LightPDF vs PDF Pilot
LightPDF
lightpdf.comPDF Pilot
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| Figure | LightPDF | PDF Pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.33/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 2 |
| Spec score · PDF Merger Software | 9.3 (#3) | 7.4 (#27) |
| Licence | LightPDF's EULA describes the software as copyrighted proprietary software, licensed for one computer at a time, with redistribution, sublicensing and network hosting restricted. | After the trial, continued use requires a single licence with no recurring fee. |
| Support | The pricing page says users can contact live chat or submit a support ticket and receive a response within 24 hours. | The store listing says optional support is available and community support is included. |
Plans
LightPDF
- Free PlanFree
- Monthly Plan$5.99 a month
- Yearly Plan$15.99 a year
- Lifetime Plan$39.99 a month
- Lifetime Plan$39.99, paid once
PDF Pilot
- PDF Pilot - Linux Version£15, paid once
- PDF Pilot - Windows Version£15, paid once
In their own words
LightPDF
LightPDF is an AI-powered PDF service for editing, converting, annotating, signing, organizing, and chatting with documents. Its AI Agent accepts chat requests for tasks such as merging, conversion, watermark removal, page numbering, and compression. Other listed AI features include translation, image processing, data extraction, invoice generation, and document enhancement. LightPDF offers a conversion API for PDFs and office documents, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, HTML, and text. It is available on the web, Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows, with a Chrome/Edge extension. The free plan is web-only, limits files to 10MB, includes five cloud files for one year, and allows three AI Agent questions per day. Monthly and yearly plans include 1,000 AI credits per month; the lifetime plan includes 40,000 credits valid until used. Monthly costs $5.99 a month, Yearly costs $15.99 a year and includes a 3-day free trial, and Lifetime costs $39.99 a month. Premium features can be used on one device at a time.
PDF Pilot
PDF Pilot has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.