Side-by-side comparison · Presentations & Docs
ChatPDF vs Claude Docs & Slides 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: Anyone who needs quick answers from a PDF, like a manual, report or contract, without reading the whole thing.
Pick it if: Anyone who already uses Claude and wants the report or deck at the end of the chat, ready to share.
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 | ChatPDF | Claude Docs & Slides | Quadratic |
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| In one line | Upload a PDF and ask it questions, with answers that point to the page they came from. | Ask Claude for a document or deck, then edit, share and export it without leaving chat. | A spreadsheet where AI writes the formulas, Python and SQL to analyse your data. |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting price | $0 | $20/mo | $18/user/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works with Claude Code | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | ChatPDF | Claude Docs & Slides | Quadratic |
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| Overall rating | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | ChatPDF | Claude Docs & Slides | Quadratic |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | No | Yes | No |
| Desktop app | Yes | Yes | No |
| Browser extension | No | No | – |
| API access | Yes | – | Yes |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | No | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | – | Yes | Yes |
| Connects to other apps | No | Yes | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | No | No | Yes |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | – | Yes | – |
| Makes images | No | No | No |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | No | Yes | Yes |
| Runs agents or automations | No | Yes | Yes |
| Learns your brand or style | – | Yes | – |
| Works in many languages | Yes | Yes | – |
| Capabilities score | 5/ 17 | 12/ 17 | 9/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | ChatPDF | Claude Docs & Slides | Quadratic |
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| Plans | Free $0 The occasional document. | Free Free Trying a document or deck. | Personal Free Trying it out or light personal analysis. |
PlusOur pick About $19.99/mo, cheaper billed yearly People who read lots of documents. | ProOur pick $20/mo, or $17/mo billed yearly Anyone making documents or decks most weeks. | ProOur pick $18/user/mo billed yearly Individuals and small teams doing regular analysis. | |
Max From $100/mo Heavy users who hit Pro limits. | Business $36/user/mo billed yearly Teams that lean on the AI every day. | ||
Team $25/seat/mo, or $20/seat/mo billed yearly Businesses sharing documents across a team. | Enterprise Custom Larger companies with security and hosting rules. | ||
Enterprise From $20/seat/mo billed yearly, plus usage Larger organisations needing admin control. | |||
| Which plan to pick | Free is fine for a document or two a day. Before paying for Plus, try NotebookLM, which is free, or use Claude or ChatGPT if you already pay for one. | If you already pay for Claude, you have it. Try it on Free first, and move to Pro once you're making more than the odd document, because decks use up a Free allowance fast. Team makes sense when colleagues need to open and comment on the same documents. | 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, ChatPDF, Claude Docs & Slides or Quadratic?
They tie on our overall rating (ChatPDF 3.9/5, Claude Docs & Slides 4.0/5 and Quadratic 4.0/5). ChatPDF is best for quick questions about a single PDF and summarising reports and manuals. Claude Docs & Slides is best for reports and proposals from research and quick internal decks. Quadratic is best for asking big data sets questions in your own words and pulling live data from a company database.
Which is cheaper, ChatPDF, Claude Docs & Slides or Quadratic?
ChatPDF: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $0. Claude Docs & Slides: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $20/mo. Quadratic: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $18/user/mo.
Which is easier to use, ChatPDF, Claude Docs & Slides or Quadratic?
ChatPDF rates highest for ease of use in our scores. Anyone who needs quick answers from a PDF, like a manual, report or contract, without reading the whole thing.
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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