PDFtoChat

7.1easy start · #11of 27
in AI PDF Assistants

Free to practise onyes
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workno

Runs on self-hosted, Web.

PDFtoChat is ranked #11 of 27 in AI PDF assistants on The Geeks Club. It runs on Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

PDFtoChat plans and pricing

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Free Free Have a conversation with papers, textbooks, and contracts · Free account required pdftochat.com · 7 Oct 2026

Compared on AI PDF assistants

Free plan: Yes
Scanned PDF support: No
Access platforms: Web, self_hosted

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The record

Purpose: PDFtoChat lets users ask questions about uploaded papers, textbooks and contracts.
Workflow: Users sign up, upload a PDF for AI analysis, then ask questions about it.
Free access: The homepage says users can chat with PDFs for free and create a free account.
Open source: The homepage says the source code is available on GitHub to read, review or contribute to.
AI providers: The homepage says PDFtoChat is powered by Together.ai and Mixtral.
Project stack: The maker’s repository README describes a Next.js app using Mixtral through Together AI, Chroma Cloud, LangChain.js, Bytescale, Vercel and Clerk.
PDF storage: The repository README lists Bytescale for PDF storage.
Vector search: The repository README says Chroma Cloud provides hybrid dense and sparse vector search, with embeddings generated using Qwen and SPLADE.
Authentication: The repository README lists Clerk for user authentication.
Hosting and database: The repository README lists Vercel for hosting and Postgres, with Neon as an alternative database option for self-deployment.
Self deployment: The repository README says the template can be deployed to Vercel or another host and requires configuring its listed service credentials.
Implementation limit: The README lists support for images in PDFs as a future task.
Security caveat: The README lists protecting API routes by checking that users are signed in as a future task.
What it does: PDFtoChat lets users upload a PDF and ask questions about its contents.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best AI PDF Assistants in 2026#11 of 27

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Sources

pdftochat.com· checked 7 Oct 2026
github.com/Nutlope/pdftochat· checked 7 Oct 2026