The AskYourPDF Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about AskYourPDF in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
AskYourPDF
The Insider’s Guide
Chat with PDFs and other documents and get cited answers
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI research tools, read from AskYourPDF’s own pages.
Made by Proton Labs · checked Oct 5, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from AskYourPDF’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on AskYourPDF’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 5, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.4
GPA, above 6 of the 27 other AI research tools we grade
AskYourPDF is an AI tool for asking questions about documents. You upload a PDF, DOCX, EPUB or text file, or paste a URL, and it answers with citations that point back to the source page. Paid plans add Knowledge Bases for chatting across many files, OCR for scans and a wider choice of GPT, Gemini and Claude models. The site now leads with two newer products, a website chatbot trained on your own content and an AI PDF form filler, and there is a developer API.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about AskYourPDF, taken from its own pages and our grades.
What takes working out is the models, since some come with your plan and others spend credits.
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Best for asking questions of long documents
AskYourPDF answers questions about a document you hand it, and each answer points to the page it came from.
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Paid plans start at $11.99 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $11.99 per month, billed yearly ($14.99 billed monthly).
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There is a free plan
1 document a day of up to 100 pages and 15 MB, with 50 questions and 3 conversations a day on the GPT-5 Mini model.
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It runs on 3 platforms
Web, iOS and Android, with a browser extension too.
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Chat with documents
Upload a PDF, DOCX, EPUB or TXT file, or paste a URL, and ask questions in plain language. Each answer cites the page it came from, and the site says it works in more than 100 languages.
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Knowledge Bases
Premium and Pro group documents into a Knowledge Base, so that one question draws a single cited answer from every file in it.
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Choice of AI models
The free plan runs on GPT-5 Mini. Paid plans add GPT-5, GPT-5.2 and Gemini 2.5 Flash, while Claude 4.5 Sonnet, Claude 4.5 Opus and Gemini 2.5 Pro draw on credits.
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A 2.4 GPA, above 6 of 27
That is against the other AI research tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
To replace AskYourPDF you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
AskYourPDF at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $11.99 per month, billed yearly ($14.99 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 3-day trial of Premium or Pro; the pricing page calls it a free trial, the chat-with-PDF page a $1 trial.
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- Made by
- Proton Labs
- Category
- AI Research Tools
- Our grade
- 2.4 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for asking questions of long documents
AskYourPDF answers questions about a document you hand it, and each answer points to the page it came from. It won't go and find papers for you, and the free plan stops at 1 document a day of up to 100 pages on GPT-5 Mini. The Claude and Gemini 2.5 Pro models run on credits even on paid plans, the trial is called free on one page and $1 on another, and the terms say all sales are final.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Premium is $11.99 a month billed yearly, $14.99 monthly, which is this category's middle. You get 50 documents and 1,200 questions a day with Knowledge Bases and OCR, but the Claude models and Gemini 2.5 Pro run on credits and Premium hands you 10. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Free for good, with 50 questions a day. The document cap is the limit: 1 a day, up to 100 pages and 15 MB, on GPT-5 Mini only. Caps you'll hit on your first real afternoon. The paid trial runs 3 days, and one page calls it free while another calls it a $1 trial. |
| Features | C | It does chat-with-your-document completely — PDF, DOCX, EPUB, text or a URL, answers citing the page, Knowledge Bases on paid plans for asking across many files at once. But that's the smaller half of research: it reads what you hand it and won't go and find the papers. |
| Ease of use | B | No store rating on record, so the B comes from what the listing shows, and it shows about the simplest thing in this category: upload a file, ask a question. What takes working out is the models, since some come with your plan and others spend credits. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web, iPhone, Android, a Chrome extension, a Zotero hook-up and a developer API. No Mac or Windows app, though, and that's what an A wants. The API is billed apart from the chat plans: free for 100 messages, then $49.99 a month. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who AskYourPDF is for
- Fits if you have one long paper or book and want answers with the page cited
- Works for Zotero users who want summaries and chat inside their library
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you need something to find the papers, as this only reads what you give it
- Tight if you're staying free, at 1 document a day of up to 100 pages and 15 MB, on GPT-5 Mini only
- Not for you if you like a way out, since the terms say all sales are final with no refunds
- Watch out: Claude and Gemini 2.5 Pro spend credits on every paid plan, and Premium includes only 10
- Watch out: the 3-day trial is called free on one page and $1 on another, and the API is billed apart at $49.99 a month
Good to know
Good for
- Students and researchers who want cited answers from long papers and books
- Very long files: Pro accepts documents of up to 6,000 pages
- Zotero users who want summaries and document chat inside their library
- Site owners who want a support chatbot trained on their own pages and files
Worth knowing
- The free plan covers 1 document a day, capped at 100 pages and 15 MB, and uses GPT-5 Mini only.
- Knowledge Bases, OCR and Chrome extension access appear only in the benefits of the paid plans.
- Claude 4.5 Sonnet, Claude 4.5 Opus and Gemini 2.5 Pro need credits on every paid plan; Premium includes 10 and Pro 30.
- The terms say all sales are final, with no refunds or pro-rata credits.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$11.99
A month to start. There is a free plan too
AskYourPDF has a free plan. Paid plans start at $11.99 per month, billed yearly ($14.99 billed monthly).
Caps you'll hit on your first real afternoon.
Free
$0
1 document a day of up to 100 pages and 15 MB, with 50 questions and 3 conversations a day on GPT-5 Mini.
Premium
$11.99
per month, billed yearly; $14.99 billed monthly
50 documents a day of up to 2,500 pages and 31 MB, 1,200 questions a day, Knowledge Bases, OCR, the Chrome extension and 10 credits.
Pro
$14.99
per month, billed yearly; $19.99 billed monthly
150 documents a day of up to 6,000 pages and 877 MB, longer replies, priority support and 30 credits.
Enterprise
Custom
Unlimited pages per document and unlimited questions, up to 1,000 documents a day and custom credits. Sold through sales.
The free plan
1 document a day of up to 100 pages and 15 MB, with 50 questions and 3 conversations a day on the GPT-5 Mini model.
Trying it first
3-day trial of Premium or Pro; the pricing page calls it a free trial, the chat-with-PDF page a $1 trial.
Read from askyourpdf.com on Oct 5, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Up to 25% off with annual billing
The pricing page labels annual billing as 25% off. Premium is $11.99 a month billed yearly against $14.99 billed monthly, and Pro is $14.99 against $19.99.
Stated on askyourpdf.com
What the app costs elsewhere
Each country’s App Store price for “AskYourPDF Pro Monthly”, against $14.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.
| Country | Price there | In dollars | Against the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | ₺499,99 | $10.17 | 32% less |
| Philippines | ₱ 799.00 | $12.72 | 15% less |
| Indonesia | Rp 249ribu | $13.93 | 7% less |
| Canada | $19.99 | $14.05 | 6% less |
| Mexico | $299.00 | $16.43 | 10% more |
| South Africa | R299.99 | $18.14 | 21% more |
| United Kingdom | £14.99 | $19.82 | 32% more |
| Germany | 17,99 € | $20.16 | 34% more |
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
4
Places it runs: Web, iOS, Android and Browser extension
Chat with PDFs and other documents and get cited answers. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, chat assistant, research, citations.
But that's the smaller half of research: it reads what you hand it and won't go and find the papers.
- Chat with documents
- Upload a PDF, DOCX, EPUB or TXT file, or paste a URL, and ask questions in plain language. Each answer cites the page it came from, and the site says it works in more than 100 languages.
- Knowledge Bases
- Premium and Pro group documents into a Knowledge Base, so that one question draws a single cited answer from every file in it.
- Choice of AI models
- The free plan runs on GPT-5 Mini. Paid plans add GPT-5, GPT-5.2 and Gemini 2.5 Flash, while Claude 4.5 Sonnet, Claude 4.5 Opus and Gemini 2.5 Pro draw on credits.
- AI Agent for websites
- Trains a chatbot on your website and uploaded files and embeds it with one line of code. Visitors can open a support ticket when the agent cannot answer.
- AI form filler
- Fills fillable and non-fillable PDF forms using data taken from another PDF, a text file or pasted content.
- Developer API
- Adds documents by upload or URL and answers questions about them. API plans are separate: free with 100 messages, or $49.99 a month for 6,000 messages and 60,000 pages.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
- Android
- Browser extension
What it works with
- Zotero
- ChatGPT
- WordPress
- Webflow
- Wix
- Shopify
- Squarespace
AskYourPDF is made by Proton Labs.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
6/27
Other AI research tools it is graded above
AskYourPDF's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 6 of the 27 other AI research tools we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on ease of use (B, above 13 of 27) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $11.99 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 12 of the 20 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 28 AI research tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. AskYourPDF’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 27
- CFree plan and trialAbove 1 of 27
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 27
- BEase of useAbove 13 of 27
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 8 of 27
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 25 AI research tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. AskYourPDF is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace AskYourPDF you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 13 of the 27 other AI research tools grade higher. It costs $143.88 a year.
What you could not
- An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
- A library of papers and sources to search.
- Citation records for millions of papers.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Zotero, ChatGPT and WordPress among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. AskYourPDF’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
ChatPDF, Humata, ChatDOC, Anara and SciSpace
The 5 tools AskYourPDF is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.8GPA
ChatPDF
Free plan · from $89.99/yr
Ask questions about PDFs and get answers with citations.
- Only AskYourPDF lists a browser extension.
- Only ChatPDF lists macOS and Windows apps.
- ChatPDF also covers AI search.
- 2.2GPA
Humata
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
Document Q&A with cited answers across your uploaded files.
- Only AskYourPDF lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only AskYourPDF lists a browser extension.
- 2.6GPA
ChatDOC
Free trial · from $89.9/yr
Chat with PDFs and documents, with answers traced to the source.
- AskYourPDF has a free plan. ChatDOC does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only AskYourPDF lists iOS and Android apps.
- 2.4GPA
Anara
Free plan · from $8/mo
AI research assistant that cites the exact source passage.
- Only AskYourPDF lists an Android app.
- Only Anara lists a macOS app.
- Anara also covers AI search, web clipper and AI agents.
- 2.4GPA
SciSpace
Free plan · from $12/mo
AI research platform for literature review and reading papers.
- Only AskYourPDF lists an Android app.
- SciSpace also covers AI search and AI agents.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
15
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is AskYourPDF free?
AskYourPDF has a free plan. 1 document a day of up to 100 pages and 15 MB, with 50 questions and 3 conversations a day on the GPT-5 Mini model.
How much does AskYourPDF cost?
AskYourPDF lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does AskYourPDF work on?
AskYourPDF is available on Web, iOS and Android. It also has a browser extension.
Does AskYourPDF offer any discounts?
AskYourPDF publicly lists the following: Up to 25% off with annual billing.
Does AskYourPDF have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. AskYourPDF is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does AskYourPDF have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. AskYourPDF is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is AskYourPDF open source?
AskYourPDF is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
Does AskYourPDF have an API?
Yes. AskYourPDF offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does AskYourPDF integrate with?
AskYourPDF's listing names Zotero, ChatGPT, WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Shopify and Squarespace.
Does AskYourPDF have a free trial?
Yes. 3-day trial of Premium or Pro; the pricing page calls it a free trial, the chat-with-PDF page a $1 trial.
Who makes AskYourPDF?
AskYourPDF is made by Proton Labs.
What are the alternatives to AskYourPDF?
The closest alternatives to AskYourPDF in our directory are ChatPDF, Humata, ChatDOC, Anara and SciSpace.
How does AskYourPDF compare with other AI research tools?
AskYourPDF's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 6 of the 27 other AI research tools we grade, and level with 8.
Is AskYourPDF good value for money?
ToolGPA grades AskYourPDF C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $11.99 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 12 of the 20 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of AskYourPDF?
To replace AskYourPDF you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from AskYourPDF’s own pages on Oct 5, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from AskYourPDF's own pages on 5 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-09-22.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Proton Labs. Prices change, so check askyourpdf.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- AskYourPDF, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/askyourpdf
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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