UPDF
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActiveCross-platform PDF editor whose AI assistant summarises, translates, mind-maps and chats with documents and images.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
No figure legible. Every store and pricing page we opened rendered discount and price values as unresolved JavaScript placeholders. The plan structure is visible: UPDF Pro yearly and lifetime, UPDF AI Assistant monthly, quarterly and yearly with a 7-day trial, and a UPDF Productivity Suite. Free AI tier is 5 uploads and 100 questions.
Use tool ↗About UPDF
UPDF is a PDF editor for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, with one licence covering four devices. The base product handles text, image and link editing, annotation, page organisation, conversion to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and images, OCR, signing, protection and cloud storage of up to 110 GB depending on plan. UPDF AI is the separate assistant layer: chat with a PDF or an image, summarise, translate, convert a document to a mind map, run a scholar research agent and paper search, with model switching between backends. Its free tier is five PDF uploads and 100 questions. The brand belongs to Superace; the store pages render prices through JavaScript placeholders, so no figure was legible to us.
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- PDF editing, annotation, conversion, OCR, signing, protection, up to 110GB cloud, one licence across four devices on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android; Superace in the footerupdf.com ↗
- UPDF AI covers chat with PDF and images, summarise, translate, mind map, scholar research and paper search with model switching; free plan is 5 uploads and 100 questionsupdf.com ↗
- Pricing page shows plan structure but renders discount and price values as unresolved JavaScript placeholdersupdf.com ↗
Is UPDF legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Nov 7, 2004 (21 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Hangzhou AiMing Network Co., Ltd., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by DigiCert Inc, valid until Dec 11, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- SuperaceOur research, card verified Aug 23, 2026
Pros & cons of UPDF
A credible Acrobat alternative for people who work across a desktop and a phone - one licence across four devices on all four platforms is the selling point, and a lifetime option exists where Adobe offers only rent. The AI layer is sold separately from the editor, and the store would not show us a single price, which makes comparison shopping awkward.
Pros
- One licence covers four devices across Windows, Mac, iOS and Android
- Editing, OCR, conversion, signing and protection in the base product
- A lifetime purchase option exists alongside subscriptions
- AI layer covers summarising, translation, mind-map conversion, scholar research and chat with images
- Free AI tier of 5 uploads and 100 questions before paying
Cons
- Store and pricing pages render prices as unresolved placeholders, so no figure is legible
- UPDF AI is billed separately from UPDF Pro
- Cloud storage allowance varies by plan up to 110 GB, with no plan-by-plan breakdown published
- No API and no country of incorporation stated for Superace
Best for
- People who edit PDFs on both desktop and mobile
- Buyers who prefer a perpetual licence over a subscription
- Document work that needs OCR and conversion as well as AI summarising
Not for
- Teams needing programmatic PDF processing
- Anyone comparing prices without going through a regional checkout
Watch out: The AI assistant is a separate purchase from the PDF editor, and the AI subscription auto-renews after a 7-day trial.