Table Extraction Comparison
Compare two ways to extract PDF tables. Use page borders or aligned text to find cells, then download each result as CSV.
Why do table extraction settings produce different results?
Line-based detection follows drawn borders; text-based detection infers boundaries from aligned words. Compare both outputs against the original page to choose the better result.
Your result
A little clarity, right here.
Choose a file and run the tool. Your result will appear here, ready to download.
Three simple steps
How to use Table Extraction Comparison
Choose your input and adjust the options.
Review the preview and run the tool.
Download the result and keep your original.
Common questions
Good to know
Understand the result.
Keep the original.
Is this tool free, and are my files uploaded?
This tool is free with no account required. When you run the tool, your input goes to a separate processing service. Temporary files are deleted when the job ends. You can download the result to your device.
What are the limits and details?
Select one text-based PDF page. Empty or merged cells are possible, and scanned pages need OCR before either strategy can detect text.
Limits: one file up to 8 MB; 500,000 characters per text field. One job runs at a time on the worker, with a two-minute limit.