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| Tool | Pricing | Categories | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| SciSummary | Freemium | AI Reading / Research | AI summaries of scientific papers |
| Humata | Freemium | AI Reading / Document AI | Chat with any PDF document |
| AskYourPDF | Freemium | AI Reading / Document AI | Popular PDF chat with plugin support |
| Unriddle | Freemium | AI Reading / Research | Research copilot for reading papers faster |
| PDF.ai | Freemium | AI Reading / Document AI | Minimal chat-with-PDF at pdf.ai |
| Smallpdf | Freemium | Document AI / Productivity | All-in-one PDF toolkit with AI features |
| iLovePDF | Freemium | Document AI / Productivity | Free PDF tools for merge, split, convert and more |
| PDF24 Tools | Free | Document AI | Completely free PDF toolbox online and offline |
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