Humata
Cited answers pulled straight from your PDFs
Overview
A document-Q&A tool where you upload PDFs and files, ask questions, and get summaries and answers with citations back to the source. Backed by Google's Gradient Ventures and ARK Invest.
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 These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 13 Jul 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete.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.
- Up to 60 pages
- 10 questions
- Up to 200 pages
- Basic chat
- Up to 500 pages
- Premium chat
- Up to 3 users
- Up to 5,000 pages
- Team collaboration
What you can produce with Humata
- Question-answering across uploaded PDFs and files
- Answers with citations linked to source pages
- Document summaries
- Cross-file comparison
- Free tier (60 pages, 10 questions)
- Team workspace plan for shared use
ASEAN Perspective
Humata 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).
Humata does one thing and does it decently: upload documents, ask questions, and get answers linked back to the exact source pages. That citation trail is its strongest card, reviewers rate it as close to best-in-class for showing where an answer came from, which matters for students and researchers who can't just take an LLM's word. Onboarding is simple and the free tier lets you try before paying. The problems are real, though. It sits in a crowded field against ChatPDF, NotebookLM, and ChatDOC without a clear lead, answer quality slips on very large or messy corpora, and the page-based pricing feels dated when rivals offer unlimited uploads. Trustpilot sentiment is middling, with recurring gripes about accuracy and surprise charges. English-first and globally usable, no ASEAN-specific features. Fine for interrogating a stack of papers on a budget; look closely at the page caps and billing before committing.
What people say
Humata is a document-question-answering tool: upload PDFs or files, ask questions in natural language, and get summaries and answers with citations pointing back to the source. It raised a $3.5M seed round in late 2023 led by Google's Gradient Ventures, with Cathie Wood's ARK Invest and M13 also in, which gave it more visibility than most tools in this bracket. (Note it's distinct from the unrelated Humata Health.)
The feature reviewers rate highest is citation quality. Across 2026 write-ups the cited-answer system is repeatedly called genuinely strong, close to best-in-class, because it links claims back to specific pages so you can verify rather than trust blindly. Summarizing long documents, comparing files, and pulling insights from dense material are the common use cases, and onboarding is described as quick.
The knocks are consistent. A representative 2026 review scores it around 3.8 out of 5, and its Trustpilot rating sits lower, around 3.2 out of 5. Two themes drive the frustration. The first is accuracy on real material: some Trustpilot reviewers say results look fine until you actually know the uploaded document well, at which point the answers disappoint. The second is billing: users report being charged more as they re-upload documents hoping for better results, and the page-based pricing model draws criticism for feeling outdated next to competitors offering unlimited document uploads.
Pricing is tiered by pages. Reported plans include a Free tier ($0, up to 60 pages and 10 questions), a Student plan around $1.99/mo (up to 200 pages), an Expert plan around $9.99/mo (up to 500 pages, up to three users), and a Team plan around $49 per user/mo (up to 5,000 pages).
The honest positioning: Humata is a competent, focused tool in a busy category. Its citation approach is a real strength for anyone who has to defend where an answer came from, but it doesn't clearly out-feature ChatPDF, NotebookLM, or ChatDOC, and prospective buyers should weigh the page caps and watch the billing before scaling up usage.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
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