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AskYourPDF vs EaseMate AI ChatPDF

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. AskYourPDF starts at $11.99, EaseMate AI ChatPDF at $8.90. Both have a free tier. Only AskYourPDF ships a public API.

AskYourPDFChat with PDFs plus embeddable document-trained chatbotsEaseMate AI ChatPDFChat, summarize, and translate PDF, Word, and PowerPoint files inside a browser or mobile app.

Side by side

FactAskYourPDFEaseMate AI ChatPDF
CategoryPDF ToolsChat with Documents & PDF
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$11.99 month$8.90 month
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome Ext, APIWeb, iOS, Android
CompanyAskYourPDFEaseUS
Launched20232024
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 2026

What our research says

AskYourPDF

A sensible pick when the job is repeatable question-answering across a document library rather than one clever answer, and the embeddable agent plus API are what separate it from the many ChatPDF clones. If you already live in Google's stack, NotebookLM covers the research half at no cost.

Pros

  • Page-level source citations instead of unattributed summaries
  • Documented API and Chrome extension, so it fits into existing workflows
  • Very large per-document page ceilings (2,500 on Premium, 6,000 on Pro)
  • Premium at $11.99/month billed yearly undercuts most document-chat rivals

Cons

  • Free tier is one document, three conversations and 50 questions per day
  • Advertised prices are annual-billing rates; monthly billing costs about 25% more
  • Daily rather than monthly quotas mean a heavy research day hits a hard wall
  • The 40-plus free writing tools are search-traffic surface, not the product

EaseMate AI ChatPDF

EaseMate's PDF chat works fine as one feature of a wider AI-assistant subscription, particularly if you already want the image and video generation tools bundled alongside it. Buying in purely for document chat is a worse deal than single-purpose PDF tools, since the credit pool is shared across every EaseMate feature.

Pros

  • Handles PDF, Word, and PowerPoint files, not just PDF
  • Includes built-in translation across languages
  • Backed by an established company with mobile apps on both iOS and Android
  • Free tier requires no card to start

Cons

  • Credits are shared across chat, image, and video features, so heavy document use drains the pool fast
  • The original ai.easeus.com address no longer exists as a standalone product, which can confuse anyone who bookmarked it

Which one fits

Choose AskYourPDF if you need

  • Researchers querying large PDF sets and citing back to specific pages
  • Support teams embedding a chatbot trained on manuals and policy documents
  • Repeatedly filling the same non-fillable PDF forms from source records
  • Zotero users who want chat over their reference library

Choose EaseMate AI ChatPDF if you need

  • Users who also want EaseMate's writing, image, and video tools in one subscription
  • Occasional PDF questions covered by the free daily token allowance

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