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PDF.ai pricing

PDF.ai lets you chat with PDFs and offers APIs to parse, extract fields from, and split documents.

AI PDF toolsFree planSelf-serve
Visit PDF.aiPrices checked Oct 29, 2026

How much does PDF.ai cost?

Paid plans start at $10/mo billed yearly or $17/mo billed monthly
Free plan
Yes
Enterprise
Contact sales
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In your favor

  • No long-term contract. no long-term commitment, cancel anytime
  • Unlimited usage on Ultimate. A flat price with no cap on usage.
  • Free plan. Hobby plan is free forever: 1 PDF upload, 100 monthly questions, OCR 2 pages/file, 10MB max file size. API free plan gives 200 credits/month with no credit card.

Watch out for

  • Going over the API Starter allowance costs $0.02 per credit. Included: 3000 credits.

How you buy and get started

Self-serveButtons on their site: Get started →, Try Free Plan, Try Now, Sign up for free
Sign up
Sign up for free, no credit card required
"Upload a document and start chatting with it today. No credit card required."
Setup
Not stated
When sales steps in
Custom plans for API volumes above 10,000 credits per month
"Need more credits per month? Contact us for custom plans."

What PDF.ai does

PDF.ai is a web app for asking questions of uploaded PDFs, with a Chrome extension and AI agents, plus a usage-priced API for parsing, field extraction and splitting. Plans run from a free Hobby tier to per-user Enterprise, with separate credit-based API plans.

Good for
Students, individuals and teams who want to ask questions of PDFs, and developers who want to turn PDFs into structured data via API.
Channels
Web app, Chrome extension, REST API
Main product
AI chat with PDFs plus a document parsing, extraction and splitting API
Also includes
Chat with PDFs, OCR, Chrome extension, AI Agents, Capture & ask, Parse API
Public API
Yes
MCP server
Not stated
  • Chat with PDFChat with any PDF: ask questions, get summaries, find information, and more.
  • AI document summariesChat with any PDF: ask questions, get summaries, find information, and more.
  • AI-assisted PDF editingNot stated
  • OCR for scanned filesAdvanced OCR and layout detection transforms PDFs into structured JSON with headings, paragraphs, tables, and
  • Structured data extractionAI-powered field extraction with custom prompts. Pull specific data points like names, dates, amounts, and mor
  • Multi-document Q&AChat with all PDFs
  • Answers with citationsNot stated
  • E-sign and security controlsNot stated

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Security and your data

QuestionTheir answerWhere it says so
Trains AI on your data?Not stated
HIPAA (signs a BAA)Not stated
SOC 2Not stated
GDPRNot stated
CCPANot stated
PCINot stated
ISO 27001Not stated
Single sign-onNot stated
Trust centerNot stated

Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.

Every plan

PlanMonthlyBilled yearlyIncludedOver the allowanceWhere it says so
API Free $0 – 200 credits – "200 credits/month"
Pro/mo $17 $10per month 1000 questions per month100 PDF uploads, 50MB max file size, OCR 10 pages/file – "$17/mo" "$10/mo"
Ultimate/user/mo $27 $20per month Unlimited50MB max file size, OCR 50 pages/file – "$27/user/mo" "$20/user/mo"
Enterprise/user/mo $37 $30per month Unlimited100MB max file size, OCR 100 pages/file – "$37/user/mo" "$30/user/mo"
API Starter/month $49 – 3000 credits $0.02/credit "$49/month"
API Pro/month $99 – 10000 credits $0.01/credit "$99/month"
API Scale/month $249 – 30000 credits $0.01/credit "$249/month"
API Growth/month $599 – 100000 credits $0.01/credit "$599/month"
Hobbyfree forever – – 100 questions per month1 PDF upload, 10MB max file size, OCR 2 pages/file – "Free forever"
API custom Quote – – – "Need more credits per month? Contact us for custom plans."

Free plan: Hobby plan is free forever: 1 PDF upload, 100 monthly questions, OCR 2 pages/file, 10MB max file size. API free plan gives 200 credits/month with no credit card.

Fine print

Auto renew
Not stated
Billed beyond usage
Commercial API add-on: additional monthly charges apply for actual API usage
"Additional monthly charges apply for actual API usage."
Billing increment
Not stated
Contract
no long-term commitment, cancel anytime
"cancel anytime — no long-term commitment"
Price change notice
Not stated
Refunds
Not stated

"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.

About the company

Online since
Dec 16, 2017
Domain registration date
Customers
"Loved by millions of happy users"
their claim

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Questions

Is PDF.ai free?

Yes. Hobby plan is free forever: 1 PDF upload, 100 monthly questions, OCR 2 pages/file, 10MB max file size. API free plan gives 200 credits/month with no credit card. Paid plans start at $17/month.

How much does PDF.ai cost?

Paid plans start at $10 per month billed yearly, or $17 billed monthly.