Hi everyone! I’m the solo founder behind pdftables.io. The idea came from a very simple frustration: extracting tables from PDFs almost never works reliably in real life. Bank statements, invoices, reports — they all have messy layouts, merged cells, or inconsistent structures. Most tools either fail completely or require a lot of manual cleanup afterwards. I originally built this for my own workflows to save time when dealing with large volumes of documents. Over time, I kept improving the extraction accuracy, handling edge cases, and focusing on one goal: turning complex PDF tables into clean, structured data with as little manual work as possible. Instead of trying to reinvent everything from scratch, I focused on building a reliable pipeline around proven OCR technology, adding smart post-processing, layout handling, and a simple developer-friendly API. pdftables.io is designed for people who need this to work consistently — not just for simple demo PDFs. I’d really love to hear your feedback: • What kinds of PDFs are hardest for you to extract data from? • What tools have you tried before? • Where do they usually fail? Thanks for checking it out 🙏

pdftables.io

Turn messy PDFs into clean Excel tables in seconds

Turn messy PDFs into clean Excel tables in seconds