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Xodo ranks #16 of 27 in pdf editors in the week of 26 October 2026, with a visibility score of 5 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 10% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 2 of 4 assistants this week
Xodo shows up in 7 of 68 answers across PDF editor questions, landing an overall score of 6 out of 100. Claude and Perplexity give it modest marks, 8 and 9, while ChatGPT scores it 0. Its strongest showing is on mobile: named in 3 of 4 answers for best PDF editor app for iPhone or Android, and 2 of 3 for best PDF editors generally. It gets a mention in 1 of 4 answers each for browser-based editing and redaction. It's never named for AI-assisted PDF chat, OCR, merging/splitting, form filling, or open-source tools.
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Who's talking about you
| 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 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best PDF editor app for iPhone or Android? | 2 of 2 | #1 |
| What are the best alternatives to PDFgear? | 1 of 2 | #4 |
| What are the best alternatives to PDF-XChange Editor? | 1 of 2 | #7 |
| What are the best alternatives to Adobe Acrobat? | 1 of 2 | #10 |
| What are the best PDF editors? | 1 of 3 | #12 |
| What's the best free PDF editor? | 1 of 4 | #4 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best alternative to Adobe Acrobat? | Foxit, PDF-XChange Editor, PDFgear |
| What's the best PDF editor for Windows? | Adobe Acrobat, PDF-XChange Editor, Foxit |
| What's the best PDF editor for Mac? | PDF Expert, Adobe Acrobat, Preview |
| Which PDF editor is best value for a small business? | Wondershare PDFelement, UPDF, Foxit |
| What's the best online PDF editor that works in the browser? | Sejda, Smallpdf, iLovePDF |
| Which PDF tool is best for privacy and sensitive documents? | Stirling PDF, PDF24, PDFsam Basic |
| What are the best PDF editors in 2026? | Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, PDF-XChange Editor |
| What's the best tool to fill in and sign a PDF form? | Adobe Acrobat, Preview, PDF-XChange Editor |
| What's the best tool to merge, split and reorder PDF pages? | PDFsam Basic, Preview, iLovePDF |
| 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 edit a PDF without a subscription? | Preview, PDFgear, PDF24 |
| 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 Foxit? | Adobe Acrobat, PDF-XChange Editor, Wondershare PDFelement |
| What are the best alternatives to Preview? | PDF Expert, Adobe Acrobat, PDFgear |
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
- Claude“Xodo — Excellent free annotator, available on Windows, web, iOS, and Android.”
- ChatGPT“Xodo PDF”
- Claude“Xodo — Free, clean, cross-platform (web, Windows, iOS, Android).”
Closest rivals
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