C 
ChatPDF
"Chat with your PDF" became a checkbox in every major chatbot.
YES
why this verdict
Cancel it — switch to Claude
Claude and ChatGPT now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $5/mo is optional.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Claude & ChatGPT native PDF upload. Anthropic, October 30, 2023 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers all of it editorial call
- The whole core job — the thing the subscription was actually for.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Claude and ChatGPT.
- What the call is worth $60/yr
- $5/mo at the entry paid tier — $60 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Anthropic
- Since
- October 30, 2023
- List price
- $5/mo
- Per year
- $60
The backstory
ChatPDF was a clean single-purpose tool: upload a document, ask questions. Then Claude and ChatGPT both shipped native file upload with far larger context windows — for free or bundled into a plan you already pay for. There is little reason left to pay a separate $5/mo for a feature that is now table stakes everywhere.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $60/yr C 
Claude Upload PDFs directly, 200K-token context.
claude.ai open_in_new C 
ChatGPT Native file analysis in the free tier.
chat.openai.com open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.