LightPDF today
Starts at
$5.99/mo
- Contract
- Not found
- Free plan
- Web only, 10MB max file size, limited daily AI use (for example 3 AI agent...
Cheaper than LightPDF (1)
Compared by starting price, same currency.
| Alternative | At 10 seats | Against LightPDF | States that LightPDF doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wondershare PDFelementPlan, manual renew (Single-platform), read Oct 29, 2026 |
$2.67/mo yearlyPlan, manual renew (Single-platform) plan, starting price | $3.32 lessstarting price | Multi-document Q&A | Quarterly plan and one yearly plan auto-renew; other yearly and... | Trial: Free trial with registration; many features limited to a 14-day trial and 10... |
Flat tiers (5)
Priced in tiers, where LightPDF charges by use.
| Alternative | At 10 seats | Against LightPDF | States that LightPDF doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PDF Expert (Readdle)Yearly, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$6.67/mo yearlyYearly plan, starting price | $0.68 morestarting price | Nothing extra found | Not found | Free license on install with limited features; the free version of the app... |
 XodoXodo Document Suite, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$14.99/moXodo Document Suite plan, starting price | $9 morestarting price | SOC 2 | Monthly or yearly subscription; cancellation takes effect from... | Free plan with 1 free action per day and limited access to Xodo Web tools... |
 LidoStandard, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$29/moStandard plan, starting price | $23.01 morestarting price | SOC 2, HIPAA BAA, MCP server | Subscriptions may be auto-renewing or fixed period; cancel... | 50 free pages, no credit card required; free pages do not expire. |
 Denser AIStarter, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$39/moStarter plan, starting price | $33.01 morestarting price | Multi-document Q&A | Cancel anytime; cancellation takes effect at end of current... | Free plan: 1 DenserBot, 1 team member, 50 queries a month, unlimited Ask AI... |
 Google Document AIread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.60/1,000 pagesUsage price | Not comparable | Nothing extra found | Not found | First 1,000 pages of Enterprise Document OCR are free; pages beyond that are... |
Other options (4)
No computed reason to switch, listed for completeness.
| Alternative | At 10 seats | Against LightPDF | States that LightPDF doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 eesel AITeammate (500 credits), read Oct 29, 2026 |
$299/moTeammate (500 credits) plan, starting price | $293 morestarting price | SSO, HIPAA BAA | No lock-in on monthly plans; Enterprise is an annual contract | Time-limited: Free plan gives 100 credits to try every feature and integration, no card... |
 Foxit PDF EditorPDF Editor (starting price), read Oct 29, 2026 |
$110$10.99 × 10 seats | Not comparable | Multi-document Q&A, SOC 2, SSO, MCP server | Not found | Every Foxit account, including the free PDF Reader, gets 300 AI credits... |
 PDF.aiUltimate, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$270$27 × 10 seats | Not comparable | Multi-document Q&A | no long-term commitment, cancel anytime | Hobby plan is free forever: 1 PDF upload, 100 monthly questions, OCR 2... |
 Amazon Textractread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.0015/pageUsage price | Not comparable | Nothing extra found | Not found | Trial: Three-month AWS Free Tier for new AWS customers: Detect Document Text 1,000... |
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- Smallpdfhybrid
- Tungsten Power PDFhybrid
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Questions
What is the cheapest alternative to LightPDF?
Wondershare PDFelement, at $2.67/mo yearly by starting price, $3.32 less than LightPDF. Computed from each vendor's published prices.
Is there a free alternative to LightPDF?
Yes. 7 AI PDF tools have a free plan, including PDF Expert (Readdle), Xodo, Lido, Denser AI, Foxit PDF Editor.
How this page is made
Alternatives come from LightPDF's own category, AI PDF tools. Prices come from each vendor's pricing page and are compared at the same volume where both can be computed, and by starting price where neither can. "States that LightPDF doesn't" lists what we found on the other vendor's site and didn't find on LightPDF's, which doesn't prove LightPDF lacks it. How prices are read.