AskYourPDF alternative with shared team spaces and checked citations
If AskYourPDF works for you alone but your colleagues now need the same contracts, policies and reports, ChatDocument is an AskYourPDF alternative built for shared business documents. Everyone works in one space with roles, folders sync from Google Drive, SharePoint and OneDrive or Dropbox, and every answer names the document and page, with each quote checked against the stored file before you see it.
AskYourPDF and ChatDocument compared for company documents
Both tools answer questions from files you upload. AskYourPDF is priced per user, with a Free plan, Premium at $11.99 a month and Pro at $14.99 a month when billed yearly, plus a custom Enterprise plan. ChatDocument is priced per team, with seats, roles, connected drives and extraction to a table on the plans most companies buy.
| What you need | AskYourPDF | ChatDocument |
|---|---|---|
| Trying it | Free plan, 1 document and 50 questions a day, 100 pages per document | One-time demo on your own PDF, no card |
| Paid plans | Premium $11.99 and Pro $14.99 a month billed yearly, Enterprise on request | Starter $49 a month or $24 a month billed yearly, then Team, Business and Enterprise |
| Seats | Per-user accounts, no seat limits listed on its pricing page | 1 seat on Starter, 5 on Team, 15 on Business, 50 on Enterprise |
| Models | Several GPT and Gemini models, some premium models need credits | One model setup managed for you, no credits to track |
| Chat across files | Knowledge Base on paid plans | Shared spaces with every answer drawing on all files, document and page named |
| Citations | Answers with page references | Document name and page on every statement, each quote checked against the file |
| Scans | OCR support on paid plans | OCR on every plan |
| Roles and permissions | Not listed | Owner, editor and asker roles per space from Team |
| Connected drives | Chrome extension and plugin | Google Drive, SharePoint and OneDrive, Dropbox |
| Extract to a table | Summarisation service | Columns you define across many documents, XLSX or CSV, every cell linked to its page |
| API | Developers API, plan limits not listed | API on Business and Enterprise |
AskYourPDF details come from its pricing page and may change. Check its current plans before you decide.
When AskYourPDF is the better pick
AskYourPDF is a good fit for one person. If you want a cheap personal reader, a Chrome extension that opens PDFs in the browser, or a choice between many language models, its Premium and Pro plans cost less than a business plan and cover that. A student, a researcher or a freelancer reading on their own should start there.
ChatDocument is worth paying for when the documents belong to a company and other people act on the answers. A renewal date that goes into a contract tracker, a policy answer that 200 employees will rely on, a covenant figure in a lender update. Those need checked quotes, a shared space with roles, synced folders and a record of who asked what.
Six reasons teams move from AskYourPDF to ChatDocument
- One space for the whole team. Put the vendor contracts, the handbook or the deal files in a shared space and invite colleagues as editors or askers, instead of each person uploading copies to a personal account.
- Quotes checked against the page. Each quoted passage is compared with the stored file before the answer appears, so a figure in a lease or a covenant can be opened and verified in one click.
- Honest gaps. When the files do not contain the answer, you get that plainly, with the closest passages it checked. In a contract or policy review that is often the finding.
- Synced drives. Pick folders in Google Drive, SharePoint and OneDrive, or Dropbox, so the space always holds the current version.
- Extract to Excel. Define columns such as term, renewal notice, liability cap and governing law, run a batch of contracts and get a sheet where every cell links to its page. See AI PDF to Excel extraction.
- Compare versions and vendors. Line up 2 to 5 documents by topic with the page cited in each. See compare documents with AI.
What a team of five or fifteen pays on ChatDocument
Per-user pricing adds up as a team grows: five people on AskYourPDF Pro is five accounts and five separate libraries. On ChatDocument the same five people share one Team plan at $149 billed monthly or $74 a month billed yearly, with 8,000 pages a month. Fifteen people fit on Business at $499 billed monthly or $249 a month billed yearly, with 30,000 pages, an audit log and the API.
| Team size | Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Pages a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | Starter | $49 | $24 a month | 2,000 |
| Up to 5 people | Team | $149 | $74 a month | 8,000 |
| Up to 15 people | Business | $499 | $249 a month | 30,000 |
| Up to 50 people | Enterprise | $1,490 | $745 a month | 100,000 |
A 120 page master services agreement uses 120 pages once per billing period, however many questions you ask of it. A scanned page read with OCR counts as 3 pages. Full limits are on chat with pdf pricing.
How to move from AskYourPDF in one afternoon
- 1List the documents you open most in AskYourPDF and find where the originals live, usually a shared drive or an email thread.
- 2Create a space per topic, for example vendor contracts or HR policies, and connect the drive folder or upload the files. Scans are read with OCR.
- 3Ask the questions you asked last week and open each page chip to check the passage.
- 4Invite the colleagues who keep asking you about these files, as askers if they should not change them.
- 5Turn the questions you ask of every document into an extraction, so the answers arrive as one table.
Teams that outgrow a personal PDF reader
- Legal and contract teams reviewing vendor and customer paper, see AI contract review.
- Finance teams reading loan agreements, annual reports and board packs, see AI financial document analysis.
- Deal teams working through a data room, see due diligence AI.
- HR teams answering policy questions from one approved handbook, see HR policy chatbot.
- Property managers reading leases and amendments, see best AI for lease review.
FAQ
What is a good alternative to AskYourPDF?
For business teams, ChatDocument is a strong AskYourPDF alternative. It gives a team one shared space with owner, editor and asker roles, syncs folders from Google Drive, SharePoint and Dropbox, reads scans with OCR on every plan and checks each quoted passage against the page. For one person who wants a low-cost reader, AskYourPDF's Premium plan is cheaper.
How much does AskYourPDF cost?
On its pricing page AskYourPDF lists a Free plan, Premium at $11.99 a month and Pro at $14.99 a month when billed yearly, and a custom Enterprise plan. Premium and Pro differ mainly in pages per document, documents per day and upload size. Check askyourpdf.com for current prices, since they change.
Is AskYourPDF safe for confidential documents?
That depends on your policy, so read its privacy terms before uploading client contracts or financials. ChatDocument encrypts documents, never uses them to train AI models and binds its model providers by contract to the same. Details are on the security page.
Can I chat with multiple documents at once?
Yes. Put the files in one space and each answer can draw on all of them, with the document name and page for every statement. To see differences directly, compare 2 to 5 documents side by side or extract the same fields from all of them into one table.
Is AskYourPDF better than ChatPDF?
For one reader, AskYourPDF offers more models and a Chrome extension, while ChatPDF is the lighter tool. Neither lists roles and synced drives for a team. If you are comparing both for a company, see our ChatPDF alternative for business teams and ChatDOC alternative pages.
Give your team one place to ask its documents
Try the demo with one of your own PDFs, then create your account and invite the colleagues who ask you about it.