ChatDOC
Chat with any file and trace every answer to the page
Overview
A document assistant that answers questions across PDFs, Word, ePub, scanned files and URLs, with footnote citations plus table and formula recognition. Also ships a developer parsing API.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 13 Jul 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- Limited files and pages
- Core PDF chat with citations
- Higher upload limits
- Citations, table & formula recognition
- Priority processing
- All Pro features
- Best-value billing
What you can produce with ChatDOC
- Chat across PDF, Word, ePub, TXT, URLs, and scanned files
- On-page footnote citations to source passages
- Table and formula recognition
- Developer parsing / RAG API for custom document chatbots
- Multi-language document handling
- Free tier plus pay-as-you-go file/page packages
ASEAN Perspective
ChatDOC in Southeast Asia
ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).
ChatDOC is one of the more capable entries in the chat-with-your-documents pile. It reads PDFs, Word, ePub, TXT, scanned files, and URLs, and every answer carries on-page footnotes so you can jump to the exact passage it drew from, table and formula recognition that a lot of rivals still botch. There's a usable free tier, Pro is cheap, and, unusually, it exposes an extraction/RAG API so developers can build their own document chatbots on top of it. G2 reviewers score it 4.4/5 and single out ease of use and fast, cited summaries. The limits: very messy scans still trip it up, the free tier is tight enough that some reviewers feel boxed in, and the interface could be better organized. It's English-first but handles many languages, with no ASEAN-specific features. A strong pick for researchers and analysts who care about citation traceability, and the API gives it genuine developer reach.
What people say
ChatDOC, built by a small team (Tracxn and Latka data point to a lean, roughly four-person operation reportedly around $440K revenue in 2025), competes in the crowded chat-with-PDF space but stands out on a couple of fronts. It handles a wide range of inputs, PDF, .docx/.doc, .txt, .epub, URLs, websites, and scanned files, and answers questions with on-page references and footnotes so you can click straight to the source passage for fact-checking. Table and formula recognition is a recurring highlight that several reviewers say rivals like ChatPDF handle less well.
On G2 it holds a 4.4 out of 5 across about 28 reviews, with roughly 71% five-star and 21% four-star. The praise is consistent: easy to use, fast and accurate document summaries, and an interface that helps non-experts get through complex material. Students and researchers are the most commonly cited beneficiaries.
The complaints are modest but real. The free tier is described as too limited to properly explore the product, pushing serious users toward Pro sooner than they'd like. A few reviewers say the interface could be better organized, and, as with every tool in this category, very messy or low-quality scans still challenge the extraction.
Pricing is approachable. Pro has been listed at a promotional $8.99 for 30 days (against a $16.99 list) and roughly $89.90 for a year (against $169.90), alongside pay-as-you-go packages billed per file (around $0.29) or per page (around $0.06), valid for 90 days. For developers there's an API, with early-bird pricing, that exposes ChatDOC's parsing and retrieval so teams can build their own document chatbots rather than just using the end-user app, a meaningful differentiator in a category dominated by consumer front-ends.
Net: a strong, citation-first document assistant. The traceable answers and table/formula handling make it a good fit for research and analysis work, the pricing is fair, and the API extends its usefulness well beyond the web app. Just expect to hit the free-tier ceiling quickly and to still eyeball results on the roughest scans.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
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