PDF Candy vs pdfFiller
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-26
Neither PDF Candy nor pdfFiller makes much of a dent when AI assistants talk PDFs. PDF Candy scores 1 out of 100 overall, with ChatGPT and Claude both giving it 0, and it's named in just 1 of 57 answers, specifically 1 of 4 responses to "What's the best free PDF editor?" pdfFiller trails slightly behind with a 2 out of 100 overall, but 0 named mentions out of 57 answers, and ChatGPT and Claude again score it 0. Head-to-head, the two tie in 24 questions, with PDF Candy edging ahead in 1 and pdfFiller leading in none.
Head to head
| metric | PDF Candy | pdfFiller |
|---|---|---|
| score | 1 | 2 |
| questions won | 1 | 0 |
By assistant
PDF Candy
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | not sampled this week |
pdfFiller
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | not sampled this week |
Where they differ
Only PDF Candy gets named for
- What's the best free PDF editor?
Only pdfFiller gets named for
nothing exclusive
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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full PDF editors leaderboard