ChatPDF vs genei

ChatPDF lets users summarize documents and ask questions about their contents using conversational AI. Answers include citations that point to references in a PDF, and users can organize files in folders or discuss multiple PDFs in one conversation. It accepts PDFs in any language and supports conversations in any language; listed file types also include Word, PowerPoint, Markdown and text. Sharing links can be created, with access permissions managed or revoked. ChatPDF says documents are encrypted during transfer and storage and can be deleted by the user. Queries are routed dynamically between GPT-4o and GPT-4o-mini. The service works in a browser on any device and is listed for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. Its backend API accepts uploaded PDFs or public URLs and lets users query them to build custom PDF chatbots. The API documentation limits each PDF to 2,000 pages or 32 MB and describes the chat API as stateless. The Free plan costs nothing and allows two documents per day.

genei is an AI-powered research and note-taking tool for analysing webpages, documents, and PDF files. It can extract and define keywords, search within and across documents, and produce summaries of documents or sections. Its natural language processing supports abstractive summarisation, entity annotation, semantic search, and question answering. The web app organizes documents into projects and supports comments, highlights, custom definitions, and notes. It also provides citation management and reference generation for uploaded documents. The Chrome extension can summarise webpages or save them for later reading. genei supports PDF and web.x files, but currently handles English-language documents only and is designed for desktop rather than mobile devices. The free Extension plan offers one-click webpage summaries. A 14-day trial is listed, and the pricing note lists paid access from £3.99/user/mo on annual billing. Separately listed monthly plans are Genei Basic at $5.49 a month and Genei Pro at $20.99 a month; Pro adds multi-document summarisation, search, and question answering, along with other features. The terms describe personal and non-commercial use, with enterprise subscriber access for authorised institutional users.