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sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
PDF24 shows up in 14 of 68 answers across AI assistants, landing an overall score of 10 out of 100, with ChatGPT at 7, Claude at 8, and Perplexity a bit higher at 15. It gets named most for browser-based editing (2 of 4 answers), compressing large PDFs (2 of 4), and editing without a subscription (2 of 3). It's mentioned less often for redacting text or merging and splitting pages, just 1 of 4 answers each. It never comes up for summarising or chatting with a PDF, OCR, open-source tools, privacy-focused use, or converting PDFs to Word or Excel.
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Who's talking about you
| 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 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best tool to edit a PDF without a subscription? | 2 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best tool to compress a large PDF? | 2 of 4 | #1 |
| What's the best online PDF editor that works in the browser? | 2 of 4 | #2 |
| What's the best free PDF editor? | 1 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best PDF editor for Windows? | 1 of 3 | #5 |
| What are the best PDF editors? | 1 of 3 | #10 |
| What's the best tool to merge, split and reorder PDF pages? | 1 of 4 | #2 |
| What's the best tool to redact or remove sensitive text from a PDF? | 1 of 4 | #2 |
| What are the best PDF editors in 2026? | 1 of 4 | #3 |
| What's the best tool to fill in and sign a PDF form? | 1 of 4 | #6 |
| Which PDF editor is best value for a small business? | 1 of 4 | #8 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best alternative to Adobe Acrobat? | Foxit, Nitro PDF, PDFgear |
| What's the best PDF editor for Mac? | Preview, PDF Expert, Nitro PDF |
| Which PDF tool is best for privacy and sensitive documents? | Stirling PDF, PDF-XChange Editor, PDFgear |
| What's the best PDF editor app for iPhone or Android? | PDF Expert, Adobe Acrobat, UPDF |
| What's the best tool to convert a PDF to Word or Excel? | Adobe Acrobat, ABBYY FineReader |
| What's the best OCR tool to make a scanned PDF searchable? | ABBYY FineReader, Adobe Acrobat |
| What's the best open-source or self-hosted PDF tool? | Stirling PDF |
| 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“PDF24 Creator — Excellent if you're on Windows and want a completely free desktop toolkit for editing, merging, splitting, converting, signing, and more.”
- Gemini“The Best Free & Private Option: PDF24 Creator”
- Claude“iLovePDF / Smallpdf / PDF24 — Great for the "utility" tasks: merge, split, compress, convert to Word/Excel, rotate.”
Closest rivals
- PDF24 vs ABBYY FineReader9
- PDF24 vs iLovePDF9
- PDF24 vs Wondershare PDFelement7
- PDF24 vs PDF Expert14
- PDF24 vs PDFsam Basic6
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