Use Cases
- •Quickly summarize and extract key points from lengthy research papers and academic PDFs
- •Ask specific questions about legal contracts or financial reports without reading the full document
- •Students using it to study textbooks by chatting with PDF course materials
Integrations
Direct PDF upload (drag and drop)URL-based PDF importOCR for scanned documentsNo third-party integrations or API
Pros
- +Extremely simple to use — no account needed, just upload a PDF and start chatting
- +Source-linking shows which pages the answer came from, useful for verification
- +Handles large documents up to 2,000 pages on the Plus plan
Cons
- -No API or integrations with other tools — it is a standalone web app only
- -Free tier is quite restrictive at only 2 PDFs and 50 questions per day
- -Struggles with complex tables, charts, and non-text content in PDFs
Quick Start
1. Go to chatpdf.com — no account required for the free tier
2. Upload a PDF by dragging it onto the page or clicking the upload area
3. Wait for the document to be processed and indexed
4. Type a question about the document in the chat box (e.g., 'What are the main findings?')
5. Review the AI response, which includes references to specific pages in the PDF
Pricing
Free: 2 PDFs/day, up to 120 pages each, 50 questions/day. Plus: $19.99/mo (or $139.99/yr) — unlimited PDFs, up to 2,000 pages per PDF, 32 MB file size, unlimited questions.