Stand-In swaps names, account numbers and other private details for placeholders before your document goes into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. When the answer comes back, it puts the real details back in. Everything happens on your device.
Once a client's tax return or a patient's notes reach a chatbot, you can't take them back, and you may be breaking a confidentiality duty you owe them.
Redact by hand and the AI loses track of who is who. You get vague advice about "the client" and rewrite the answer yourself.
Free extensions only scan typed text. Enterprise tools cost thousands and need an IT department. Small offices are left in between.
PDF, Word, Excel or plain text. Stand-In highlights every name, ID, account and address it finds. Click anything to keep it visible.
Each detail becomes a consistent tag, so the AI can still follow the people and accounts in your document.
Paste the AI's reply into Stand-In. The tags turn back into real names and numbers, ready to send.
| Stand-In | Free browser extensions | Enterprise DLP | Redacting by hand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reads PDF, Word and Excel files | Yes | Typed text only | Yes | Slow |
| Puts real details back in the answer | Yes | Some | Rarely | No |
| Locked key to restore days later | Yes | No | No | No |
| Your document stays on your device | Yes | Usually | Often routed through a vendor | Yes |
| Audit entry for your files | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Health, legal and HR detection packs | Yes | No | Yes | — |
| Who it's priced for | One person to a 50-person office | Free | Large companies, sales call required | Your time |
Summarize returns, ledgers and bank statements without exposing SINs, SSNs or account numbers.
T4 · W-2 · GL exportsDraft from contracts and pleadings while party names and file numbers stay with you.
Leases · affidavits · court filesTurn notes into letters and summaries without patient names or health numbers going out.
Referrals · chart notesWrite reviews and policy answers from real records, with employee IDs and pay kept private.
Reviews · offer lettersAsk AI to explain a medical bill, insurance letter or lease without handing over your identity.
Bills · forms · statementsNo servers read your files. There's nothing for us to store, sell, train on or lose in a breach.
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On iPhone and Android, Stand-In sits in your share sheet. Share a PDF or photo of a form, get a masked copy, and send it on to ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
No. Stand-In reads and masks the file on your computer or phone. Only the masked copy you choose to paste goes to your AI tool.
No tool does. Stand-In catches structured details like ID and account numbers very reliably, and flags likely names for you to check. Always look over the highlights before you send.
Any of them. The masked copy is plain text, so it works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot or anything you can paste into.
Save a locked key first. Paste it back in later with your passphrase and Stand-In restores the answer, even without the original file.
It helps you send less personal information, which is what those rules ask for, but no tool makes you compliant on its own. Check your firm's policies and your regulator's guidance.
Free extensions scan what you type. Stand-In reads whole PDFs, Word files and spreadsheets, restores the real details in the answer, and keeps a locked key and audit entry for your records.