ChatDOC vs Docalysis (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, ChatDOC grades higher than Docalysis: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
ChatDOC grades higher on value for money and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ChatDOC
Chat with PDFs and documents, with answers traced to the source
Docalysis
Chat with PDF, text, CSV and Word files and get answers from them
Which one is for you
Pick ChatDOC if
- Fits if your papers are full of tables, formulas or scanned pages
- Makes sense if you'd rather answer with your own OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek or Grok API key
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you read on your phone, as the web app says it doesn't work on mobile and there's no app
- Not for you if you want a free plan to stay on, since free is a one-off 10 uploads and 100 questions, PDFs only
- Watch out: image analysis is a paid add-on, and GPT-4o messages are sold as separate packages
- Tight if you might want a refund, which needs asking for within 7 days and before any Pro feature is used
- Too light for finding papers, since it only reads the files you give it
Pick Docalysis if
- Fits if you want quick answers out of a long PDF
- Works for someone who occasionally asks questions of a handful of files
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 50 question credits a month and files up to 5 MB
- Skip it if your files are slides or other formats, as only PDF, TXT, CSV and DOCX are listed
- Watch out: documents are kept indefinitely on Amazon S3 until you delete them
- Watch out: batch processing and the Business plan have no published price
- Pricey if you want bigger files, which means Plus at $14 a month
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAChatDOCGood | 2.2GPADocalysisFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BPro is $89.9 for 360 days, about $7.50 a month, and paid plans in this category start at $10 in the cheaper quarter. For that you get 300 uploads per 30 days, 300 questions a day and no page limit. It misses an A because image analysis and GPT-4o messages are bought separately. | C$14 a month billed monthly for Plus, $35 for Ultimate. Plus is above the research dearer-quarter line of $12.50, though below the dearest tenth at $20. |
| Free plan and trial | CThere's no free plan to settle on. A free account is a one-off 10 uploads and 100 questions, PDFs only, and no more than 5 files and 20 questions in a day. No card is asked for, so it counts as a card-free trial, but once it's spent it's spent. | CA free plan with 50 question credits and 600 uploaded pages a month, and files up to 5 MB and 150 pages. You'll hit that on a few long papers. |
| Features | CIt does chat-with-your-document completely, awkward files included: footnotes that open the passage, table or figure behind an answer, cross-page tables, formulas, OCR scans, folder-wide questions, translation that holds its layout. That's the smaller half of research, though — it never goes looking for papers. | CChat with one file or many, share and embed. The listing only supports PDF, TXT, CSV and DOCX and has no app, and batch work is arranged by hand. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record, so the B rests on the listing, and the listing shows nothing to set up: drop a file in, ask. One snag worth knowing first — the web app says it doesn't work on mobile and asks you to open it on a computer. | BNo store rating on record. Upload a file and ask: nothing to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb with Chrome and Edge extensions, a developer API, and your own model key for OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek or Grok. But it only runs in one place, a desktop browser: no phone app, no desktop app, and the site says mobile isn't supported. | CWeb only, with no integrations or apps listed. |
| Best for | PDFs full of tables, formulas and scans | asking questions of a PDF, Word, CSV or text file |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: ChatDOC and Docalysis. How we grade
Price against what you get
ChatDOC starts at $7.49 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Docalysis starts at $14 a month and scores 2.3.
ChatDOC scores higher and starts $6.51 a month lower. Of the other AI research tools on the chart, 2 score higher than ChatDOC for less, and 16 score higher than Docalysis for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- ChatDOC also covers research and citations.
- Docalysis also covers documents.
At a glance
| ChatDOC | Docalysis | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $89.9 per 360 days (a 30-day plan is also sold) | $14 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | 50 question credits and 600 uploaded pages a month, files up to 5 MB and 150 pages each. |
| Free trial | Free account, no card needed: 10 file uploads and 100 questions in total, at most 5 files and 20 questions a day. | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | ChatDOC | Docalysis |
| Price read from | chatdoc.com | docalysis.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
ChatDOC
- The Free plan is a one-time allowance of 10 uploads and 100 questions, and it accepts PDF files only.
- The web app says it does not work on mobile and asks users to open it on a computer.
- Image analysis is a paid add-on, and GPT-4o messages are bought as separate question packages.
- Refunds must be requested within 7 days of purchase and only if Pro features have not been used.
Docalysis
- Only PDF, TXT, CSV and DOCX files are listed as supported, and the vendor lists no mobile or desktop app.
- The free plan caps files at 5 MB and 150 pages and allows 50 chat messages a month.
- Documents are kept indefinitely by default and stored on Amazon S3 until you delete them; a specific retention policy has to be requested.
- Batch processing and the Business plan are arranged through the vendor, with no published price.
Key features
ChatDOC
- Cited answers with TapSource
- Each answer carries footnotes that open the passage it came from, and figures quoted in an answer can be traced back to the table or data behind them.
- Collections
- Put files in a collection, or upload a folder, and ask questions across all of them. Free accounts can hold 30 files in a collection; Pro has no limit.
- Tables, formulas and scans
- Recognizes cross-page tables and formulas and reads scanned files with OCR. The changelog says OCR became free for all users in December 2025.
- Document translation
- Translates a whole PDF or Word file while keeping its layout. Free accounts can translate 3 pages per file; Pro is unlimited.
- Bring your own model
- Besides the built-in models, users can enter their own API key to answer with models from OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok and others.
- Browser extensions and API
- Chrome and Edge extensions open local files and web documents in ChatDOC. A separate API sells document parsing and question answering as prepaid packages.
Docalysis
- Chat with a document
- Upload a PDF, TXT, CSV or DOCX file and ask questions about it in a conversation. Each chat message uses one question credit.
- Multi-file chat
- Move several files into a folder and chat with the folder to ask questions across all of them. This is available on every plan, including Free.
- Many languages
- The FAQ lists English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and others; the chat switches to the language you write in.
- Share and embed
- A file made public can be shared by link or placed on a website with embed code, so visitors can ask it questions.
- Batch processing
- For hundreds or thousands of files, the vendor runs a set of questions you supply over documents in a cloud drive and returns a CSV of answers. This is arranged by contacting the vendor.
- Bonus credits
- When a month's question credits or page uploads run out, extra bonus credits can be bought instead of changing plan. They are used only after the plan's own credits.
Plans
ChatDOC
Free$0
A one-time allowance of 10 PDF uploads and 100 questions, at most 5 files and 20 questions a day, with files of up to 300 pages and 60 MB.
Pro$89.9
per 360 days; the 30-day price sits behind a toggle
300 uploads per 30 days, 300 questions a day, no page limit, 200 MB files, and Word, EPUB, Markdown, text, scanned and website sources.
Docalysis
Free$0
50 question credits and 600 page uploads a month, 5 MB and 150 pages per file, multi-file chat.
Plus$14
per month, billed monthly
500 question credits and 3,000 page uploads a month, 20 MB and 600 pages per file, multi-file chat, email support.
Ultimate$35
per month, billed monthly
1,500 question credits and 8,000 page uploads a month, 50 MB and 1,800 pages per file, multi-file chat, email support.
BusinessCustom
Custom limits, team administration and phone support. Price varies; contact the vendor.
Ways to pay less
ChatDOC
No public discounts listed.
Docalysis
- Annual discount
20% off with yearly billing
The pricing page has a One Year option marked 20% off the monthly prices for Plus and Ultimate; the yearly amounts are not shown in the page text.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, ChatDOC or Docalysis?
As of Nov 12, 2026, ChatDOC is cheaper to start with: $7.49 a month when paid by the year, against $14 a month for Docalysis. ChatDOC starts at $89.9 per 360 days (a 30-day plan is also sold), and Docalysis starts at $14 per month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, ChatDOC or Docalysis?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Docalysis has a free plan. ChatDOC does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do ChatDOC and Docalysis run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only ChatDOC lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.