 14 of 68 answers. iLovePDF's strongest showing is on PDF compression, named in all 4 of 4 answers, while it's never brought up for redaction, OCR, form filling, AI summarising, or open-source tools. PDF24 does best on browser-based editing (2 of 4) and editing without a subscription (2 of 3), but is also absent from AI summarising, OCR, open-source, privacy, and PDF-to-Word questions. Head-to-head, PDF24 edges ahead on 6 questions, iLovePDF on 5, with 9 ties. Assistants rate PDF24 slightly higher: ChatGPT 7 vs 4, Claude 8 vs 16, Perplexity 15 vs 8.

Head to head

metric	iLovePDF	PDF24
score	9	10
questions won	9	11

By assistant

iLovePDF

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

PDF24

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	7	10% of answers	#3.5
Claude	8	15% of answers	#7.7
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	15	20% of answers	#3.0

Where they differ

Only iLovePDF gets named for

What's the best tool to convert a PDF to Word or Excel?
What's the best alternative to Adobe Acrobat?
What's the best PDF editor app for iPhone or Android?

Only PDF24 gets named for

What's the best tool to edit a PDF without a subscription?
What's the best PDF editor for Windows?
What's the best tool to redact or remove sensitive text from a PDF?
What's the best tool to fill in and sign a PDF form?
Which PDF editor is best value for a small business?

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