Docalysis vs Humata (2026): which should you pick?

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

Pick Humata if

• Fits if two or three of you want to share one $9.99 plan
• Works for companies that want document Q&A on their own website through the embed or API

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you read a lot, since Expert has 500 pages a month and each extra page is $0.02
• Skip it if your files are scans, because OCR needs the Team plan at $49 a user a month
• Not for you if you want a tool that finds papers, as this only answers from what you upload
• Too light for real work on the free plan: 1 user, 60 pages a month and, going by the homepage, 10 answers
• Watch out: the billing FAQ mentions a Student plan, but the pricing page doesn't list it or a price

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Humata

No public discounts listed.