Search+ vs AskYourPDF
AskYourPDF is a PDF chat tool with daily limits: the free plan allows one document and 50 questions a day, while Premium ($11.99 a month billed yearly) and Pro ($14.99) raise the limits and add a Knowledge Base for chatting with several documents, OCR, a Chrome extension and a choice of AI models. It also offers an API. Search+ has no API and no model picker, but it keeps each project in a workspace with standing instructions, saved conversations and cited answers. Choose AskYourPDF for model choice or developer access; choose Search+ for focused, repeatable document projects.
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At a glance
| Search+ | AskYourPDF | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Create an account without entering payment details | 1 document a day, 100 pages per document, 50 questions a day |
| Paid plans | Current plans on the Search+ homepage | Premium $11.99 and Pro $14.99 a month, billed yearly |
| Several documents | Ask across every document in a workspace or narrow to one | Knowledge Base on Premium and Pro |
| OCR and extension | OCR for scanned documents | OCR support and a Chrome extension on paid plans |
| Developers | Cited answers in chat; no export, API or add-on tools | A developers API |
How Search+ and AskYourPDF differ
AskYourPDF lets you pick the AI model
AskYourPDF's paid plans list several AI models, some paid with credits. Search+ does not offer a model choice; you ask and it answers with citations from your documents.
AskYourPDF offers an API and a browser extension
AskYourPDF has a developers API, and Premium and Pro include a Chrome extension. Both tools read scanned documents with OCR (AskYourPDF on paid plans). Search+ has no browser extension and no API.
Search+ has no daily document or question caps on this page
AskYourPDF meters use per day: 1 document and 50 questions a day on the free plan, 50 documents a day on Premium. We do not state Search+ plan terms here; see the Search+ homepage for current plans.
Search+ is organized around a workspace
In Search+, a workspace holds a project's PDFs, standing instructions and conversations, and you can ask across all of them or narrow to one document. AskYourPDF's Knowledge Base groups documents for multi-document chat on paid plans.
Search+ vs AskYourPDF, feature by feature
Checked against public pages on October 11, 2026. "Not covered here" means the pages we checked do not say; it is not a claim that the feature is missing.
| Topic | Search+ | AskYourPDF |
|---|---|---|
| Files | PDF, Word and Excel files; OCR for scanned pages; up to 5 GB per file | PDFs and documents; OCR on paid plans |
| Citations | Inline citations; open one to read the supporting excerpt | Not covered here |
| Question scope | Whole workspace or one document | One document or Knowledge Base |
| Standing instructions | Workspace Context, applied to every question | Not covered here |
| Saved work | Workspaces and conversation history are saved | Daily conversation limits by plan |
| Sharing and teams | Team plan available | Not covered here |
| Export and outputs | No export | Summarisation service |
| Where it runs | Browser only | Web and Chrome extension; API |
| Price | See current plans on searchplus.ai | Free; Premium $11.99; Pro $14.99 a month |
As of 2026-10-11
Sources: AskYourPDF pricing
Pricing
AskYourPDF prices as of October 2026, from askyourpdf.com/pricing (annual billing; the page shows 25% off for annual). For Search+ plans, see the pricing section on the Search+ homepage.
| Product | Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AskYourPDF | Free | $0 per month | 1 document and 50 questions a day; 100 pages per document |
| AskYourPDF | Premium | $11.99, billed yearly per month | 50 documents a day; 2,500 pages per document; Knowledge Base; OCR |
| AskYourPDF | Pro | $14.99, billed yearly per month | 150 documents a day; 6,000 pages per document |
Prices as of 2026-10
About each product
Search+
Search+ is a web app for working with documents. You create a workspace for each project, upload PDF, Word and Excel files, and ask questions across every document or narrow a question to one. Answers come with inline citations; open one to read the excerpt behind it. Workspace Context holds standing instructions that apply to every question, and workspaces and conversations are saved so you can pick up where you left off.
AskYourPDF
AskYourPDF is a PDF chat tool with free, Premium, Pro and Enterprise plans. Paid plans add a Knowledge Base for chatting with several documents at once, OCR, a Chrome extension, a summarisation service and a choice of AI models. It also offers a developers API. AskYourPDF says it is trusted by more than 5 million users.
Which one fits your work
Choose Search+ when
- You want each project in its own saved workspace
- You want standing instructions to apply to every answer
- You want to open citations and read the supporting excerpt
- You do not need model choice or an API
Choose AskYourPDF when
- You want to choose the AI model per question
- You want a summarisation service
- You want a Chrome extension or an API
- You are fine with daily document and question limits
How to try both on the same documents
- Pick five related documents.
- Load them into an AskYourPDF Knowledge Base and a Search+ workspace.
- Ask both a question that compares two of the documents.
- Open the Search+ citations to check each claim.
- Return the next day and continue from the saved conversation.
Questions about Search+ and AskYourPDF
Is AskYourPDF free?
Can AskYourPDF chat with several PDFs?
Does Search+ have an API like AskYourPDF?
Can I choose the AI model in Search+?
Does Search+ read scanned PDFs?
Sources
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Checked 2026-10-11
One workspace per project
Upload your documents to Search+, ask across them, and read the excerpt behind each answer.
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