LightPDF vs PDF Reader Pro
LightPDF
lightpdf.com
PDF Reader Pro
pdfreaderpro.comSide by side
| Figure | LightPDF | PDF Reader Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.33/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 7 |
| Spec score · PDF editors | 9.2 (#6) | 8.8 (#15) |
| Founded | 2018 | 2013 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | LightPDF's MCP documentation says its server can be configured in MCP-compatible clients such as Cursor and Claude. | Integrates ChatGPT and DeepSeek for document processing |
| Support | The pricing page says users can contact live chat or submit a support ticket and receive a response within 24 hours. | Offers 24/7 customer support |
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 Reader Pro
- Free VersionFree
- PDF Reader Pro StandardPrice not published
- PDF Reader Pro AdvancedPrice not published
- PDF Reader Pro Permanent$99.99, paid once
- PDF Reader Pro Advanced Annual Plan$79.99 a year
- PDF Reader Pro AI eSign Monthly PlanPrice not published
- PDF Reader Pro AI eSign Yearly PlanPrice not published
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 Reader Pro
PDF Reader Pro has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.