Best AI tools to summarize documents and PDFs
Upload long files and get the gist, or ask questions about what's inside.
19 tools, ranked by how well reviewers rate them, how much people are talking about them this week, and how easy they are to start with. Filter by price, skill or device →
NotebookLM
Same family: Gemini
Asking questions about your own files, like PDFs, class notes, or reports, and getting answers based only on them.
Claude
Writing that sounds natural, careful thinking through tricky problems, and long documents.
ChatGPT
Everyday help with almost anything: questions, emails, plans, ideas, and pictures. Its voice mode lets you just talk.
Blumify People
Keeping up with what AI leaders are saying, in a few minutes a day.
Elicit
Students and researchers who need to sort through many research papers quickly.
Notion AI
People already using Notion who want help summarizing and writing inside it.
QuillBot
Rewording sentences, summarizing, and citations for school, or for writing in a second language.
Microsoft Copilot
Workplaces that already use Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
PDFtoMP3 Connect AI
People who already pay for ChatGPT or Claude and want long PDFs read aloud.
Glean
Big companies that want one search box for all their work apps.
PixLate
Comics, manga, picture books, manuals and flyers where the layout matters.
Synthesia Syren
Turning a description or a document into a finished, branded video.
Harvey
Large law firms.
Lossless-memory
A personal AI memory that saves everything word for word instead of summarizing.
LightOnOCR-3 Demo
Free online demo that reads scanned documents and turns them into editable text while keeping the layout.
modureader
A free ebook and PDF reader for any computer.
Invited - AI Reminder Scanner
Snap a bill, invite or document and it sets the reminder for you.
Mi Speaks 2.0
Reads your books and PDFs aloud in natural voices, right on your device.
The Drive AI
An AI helper that works on your files for you: sorting, summarizing and drafting.