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Xodo
sampled: 3 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 | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 8 | 15% of answers | #7.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 9 | 15% of answers | #5.3 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best PDF editor app for iPhone or Android? | 3 of 4 | #3 |
| What are the best PDF editors? | 2 of 3 | #11 |
| What's the best tool to redact or remove sensitive text from a PDF? | 1 of 4 | #2 |
| What's the best online PDF editor that works in the browser? | 1 of 4 | #6 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best free PDF editor? | PDFgear, Sejda, Stirling PDF |
| What's the best alternative to Adobe Acrobat? | Foxit, Nitro PDF, PDFgear |
| What's the best PDF editor for Windows? | Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, PDF-XChange Editor |
| What's the best PDF editor for Mac? | Preview, PDF Expert, Nitro PDF |
| Which PDF editor is best value for a small business? | Nitro PDF, Foxit, PDF-XChange Editor |
| Which PDF tool is best for privacy and sensitive documents? | Stirling PDF, PDF-XChange Editor, PDFgear |
| What are the best PDF editors in 2026? | Adobe Acrobat, PDFgear, Foxit |
| What's the best tool to fill in and sign a PDF form? | Adobe Acrobat, PDFgear, Preview |
| What's the best tool to merge, split and reorder PDF pages? | PDFsam Basic, Adobe Acrobat, Stirling PDF |
| What's the best tool to convert a PDF to Word or Excel? | Adobe Acrobat, ABBYY FineReader |
| What's the best tool to compress a large PDF? | Adobe Acrobat, iLovePDF, Wondershare PDFelement |
| What's the best OCR tool to make a scanned PDF searchable? | ABBYY FineReader, Adobe Acrobat |
| 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? | PDFgear, PDF24, Sejda |
| What's the best tool to extract tables or data from a PDF? | Adobe Acrobat |
| What's the best AI tool to summarise or chat with a PDF? | Adobe Acrobat |
Assistants cited 15 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
- Gemini“Best for Power Users on Android: Xodo PDF”
- Claude“Android: Xodo is free, fast, and excellent for annotation, form filling, and merging — probably the best free option on the platform.”
- Perplexity“Xodo — a good free browser-based option for quick redactions without installing software.”
Closest rivals
- Xodo vs PDFsam Basic6
- Xodo vs Wondershare PDFelement7
- Xodo vs pdfFiller4
- Xodo vs ABBYY FineReader9
- Xodo vs iLovePDF9
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