PDF.chat is an AI PDF chat tool — upload a document and chat with your PDF to get instant, cited answers.
Drop a PDF to start chatting
PDF, Word, PowerPoint or text — drop it, browse, or paste a link.
Cited, verifiable answers #
Every claim links to the page it came from. Click a citation to jump to the exact passage and check it yourself.
Long docs & whole books #
Hundred-page reports, textbooks, contracts and dockets — PDF.chat finds the relevant pages and answers from them.
Summaries & starter questions #
Get an instant summary on upload plus suggested questions, so you know what to ask first.
Side-by-side reading #
Read the original PDF beside the chat. Ask a question, click a citation, and the page scrolls into view.
Free OCR for scans #
Scanned or photographed PDFs are read with OCR first, so you can chat with paper documents too.
Simple API #
Chat with a PDF from your own app with one request. Metered per page, no surprises.
Create a free account #
Get more questions every month, multi-document chat, and save your library — free to start, no card required.
How it works #
Upload your PDF
Drop a PDF, choose a file, or paste a link. Scanned documents are read with OCR automatically.
Ask anything
Ask questions in plain language — summaries, specific facts, dates, totals, clauses. Multi-turn, with memory.
Get cited answers
Answers come back grounded in your document with page citations. Click one to jump to the exact passage.
Chat with PDFs from your own app #
A simple REST API: upload a PDF, ask a question, get an answer cited to the page.
curl -X POST https://pdf.chat/api/v1/ocr/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
-F "file=@contract.pdf"
curl -X POST https://pdf.chat/api/v1/chat/UUID/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"message": "What is the termination notice period?"}'