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Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant vs Napkin AI vs Quadratic
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.
At a glance
Pick it if: Businesses that already live in Acrobat and want answers from contracts, reports and long PDFs without reading every page.
Pick it if: Marketers, consultants and business owners who want clear visuals for slides, posts and reports without opening a design tool.
Pick it if: Analysts, finance staff and founders who outgrow Excel and want AI to write the analysis in a sheet they can check.
Overview
| Attribute | Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant | Napkin AI | Quadratic |
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| In one line | Ask questions of your PDFs in Acrobat and get summaries that link to the source. | Turns your text into clean diagrams, flowcharts and charts for slides and posts. | A spreadsheet where AI writes the formulas, Python and SQL to analyse your data. |
| Pricing model | Paid | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting price | $9.99/mo | $0 | $18/user/mo |
| Free plan | No | Yes | Yes |
| Works with Claude Code | No | Yes | Yes |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant | Napkin AI | Quadratic |
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| Overall rating | 3.9 | 4.3Winner | 4.0 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant | Napkin AI | Quadratic |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | No | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes | No | No |
| Desktop app | Yes | No | No |
| Browser extension | Yes | – | – |
| API access | – | Yes | Yes |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connects to other apps | Yes | No | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | No | No | Yes |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | – | – | – |
| Makes images | Yes | Yes | No |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | No | No | Yes |
| Runs agents or automations | No | No | Yes |
| Learns your brand or style | – | Yes | – |
| Works in many languages | Yes | – | – |
| Capabilities score | 9/ 17 | 7/ 17 | 9/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant | Napkin AI | Quadratic |
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| Plans | Acrobat Express $9.99/mo billed yearly, or $10.99/mo month to month People who mainly want AI answers from PDFs. | Free $0 Trying it and the odd visual. | Personal Free Trying it out or light personal analysis. |
Acrobat Pro + AI Assistant add-on $19.99/mo plus about $4.99/mo for the add-on, billed yearly Existing Acrobat Pro users. | PlusOur pick $12/mo, or $9/mo billed yearly People making visuals every week. | ProOur pick $18/user/mo billed yearly Individuals and small teams doing regular analysis. | |
Acrobat StudioOur pick $24.99/mo billed yearly, or $34.99/mo month to month Businesses that edit, sign and research PDFs. | Pro $30/mo, or $22/mo billed yearly Heavy users and brand-conscious teams. | Business $36/user/mo billed yearly Teams that lean on the AI every day. | |
Teams From $29.99/license/mo for Studio Teams that share documents. | Enterprise Custom Larger organisations. | Enterprise Custom Larger companies with security and hosting rules. | |
| Which plan to pick | If you edit and sign PDFs as well as read them, Acrobat Studio is the best deal because it costs only $5 a month more than Pro and includes the AI. If you only want to ask questions of PDFs, Express is cheaper. Use the free trial first, because cancelling a yearly plan early costs money. | Free is enough to see if it fits how you work. If you'll put visuals in client decks, Plus removes the branding and adds PowerPoint export for $9 a month on yearly billing. Pro is for people who need custom fonts or lots of credits. | Start on the free Personal plan with a real data set. If you use it every week, Pro is enough for most people; move to Business only if you keep running out of AI credits. Monthly billing costs about 10% more than the yearly prices shown. |
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Questions people ask
Which is better, Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant, Napkin AI or Quadratic?
Napkin AI scores highest overall in our ratings (Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant 3.9/5, Napkin AI 4.3/5 and Quadratic 4.0/5). Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant is best for summarising long contracts and reports and asking questions across a set of documents. Napkin AI is best for diagrams for slide decks and visuals for LinkedIn and blog posts. Quadratic is best for asking big data sets questions in your own words and pulling live data from a company database.
Which is cheaper, Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant, Napkin AI or Quadratic?
Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant: There's no free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/mo. Napkin AI: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $0. Quadratic: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $18/user/mo.
Which is easier to use, Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant, Napkin AI or Quadratic?
Napkin AI rates highest for ease of use in our scores. Marketers, consultants and business owners who want clear visuals for slides, posts and reports without opening a design tool.
How we compare
Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.
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