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Sejda ranks #11 of 27 in pdf editors in the week of 26 October 2026, with a visibility score of 14 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 38% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 2 of 4 assistants this week
Sejda lands a modest 16 out of 100 overall in our PDF editors tracking, with Claude the most generous at 22, ChatGPT at 15, and Perplexity trailing at 13. It shows up in 19 of 68 answers checked. Its strongest showings come on browser-based editing (named in 4 of 4 answers), free PDF editing (3 of 3), and subscription-free tools (3 of 3), plus fill-and-sign forms (2 of 4) and general 2026 roundups (2 of 4). It never gets a mention for redaction, AI summarising or chatting with PDFs, OCR, open-source tools, or Windows-specific editors.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 16 | 25% of answers | #3.0 |
| Claude | 19 | 50% of answers | #8.7 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | not sampled this week |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best online PDF editor that works in the browser? | 2 of 2 | #1 |
| What's the best free PDF editor? | 4 of 4 | #2 |
| What's the best tool to merge, split and reorder PDF pages? | 2 of 2 | #3 |
| What's the best tool to edit a PDF without a subscription? | 2 of 2 | #3 |
| What's the best tool to fill in and sign a PDF form? | 2 of 2 | #4 |
| What are the best alternatives to Adobe Acrobat? | 2 of 2 | #7 |
| What are the best alternatives to Foxit? | 2 of 2 | #7 |
| What are the best PDF editors? | 2 of 3 | #7 |
| What are the best alternatives to PDFgear? | 1 of 2 | #7 |
| What are the best PDF editors in 2026? | 1 of 2 | #11 |
| What's the best PDF editor for Windows? | 1 of 3 | #10 |
| What's the best PDF editor for Mac? | 1 of 3 | #10 |
| What's the best alternative to Adobe Acrobat? | 1 of 3 | #13 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| Which PDF editor is best value for a small business? | Wondershare PDFelement, UPDF, Foxit |
| Which PDF tool is best for privacy and sensitive documents? | Stirling PDF, PDF24, PDFsam Basic |
| What's the best PDF editor app for iPhone or Android? | Adobe Acrobat, Xodo, PDF Expert |
| What's the best tool to convert a PDF to Word or Excel? | Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, ABBYY FineReader |
| 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 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 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. Claim to see them. See all sources for PDF editors.
In their words
- ChatGPT“!Sejda PDF Price, Features and Reviews in 2025 | Techjockey US”
- Claude“Sejda, Smallpdf, iLovePDF — browser-based, convenient for one-off tasks, but mind the privacy implications for sensitive documents.”
- Gemini“Best for Editing Existing Text: Sejda PDF Editor”
Closest rivals
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