ChatDOC vs Humata
We give ChatDOC a 3.0 GPA and Humata a 2.8, out of 4.0. ChatDOC grades higher on value for money. Humata grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
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
Free trial · from $89.9/yr
Humata
Document Q&A with cited answers across your uploaded files
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAChatDOCVery good | 2.8GPAHumataGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | APro is $89.9 for 360 days. That works out at about $7.50 a month, when tools like this usually start around $12. It buys 300 uploads every 30 days, 300 questions a day and no page limit. Image analysis and GPT-4o messages cost extra, mind. | CExpert is $9.99 a month and up to 3 people can share it, which sounds great. But it's metered: 500 pages a month, then $0.02 for every page after that. We think that's thin for the money in this category. And OCR for scanned text needs Team at $49 a user. |
| Free plan and trial | CThere's no free plan to stay on. A free account gets 10 uploads and 100 questions in total, at most 5 files and 20 questions a day, PDFs only. No card needed, so it's a fair trial. But once it's gone, it's gone. | BThere is a free plan, but it's small: 1 user, 60 pages a month and, going by the homepage, 10 answers. Enough to see how the citations work on a paper or two. Not much more. |
| Features | BIt does document chat fully: footnotes that open the passage, table or figure behind an answer, cross-page tables, formulas and scans, questions across a whole folder, and translation that keeps the layout. It only reads what you upload, though. It doesn't search for papers. | BIt does document chat fully: answers that link back to the passage, Ask All for one question across a folder, website import, and Grounded, Balanced and Creative modes for how closely it sticks to your files. Teams get roles and folder permissions. It only reads what you upload, though. |
| Ease of use | BNo App Store rating on record, so B is as high as we go. Drop a file in and ask. One snag: the web app says it doesn't work on mobile and asks you to open it on a computer. | BNo App Store rating on record, so B is as high as we go. Upload a folder, tick the files and ask. The thing to keep an eye on is the page meter, since going over your allowance is billed per page. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA web app with Chrome and Edge extensions and a developer API, and you can plug in your own key for models from OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek or Grok. There's no phone or desktop app on the listing. | BWeb only, and the listing shows no integrations with other apps. What lifts it is the API, which covers importing documents and asking questions, and an embed that puts a chat about a file or folder on your own web page. |
| Best for | PDFs full of tables, formulas and scans | small teams asking questions of shared files |
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 Humata. How we grade
Where they differ
- ChatDOC starts at $89.9 per 360 days (a 30-day plan is also sold). Humata starts at $9.99 per month, billed monthly (covers up to 3 users).
- Humata has a free plan. ChatDOC does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only ChatDOC lists a browser extension.
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At a glance
| ChatDOC | Humata | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $89.9 per 360 days (a 30-day plan is also sold) | $9.99 per month, billed monthly (covers up to 3 users) |
| Free plan | None | 1 user and 60 free pages a month with basic features. The homepage also limits it to 10 answers. |
| 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 | Tilda Technologies Inc. |
| Price read from | chatdoc.com | humata.ai |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
ChatDOC
- Checking each AI answer against the passage it came from
- Reading papers and reports full of tables, formulas or scanned pages
- Asking questions across a folder of documents
- Users who want to answer with their own model API key
Humata
- Asking questions across many long PDFs and getting cited answers
- Small teams of up to three people sharing one $9.99 plan
- Companies that want to embed document Q&A on their own website
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.
Humata
- The Free plan is limited to 1 user and 60 pages a month, and the homepage also caps it at 10 answers.
- Pages beyond a plan's monthly allowance are billed per page: $0.02 on Expert and $0.01 on Team.
- OCR for scanned text, department and folder permissions and response personalization need the Team plan.
- The billing FAQ mentions a Student plan, but the pricing page does not list it or show a 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.
Humata
- Chat with your files
- Upload files or whole folders and ask questions about them. Each answer cites the relevant sections of the source documents, with highlighted links back into the file.
- Ask All across files
- Tick several files or a folder and use Ask All to put one question to all of them at once, for example to compare documents.
- Website import
- The From URL option in the upload dialog imports a website so that questions can be asked about its pages.
- Answer modes and custom prompts
- Grounded, Balanced and Creative modes set how closely answers stick to the documents, and a custom prompt can be sent along with every question.
- Team roles and permissions
- Admins invite members, assign admin or member roles, group people into teams and restrict access to folders. Department and folder permissions start at the Team plan.
- Embeds and API
- A chat view for a file or folder can be embedded in a web page, with white labeling on Enterprise. An API covers document import, conversations and questions.
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.
Humata
Free$0
1 user and 60 free pages a month, with basic features and up to 10 answers.
Expert$9.99
per month, billed monthly
Up to 3 users and 500 free pages a month, then $0.02 per additional page, with chat support.
Team$49
per user / month, billed monthly
For teams of up to 10: 5,000 free pages a month, then $0.01 per page, plus department and folder permissions, OCR and response personalization.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited users and custom page allowances, with a SOC-2 certificate, uptime SLA and early access to new features.
