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Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word ranks #17 of 27 in pdf editors in the week of 26 October 2026, with a visibility score of 4 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 3% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 2 of 4 assistants this week
Microsoft Word barely registers in the PDF editors category, showing up in just 4 of 80 answers across assistants, with an overall score of 3 out of 100 (ChatGPT: 1, Claude: 5, Perplexity: 2). Its one strong spot is converting a PDF to Word or Excel, where it's named in all 3 answers on that question, plus 1 of 4 for best free PDF editor. Elsewhere, it goes unmentioned entirely — including for best PDF editor for Windows, compressing large PDFs, and as an alternative to Foxit, Adobe Acrobat, or Nitro PDF.
Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 1 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 7 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | not sampled this week |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best tool to convert a PDF to Word or Excel? | 1 of 2 | #1 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What are the best PDF editors? | Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, PDFgear |
| What's the best free PDF editor? | PDF24, Sejda, PDFgear |
| What's the best alternative to Adobe Acrobat? | Foxit, PDF-XChange Editor, PDFgear |
| What's the best PDF editor for Windows? | Adobe Acrobat, PDF-XChange Editor, Foxit |
| What's the best PDF editor for Mac? | PDF Expert, Adobe Acrobat, Preview |
| Which PDF editor is best value for a small business? | Wondershare PDFelement, UPDF, Foxit |
| What's the best online PDF editor that works in the browser? | Sejda, Smallpdf, iLovePDF |
| Which PDF tool is best for privacy and sensitive documents? | Stirling PDF, PDF24, PDFsam Basic |
| What are the best PDF editors in 2026? | Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, PDF-XChange Editor |
| What's the best PDF editor app for iPhone or Android? | Adobe Acrobat, Xodo, PDF Expert |
| What's the best tool to fill in and sign a PDF form? | Adobe Acrobat, Preview, PDF-XChange Editor |
| What's the best tool to merge, split and reorder PDF pages? | PDFsam Basic, Preview, iLovePDF |
| What's the best tool to compress a large PDF? | PDFgear, Adobe Acrobat, PDF24 |
| 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 open-source or self-hosted PDF tool? | Stirling PDF |
| 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 Adobe Acrobat? | Foxit, PDF-XChange Editor, PDFgear |
| What are the best alternatives to Foxit? | Adobe Acrobat, PDF-XChange Editor, Wondershare PDFelement |
| What are the best alternatives to PDFgear? | PDF-XChange Editor, Foxit, UPDF |
| 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 20 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. See all sources for PDF editors.
Closest rivals
- Microsoft Word vs UPDF4
- Microsoft Word vs DocHub3
- Microsoft Word vs Xodo5
- Microsoft Word vs PDFescape2
- Microsoft Word vs pdfFiller2
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