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ChatPDF
Chat with PDFs, Word docs, and slides to get instant answers with citations.
BREAF's verdict
Why BREAF recommends (or doesn't) ChatPDF, the full guide, and the sources it was checked against are Premium.
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Free tier
2 documents analyzed per day, no account required to start
Commercial use
Not clearly stated by the vendor
Platforms
web, mac, windows
API docs
Available
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