PDFsam Basic vs Xodo

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-26

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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	8	5
questions won	8	6

By assistant

PDFsam Basic

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	5	5% of answers	#1.0
Claude	12	30% of answers	#6.2
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	not sampled this week

Xodo

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	3	5% of answers	#4.0
Claude	10	15% of answers	#5.7
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	not sampled this week

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 tool to edit a PDF without a subscription?
What's the best open-source or self-hosted PDF tool?
What's the best alternative to Adobe Acrobat?

Only Xodo gets named for

What's the best PDF editor app for iPhone or Android?
What are the best alternatives to Adobe Acrobat?
What are the best PDF editors?

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