ChatPDF
Free tierChat with any PDF using AI — summarize, ask questions, and extract insights instantly
Free tier available·All audiences·Powered by OpenAI (GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini)·API available
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Purpose-built PDF chat with side-by-side document viewCited sources linked directly to PDF page referencesMulti-file chat across folders of documentsFully multilingual — upload and chat in any languageNo account required to get started
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ChatPDF is well suited for technical and developer use cases that involve large-scale or programmatic document analysis:
- API integration: Embed document-chat into internal tools, SaaS products, or research pipelines using the ChatPDF API
- Multi-document retrieval: Query across multiple PDFs in a single session — useful for literature reviews, legal discovery, or compliance checks
- Automated summarization pipelines: Use the API to programmatically summarize reports, technical specifications, or research papers
- Multilingual document processing: Handle documents and queries in any language without additional translation layers
- Citation-grounded outputs: Leverage clickable, source-linked citations to build verifiable, auditable answer systems
- Dynamic model routing: Benefit from automatic GPT-4o / GPT-4o-mini routing to optimize for throughput or response quality depending on the task
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