PDFsam Basic vs Xodo
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-21
PDFsam Basic and Xodo are neck and neck overall, each named in 7 of 68 answers and scoring 6 out of 100. PDFsam Basic leans on one clear strength: it's named in 4 of 4 answers for merging, splitting and reordering PDF pages, though it draws a blank on browser-based editing, redaction, AI summarising, OCR, and form-filling questions. Xodo shows up most for mobile editing, named in 3 of 4 answers, and picks up a mention for redaction where PDFsam Basic gets none. Head-to-head, Xodo edges ahead on 4 questions, PDFsam Basic on 3, with 13 ties between them.
Head to head
| metric | PDFsam Basic | Xodo |
|---|---|---|
| score | 6 | 6 |
| questions won | 4 | 4 |
By assistant
PDFsam Basic
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
| Claude | 11 | 20% of answers | #6.8 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 5 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
Xodo
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 8 | 15% of answers | #7.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 9 | 15% of answers | #5.3 |
Where they differ
Only PDFsam Basic gets named for
- What's the best tool to merge, split and reorder PDF pages?
- Which PDF tool is best for privacy and sensitive documents?
- What's the best free PDF editor?
Only Xodo gets named for
- What's the best PDF editor app for iPhone or Android?
- What's the best tool to redact or remove sensitive text from a PDF?
- What's the best online PDF editor that works in the browser?
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