Updated comparison — June 2026

PDFFocus vs ChatGPT
vs Claude vs Gemini vs Adobe

ChatGPT has blocked legal advice since October 2025. Gemini cut its quotas by 8x in May 2026. Adobe charges AI as an add-on. Here's what it means in practice.

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What changed with competitors

ChatGPT — restrictions since October 2025
  • 160 messages with GPT-5.5 every 3 hours, then automatic switch to degraded model
  • Reasoning models (o3): only 100 messages per week
  • Systematically refuses to analyze contracts in detail or comment on financial statements
  • Data sent to OpenAI servers in the United States
Claude (Anthropic) — limits on professional documents
  • Frequent refusals on precise legal, tax, and medical advice — redirects to a professional
  • No native multi-document support: one PDF at a time in most cases
  • Variable usage limits during peak hours, with no transparency on exact quotas
  • Data processed on Anthropic servers in the United States, no EU hosting
Gemini — quotas cut by 8x in May 2026
  • New compute-based system: each prompt consumes a % of quota based on complexity
  • Pro subscribers: quota reduced from 33× to 4× the free quota
  • Ultra subscribers: quota reduced from 166× to 20×
  • A long document can exhaust your quota in 4-5 exchanges
Adobe Acrobat — AI billed as an add-on
  • Acrobat Pro alone: ~$20/month — AI is not included
  • AI Assistant: +$5/month add-on on top
  • So ~$25/month minimum to get the AI
  • Data stored on Adobe servers in the United States

Comparison table

CriterionPDFFocusChatGPT PlusClaude ProGemini ProAdobe Acrobat
Monthly price €9$20$20$20~$25
Scanned PDFs (OCR) Built-inVariableVariableUnreliablePartial
Multi-document NativeNoNoNoNo
GDPR / EU hosting YesNo (USA)No (USA)No (USA)No (USA)
Zero document storage YesNoNoNoNo
Legal/financial advice YesBlocked since Oct. 2025Limited / frequent refusalsLimitedLimited
Quotas / limits Stable since launch160 msg/3h, then degraded modelVariable usage limitsCut by 8x in May 2026Limited to add-on
Free trial, no credit card 7 daysNoNoNoNo

Why choose PDFFocus

Native GDPR

European hosting, zero document storage, full compliance. Your contracts never leave the EU.

Specialized for pro documents

Contracts, balance sheets, leases, medical reports — PDFFocus is calibrated for this, not for writing poems.

Stable terms

Since launch: no quota changes, no features removed, no restrictions introduced quietly.

Built-in OCR

Scanned PDFs, photographed documents, old digitized paper contracts — all readable and queryable.

Native multi-document

Compare multiple contracts or invoices simultaneously. No other tool offers this natively.

7-day trial, no credit card

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