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Cons\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"#pricing\"\u003ePricing\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"#trust\"\u003eTrust \u0026amp; Privacy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"#watch\"\u003eWatch-outs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"#setup\"\u003eSetup \u0026amp; Integrations\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"#company\"\u003eCompany\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"#resources\"\u003eResources\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"#alternatives\"\u003eAlternatives\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"#faq\"\u003eFAQ\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"#conclusion\"\u003eConclusion\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/nav\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"block\" id=\"what\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"head\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eOverview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat is ChatPDF?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rich justify\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChatPDF is a document-reading assistant: you hand it a file and then simply ask it questions. It arrived in March 2023 as one of the first mainstream tools of its kind, and its central idea has not changed since - the conversation and the document sit side by side, and every answer carries clickable references such as [P12] that jump straight to the page the claim came from. That anchoring is the whole argument: it turns a plausible-sounding summary into something you can check in a second.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe input is broader than the name suggests. Beyond PDF, it accepts .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .md and .txt, runs OCR over scanned pages, and will just as happily take a YouTube video, a web page or text pasted straight from the clipboard. Files can be grouped into folders and queried together, so you can compare several papers or contracts in one thread. Language is handled loosely on purpose: upload a document in one language and ask about it in another, with an interface available in thirty-nine locales. Under the hood, queries are routed dynamically between \u003cb\u003eGPT-4o and GPT-4o-mini\u003c\/b\u003e depending on what each one needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround that core sits a small suite. \u003cb\u003ePDF Summary\u003c\/b\u003e produces structured summaries that follow the document's own shape. \u003cb\u003eAI Research\u003c\/b\u003e searches the literature, ranks journals by Scimago quartile, and builds cited summaries from abstracts, claiming better than 90% accuracy while limiting full-paper chat to open-access work. \u003cb\u003eAI Writer\u003c\/b\u003e offers contextual autocomplete, generates whole sections, keeps citations synchronised and exports to Word or Markdown. An \u003cb\u003eAI Detector\u003c\/b\u003e scores text for machine authorship. Flashcards and slides are generated from any document.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is also a public REST API at \u003ci\u003eapi.chatpdf.com\/v1\u003c\/i\u003e, with endpoints to add a source by URL or upload, send chat messages, stream replies and delete sources; files are capped at 2,000 pages or 32 MB. Distribution covers the web, a desktop application, iOS and Android. The company claims more than 10 million users and over a million questions a day, and describes SSL in transit, encryption at rest and a SOC 2 Type II certified storage provider.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:14px;margin-bottom:12px;color:var(--gv3-brand-ink);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.08em\"\u003eWhat it does\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"brand-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuestion a PDF, Word document, slide deck or text file in plain language and get answers with clickable page references\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummarise a whole document, a single chapter or a report while keeping its original structure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePut several files in one folder and interrogate them together, comparing and cross-referencing them in a single conversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSearch academic literature, filter by year and by journal quartile, then read cited 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in a file, browse for one, or paste a link or raw text with Ctrl+V\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChoose your source: PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Markdown, plain text, a YouTube video or a web page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWait for indexing, then type your question into the chat panel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClick any [P] reference to jump to the cited page in the document pane beside the conversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePress Summarize in the chat for a structured overview that mirrors the document's own layout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate a folder, add several files to it, and question them all in one conversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwitch languages with the picker, or simply ask ChatPDF to answer in the language you prefer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate a free account to keep your history and sync it across devices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor programmatic use, obtain a sourceId from sources\/add-url or sources\/add-file, then 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12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eUsable in seconds, with no account and no card - the free tier is permanent rather than a countdown\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePage-anchored citations make verification immediate, which is the honest answer to hallucination\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eInput coverage well beyond PDF, taking in Office files, YouTube videos and web pages\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eGenuinely multilingual end to end: the document and the conversation need not share a language\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eA whole reading workflow in one place - summarise, search, draft, detect, revise\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAvailable on the web, desktop, iOS and Android, with progress carried between them\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eA documented API with an explicit commercial licence, unusual at this price point\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pc cons\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"\u003e\u003ccircle cx=\"12\" cy=\"12\" r=\"10\"\u003e\u003c\/circle\u003e\u003cline x1=\"4.93\" y1=\"4.93\" x2=\"19.07\" y2=\"19.07\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e Cons\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"18\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"6\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"6\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"18\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eNo pricing anywhere on the site: \/pricing returns a 404 and offers are served dynamically after sign-in, so the only published figures come from the mobile stores\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"18\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"6\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"6\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"18\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe free tier is narrow at two documents a day, which a single afternoon of reading exhausts\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"18\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"6\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"6\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"18\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAll purchases are non-refundable, and cancellation only takes effect at the end of the paid term\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"18\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"6\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"6\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"18\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eHosting is placed in the United States even though the publisher is German, and the terms obtain consent for that transfer\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"18\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"6\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"6\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"18\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eNo DPA, no subprocessor list, and the SOC 2 Type II certification belongs to an unnamed storage provider rather than to ChatPDF\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"18\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"6\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"6\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"18\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eNo documented way to exclude your documents from model training, and no explicit statement that they are not used for it\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"18\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"6\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"6\" y1=\"6\" x2=\"18\" y2=\"18\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe legal paperwork contradicts itself: minimum age 13 in the terms against 18 in the privacy notice, two different addresses and two different VAT numbers\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"block soft\" id=\"pricing\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"head\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"eyebrow\"\u003ePricing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePricing \u0026amp; Plans\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"rich justify\" style=\"color:var(--gv3-ink-2);margin:0 0 18px;max-width:80ch\"\u003eChatPDF operates a permanent free tier rather than a trial: two documents may be analysed each day, with no registration required, and the research module is currently offered without a usage limit. A single paid tier, \u003cb\u003eChatPDF Plus\u003c\/b\u003e, removes the document ceiling and unlocks the advanced features. No price is published anywhere on the website - the pricing path returns a 404 and offers are served dynamically once a user signs in. The only published figures are those on the publisher's own mobile store listings, where the monthly Plus subscription is priced at \u003cb\u003eUSD 14.99\u003c\/b\u003e and the annual plan at USD 89.99. Payment is handled by Stripe and accepts Visa, Mastercard and American Express. A separate API plan exists, but its price is not disclosed. Purchases are non-refundable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"plan-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"plan\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pname\"\u003ePlan 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pprice\"\u003eFree\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003etwo documents analysed per day\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eno registration needed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003ea free account adds saved history and multi-document conversations\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"plan featured\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"pill\"\u003eMost popular\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"pname\"\u003ePlan 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pprice\"\u003eChatPDF Plus, monthly\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eUSD 14.99 per month\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eunlimited document analysis and advanced features (price from the official App Store listing)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"plan\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pname\"\u003ePlan 3\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pprice\"\u003eChatPDF Plus, yearly\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eUSD 89.99 per year (price from the official App Store listing)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"plan\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pname\"\u003ePlan 4\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pprice\"\u003eChatPDF API Plan\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003ea separate subscription for API access\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolyline points=\"20 6 9 17 4 12\"\u003e\u003c\/polyline\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e \u003cspan\u003eno price published\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pricing-extras\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"affiliate-note\"\u003ePrices and plans listed above may evolve. Always check the official pricing page before subscribing.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"block\" id=\"trust\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"head\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eTrust \u0026amp; Privacy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch2\u003eData, GDPR \u0026amp; hosting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003eA consolidated view of how ChatPDF handles your data.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trust-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trust-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGDPR overview\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"justify\" style=\"color:var(--gv3-ink-2);margin:0\"\u003eChatPDF is published by a German company, so the GDPR applies to it by law, not by choice, and the privacy notice engages with it directly: it names the GDPR and the UK GDPR as applicable, sets out the legal bases relied on - consent, legal obligation, vital interests - and lists the rights available in the EEA, the UK and Canada, from access and rectification to erasure, restriction, portability and objection. Requests go through a hosted form or a dedicated \u003cb\u003eprivacy@chatpdf.com\u003c\/b\u003e address, and readers are pointed to the European supervisory authorities and the Swiss regulator. What is missing matters too: \u003cb\u003eno data processing agreement, no subprocessor list, no standard contractual clauses\u003c\/b\u003e, no data protection officer, and Do-Not-Track signals are explicitly ignored. No Article 27 representative is named, which is correct for an EU-established company. The notice itself carries an effective date of 5 January 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trust-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho owns the data?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"justify\" style=\"color:var(--gv3-ink-2);margin:0 0 12px\"\u003eThe terms are unusually clear on ownership: ChatPDF GmbH \u003cb\u003easserts no ownership over what you upload\u003c\/b\u003e, and you keep full title and any intellectual property rights attached to it. What the company keeps is its own side of the service - the software, design, content and marks. Two caveats temper the reassurance. Uploaded material may be treated as neither confidential nor proprietary, and the company reserves the right to edit, recategorise, screen or delete anything you submit, at any time and without notice. The privacy notice adds that your information may change hands in a merger, asset sale, financing or acquisition. Finally, the terms disclaim all liability for data loss or corruption, despite routine backups, so the only copy you can rely on is your own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eReuse rights\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"justify\" style=\"color:var(--gv3-ink-2);margin:0\"\u003eFor the web product, the licence is deliberately narrow: non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable, granted for \u003ci\u003epersonal, non-commercial use or an internal business purpose\u003c\/i\u003e. You may download or print portions of the content for that purpose, but any wider commercial exploitation needs written permission first, requested by email. Systematically harvesting content to build a database, compilation or directory is forbidden without written consent. The important exception runs the other way: \u003cb\u003ethe API carries an explicit commercial licence\u003c\/b\u003e, letting you fold document question-answering into your own operations and paid offerings, provided you stay within the same terms. Nothing in the terms restricts what you do with the answers the tool generates for you. The research module adds one editorial rule of its own - cite the original paper, never the tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"trust-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eData retention \u0026amp; training\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"kv\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"k\"\u003eRetention summary\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"v justify\"\u003eThe privacy notice keeps information for as long as the stated purposes require, and sets one explicit ceiling: no purpose will require keeping personal information longer than the period during which the user holds an account. Once no legitimate need remains, data is deleted or anonymised; where that is impossible because it sits in backup archives, it is stored securely and isolated from further processing until deletion becomes possible. Closing an account triggers deactivation or deletion from the active databases, though some records may be kept to prevent fraud, troubleshoot, support investigations, enforce the terms or satisfy a legal obligation. Users can delete individual documents and chats at any time. No figure is ever given, and no zero-retention commitment is offered. The notice carries an effective date of 5 January 2023.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"kv\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"k\"\u003eTrains on customer data\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"v\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"badge warn\"\u003e\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M12 22s8-4 8-10V5l-8-3-8 3v7c0 6 8 10 8 10z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e Unclear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"kv\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"k\"\u003eGDPR contact\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"v\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:privacy@chatpdf.com\"\u003eprivacy@chatpdf.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"trust-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHosting summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"justify\" style=\"color:var(--gv3-ink-2);margin:0 0 14px\"\u003eThe clearest statement comes from the terms of service, which say plainly that \u003cb\u003ethe services are hosted in the United States\u003c\/b\u003e and obtain the user's consent to transfer and process data there. That sits somewhat awkwardly with the rest of the arrangement: the publisher is established in Berlin, German law governs the terms, and disputes go to the European Court of Arbitration in Strasbourg. On the security side, the company describes SSL in transit and encryption at rest, and refers to a storage provider holding SOC 2 Type II certification - the provider is not named, and the certification is theirs rather than ChatPDF's. Payments are handled by Stripe, which stores all payment data. There is no published subprocessor list, no data processing agreement and no mention of standard contractual clauses. One technical caveat worth stating: the domain resolves to an anycast address belonging to its hosting platform's content delivery network, which geolocates to a United States city. That is an edge node, not a storage location, and should not be read as a data centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"kv\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"k\"\u003eHosting countries\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"v\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"flag-row\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"flag\"\u003e🇺🇸 United States\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"block watch\" id=\"watch\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"head\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eWatch-outs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThings to keep in mind\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003eRisks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting ChatPDF.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"brand-list\" style=\"grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr);display:grid;gap:12px 24px\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReading the summary instead of the source is a habit that forms quickly, and it quietly erodes the deep reading and critical judgement the tool is supposed to support\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnswers are still model output: the research module itself claims better than 90% accuracy, which means it is wrong often enough to matter, and its summaries are built from abstracts rather than full texts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe AI detector reports a false positive rate of one in ten thousand, but an accusation of machine authorship built on a score alone remains contestable and can do real harm to a student or an author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe terms forbid academic dishonesty and reserve the right to report violations to the institution concerned, so the shortcut carries a genuine consequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUploading a confidential or third-party document puts the obligation on you, and the terms place hosting in the United States with no opt-out from model training documented\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNon-refundable purchases combined with prices that appear nowhere on the site make for a financial commitment you cannot examine before signing in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLook-alike apps crowd both mobile stores under the same name, so an unwary download can send private documents to an unrelated publisher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"block\" id=\"setup\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"head\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eSetup\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSetup \u0026amp; Integrations\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"setup-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"setup-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:15px;margin-bottom:10px\"\u003eTechnical difficulty\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"justify\" style=\"color:var(--gv3-ink-2);margin:0 0 14px\"\u003eEffectively none for normal use. There is nothing to install and nothing to configure: open the site in a browser, drop in a file, ask a question. No account is needed for the core features, and a free one only adds saved history. Desktop, iOS and Android applications install the usual way. The only path that asks anything technical is the REST API, and even there the work is small - obtain a key, add a source by URL or upload, then post chat messages to one endpoint. Call it none for the web product, low for the API.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:15px;margin:14px 0 10px\"\u003eDeployment\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flag-row\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"flag\"\u003eWeb app\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"flag\"\u003eDesktop app\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"flag\"\u003eAPI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"flag\"\u003eIOS app\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"flag\"\u003eAndroid app\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:15px;margin:14px 0 10px\"\u003eApps stores\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flag-row\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"flag\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/chatpdf-chat-pdf-ai\/id6742454061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eApp Store\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca class=\"flag\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.chatpdf.android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv 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class=\"url\"\u003echat-pdf.notion.site\/ChatPDF-Privacy-Policy-45fa3cf8bac8483896eb09b108f0c0f2\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca class=\"res\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chatpdf.com\/docs\/api\/backend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M2 3h6a4 4 0 0 1 4 4v14a3 3 0 0 0-3-3H2z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M22 3h-6a4 4 0 0 0-4 4v14a3 3 0 0 1 3-3h7z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"res-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAPI documentation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"url\"\u003ewww.chatpdf.com\/docs\/api\/backend\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca class=\"res\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/chatpdf-chat-pdf-ai\/id6742454061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M15 3h6v6\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M10 14 21 3\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M18 13v6a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2V8a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h6\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"res-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eApple App Store\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"url\"\u003eapps.apple.com\/us\/app\/chatpdf-chat-pdf-ai\/id6742454061\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca class=\"res\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.chatpdf.android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cpolygon points=\"6 3 20 12 6 21 6 3\"\u003e\u003c\/polygon\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"res-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"url\"\u003eplay.google.com\/store\/apps\/details\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"block soft\" id=\"alternatives\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"head\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eCompare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAlternatives\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003eTools that compete with or complement ChatPDF.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"alts\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"alt\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"av\"\u003eC\u003c\/span\u003e ChatGPT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"block\" id=\"faq\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"head\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eFAQ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"faq\"\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eDo I need an account to use ChatPDF? \u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"12\" y1=\"5\" x2=\"12\" y2=\"19\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"5\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"19\" y2=\"12\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ans justify\"\u003eNo. You can upload a document and start asking questions straight away. Creating a free account adds saved history and lets you hold conversations across several documents at once.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eWhich file types does it accept? \u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"12\" y1=\"5\" x2=\"12\" y2=\"19\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"5\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"19\" y2=\"12\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ans justify\"\u003ePDF, .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .md and .txt, plus YouTube videos, web pages and pasted text. Scanned documents are handled through OCR. Individual PDFs are capped at 2,000 pages or 32 MB.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eIs ChatPDF free, and what does the paid plan cost? \u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"12\" y1=\"5\" x2=\"12\" y2=\"19\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"5\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"19\" y2=\"12\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ans justify\"\u003eThere is a permanent free tier of two documents a day. ChatPDF Plus lifts that limit. No price appears on the website, but the publisher's own App Store listing shows USD 14.99 per month or USD 89.99 per year.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eWhich AI models does it use? \u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"12\" y1=\"5\" x2=\"12\" y2=\"19\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"5\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"19\" y2=\"12\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ans justify\"\u003eQueries are routed dynamically between GPT-4o and GPT-4o-mini, chosen per request to balance speed and quality.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eCan I question several documents at the same time? \u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"12\" y1=\"5\" x2=\"12\" y2=\"19\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"5\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"19\" y2=\"12\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ans justify\"\u003eYes. Group the files into a folder and ChatPDF will work across all of them in a single conversation, letting you compare content and find connections between documents.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eAre my documents used to train AI models? \u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"12\" y1=\"5\" x2=\"12\" y2=\"19\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"5\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"19\" y2=\"12\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ans justify\"\u003eThe site makes no explicit statement either way, and no opt-out is documented. The privacy notice does mention internal research for technological development, but that clause concerns personal data rather than uploaded files. Treat the question as unresolved.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eWhere is my data hosted? \u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"12\" y1=\"5\" x2=\"12\" y2=\"19\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"5\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"19\" y2=\"12\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ans justify\"\u003eThe terms of service state that the services are hosted in the United States and obtain your consent to transfer data there, even though the publisher is established in Berlin. SSL in transit, encryption at rest and a SOC 2 Type II certified storage provider are described, but that certification belongs to the provider, not to ChatPDF.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eIs there an API? \u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"12\" y1=\"5\" x2=\"12\" y2=\"19\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"5\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"19\" y2=\"12\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ans justify\"\u003eYes, a REST API at api.chatpdf.com\/v1 with endpoints to add sources by URL or file upload, send chat messages with optional streaming, and delete sources. The terms grant an explicit commercial licence for it.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eWhat is the minimum age? \u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"12\" y1=\"5\" x2=\"12\" y2=\"19\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"5\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"19\" y2=\"12\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ans justify\"\u003eThe terms of service set 13, while the privacy notice says data is not knowingly collected from anyone under 18. The two documents contradict each other; the terms are the operative agreement.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eWho publishes ChatPDF, and can I get a refund? \u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\u003e\u003cline x1=\"12\" y1=\"5\" x2=\"12\" y2=\"19\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003cline x1=\"5\" y1=\"12\" x2=\"19\" y2=\"12\"\u003e\u003c\/line\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ans justify\"\u003eChatPDF GmbH, Bornholmer Str 67, 10439 Berlin, Germany, registered as HRB 280133 B. All purchases are non-refundable; you may cancel at any time and the cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid term.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"block conclusion\" id=\"conclusion\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"head\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eConclusion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch2\u003eShould you pick ChatPDF?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rich justify\" style=\"max-width:80ch\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChatPDF was among the first tools to make a document answer questions, and it has spent the years since turning that trick into a workflow. The feature that still matters most is the least flashy one: answers carry references to the pages they came from, and a click takes you there. For anyone whose work depends on being able to defend a claim - a researcher, a student writing up, an analyst reading a report - that single design choice does more than any amount of fluency. Around it sits a genuinely useful suite: structured summaries, literature search ranked by journal quartile, source-backed drafting, AI text detection, flashcards and slides. It runs on the web, on the desktop, on both mobile platforms, and behind a documented API that is explicitly licensed for commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reservations are real and they cluster in one place: \u003cb\u003eeverything commercial and legal is underdocumented\u003c\/b\u003e. No price appears on the site at all; the figures quoted here come from the publisher's own app store listings, and the web product serves offers dynamically, so what you are shown may differ. Purchases are non-refundable. Hosting is placed in the United States despite a Berlin publisher, there is no data processing agreement and no subprocessor list, and nothing states whether uploaded documents feed model training. The paperwork itself disagrees with itself on the minimum age, the company address and even the VAT number, and the privacy notice has not been revised since January 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe verdict splits cleanly by use. For an individual reader - a student, a researcher, a professional working through their own documents - this is a strong, mature and inexpensive tool, and the free tier is enough to judge it. 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