LightPDF vs Rewind PDF Tools
LightPDF
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| Figure | LightPDF | Rewind PDF Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.33/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 4 |
| Spec score · AI PDF Tools | 9.1 (#4) | 7.7 (#24) |
| API | LightPDF offers a conversion API for converting PDFs and office documents to and from formats including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, HTML, and text. | The PDF tool can be called through an API endpoint that follows the OpenAI REST format and uses bearer-token authentication. |
| Integrations | LightPDF's MCP documentation says its server can be configured in MCP-compatible clients such as Cursor and Claude. | Rewind.ai lists integrations for Slack, WordPress and Zapier, plus a REST API and bookmarklet. |
| Support | The pricing page says users can contact live chat or submit a support ticket and receive a response within 24 hours. | The About page directs users with questions or issues to email or the contact page. |
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
Rewind PDF Tools
- FreeFree
- Basic$5 a month
- Pro$19 a month
- Business$49 a month
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.
Rewind PDF Tools
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