Humata
Check whether the source is scanned before choosing Humata’s cheaper document-question plan.
- Starting price
- Expert USD 9.99/month
- Free access
- 60 pages per month; one user
- Billing unit
- Subscription plus additional pages
- Platform
- Browser document assistant
- Verified
- 29 Oct 2026
Overview
What you provide
- Upload a permitted PDF collection and ask a question whose answer can be checked inside those files.
What you get
- Humata returns document-grounded explanations, summaries and references to supporting passages.
Choosing this tool
Humata fits professionals who need answers linked back to uploaded material. Expert is a modest starting point for text-based PDFs shared with a small team, but scanned documents make the Team OCR boundary relevant. Compare PDF.ai for explicit file/question quotas or MaxAI for reading a page beside the browser content. A citation is a location to inspect, not proof that the answer preserves every qualification.
A decision worked through
If Expert processes 700 billable pages in one month under the listed rule, 200 extra pages add USD 4 to the USD 9.99 subscription: USD 13.99 before tax. This example does not assume OCR is included.
Humata alternatives for cited questions across uploaded documents
Compare Humata with PDF.ai, MaxAI by the actual task, billing unit and operating responsibility.
| Product | Price / unit | Free allowance | Input → output | Key limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HumataRead profileOfficial source ↗ | Expert USD 9.99/month | 60 free pages/month | PDFs become cited answers. | Expert excludes OCR. |
| PDF.aiRead profileOfficial source ↗ | Pro USD 10/mo annually | 100 monthly questions on Hobby | PDF text becomes conversational answers. | Pro OCR: ten pages per file. |
| MaxAIRead profileOfficial source ↗ | Pro USD 20/month | Daily-limited Free plan | Page selections become summaries and rewrites. | Pro: 300 smart responses/month. |
Setup & workflow
- Begin with one representative document and a question with a known answer.
- Compare the response with its cited source and record any missing caveats.
- Select the plan after testing scanned input and the intended sharing permissions.
Requirements & installation
- Identify text PDFs versus scans and estimate pages actually processed each month.
Limits & review
- Monthly page allowances do not describe an unlimited document library. OCR and access controls vary by tier, and the published Team pool should not be multiplied by seats without confirmation.
Your part
- Open the cited passage and verify dates, units and exceptions before using the answer in a report.
Sources & verification5
This profile is based on official sources, not a hands-on product test.
Vendor descriptions and demos document advertised features. Editorial guidance is based on these sources.
- Official Humata pricinghumata.ai
- Official Humata producthumata.ai
- Humata official referencehumata.ai
- PDF.ai official referencepdf.ai
- MaxAI official referencemaxai.me
