Where the assistants get their answers about pdf editors
The pages ChatGPT and Perplexity read before recommending a product, and who those pages name. Get on these lists, and you get into the answers.
From 40 ChatGPT and Perplexity answers, week of 2026-09-21, the two assistants that cite sources.
Most cited sites
| site | answers | pages | names most |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe.com | 16 | 15 | Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, Nitro PDF |
| techradar.com | 16 | 10 | Adobe Acrobat, PDFgear, Smallpdf |
| pcworld.com | 13 | 6 | Adobe Acrobat, Nitro PDF, PDFgear |
| pdfgear.com | 11 | 13 | PDFgear, Adobe Acrobat, Sejda |
| pdf.wondershare.com | 9 | 17 | Adobe Acrobat, PDFgear, Nitro PDF |
| helpx.adobe.com | 9 | 12 | Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, PDFgear |
| thebusinessdive.com | 9 | 6 | Smallpdf, Adobe Acrobat, PDFgear |
| foxit.com | 8 | 7 | Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, Nitro PDF |
| learn.g2.com | 8 | 2 | PDFgear, Adobe Acrobat, Smallpdf |
| pcmag.com | 8 | 2 | PDFgear, Adobe Acrobat, Foxit |
| gonitro.com | 7 | 6 | Adobe Acrobat, Nitro PDF, Foxit |
| zapier.com | 7 | 1 | PDFgear, Adobe Acrobat, PDF24 |
| makeuseof.com | 6 | 5 | Adobe Acrobat, Sejda, Smallpdf |
| guideflow.com | 6 | 2 | Adobe Acrobat, Smallpdf, PDFgear |
| macworld.com | 5 | 5 | Adobe Acrobat, Smallpdf, pdfFiller |
| smallpdf.com | 5 | 5 | Adobe Acrobat, Smallpdf, iLovePDF |
| dupple.com | 5 | 2 | PDFgear, Adobe Acrobat, Foxit |
| tomsguide.com | 5 | 1 | PDFgear, Adobe Acrobat, Foxit |
| pdfexpert.com | 4 | 6 | PDF Expert, Adobe Acrobat, Xodo |
| drawboard.com | 4 | 4 | Adobe Acrobat, Nitro PDF, PDFgear |
Most cited pages
Claude and Gemini answer without citing pages, so they are not counted here. How the score works · Full PDF editors leaderboard