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AskYourPDF vs Search+

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, Search+ at $4.99. Only AskYourPDF has a free tier. Only AskYourPDF ships a public API.

AskYourPDFChat with PDFs plus embeddable document-trained chatbotsSearch+Chat with large PDF collections and get answers with the source passage cited back

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FactAskYourPDFSearch+
CategoryPDF ToolsChat with Documents & PDF
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starts at$11.99 month$4.99 month
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome Ext, APIWeb
CompanyAskYourPDFSearch+
Launched2023—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 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

Search+

The 5GB-per-document ceiling and OCR handling are the genuine differentiators — most PDF chat tools fall over on the files this is built for. The pricing is the problem in disguise: every tier is metered in pages, and 250 pages a month on the entry plan is two long reports, so real usage lands you on a higher tier quickly.

Pros

  • Handles documents up to 5GB with OCR support
  • Answers carry direct citations to the source passage
  • Deep-analysis templates work across a whole collection, not one file at a time
  • A $149 one-time lifetime plan exists as an alternative to monthly billing

Cons

  • Every tier is metered in pages per month, and Basic is only 250
  • No developer API is offered
  • No company entity, address or country published; footer copyright still reads 2023

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 Search+ if you need

  • Legal and research work across large precedent or documentation sets
  • Files too big for mainstream PDF chat tools to open at all
  • Anyone who needs the citation, not just the answer

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