DocTable

Convert PDF to CSV online — real table extraction

Updated October 2026

DocTable turns a table inside a digital or scanned PDF into a clean CSV file with the actual rows and columns, not a text dump. Your first 3 pages are free — scan and download, no card needed. Try your first page without an account — sign in only to download it. After that, $3 buys 20 pages (one-time, no subscription). It reads photos and scans with no text layer, rebuilds true rows and columns, and handles Arabic, Persian and mixed-script documents.

Start — upload a PDF
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2,Design review,4,480.00
3,Hosting annual,1,240.00
Sample output

How it works

  1. Upload a digital or scanned PDF with a table.
  2. DocTable's AI OCR detects the rows and columns.
  3. 3 free pages, download included — see the extracted table first.
  4. Download clean CSV (or Excel/Word) — included in your 3 free pages.

Why DocTable

Why "PDF to CSV" needs a table reader, not a text extractor

Many PDF tools that claim to convert PDF to CSV really just dump whatever text is on the page and let you sort out the columns yourself — commas that appear inside a cell's own text break the file, and multi-line cells scatter across several rows. DocTable's AI OCR reads the page visually first: it identifies the grid, then assigns each value to its row and column before writing CSV, the same way a person copying a printed table into a spreadsheet would.

Scanned or digital PDF — same path

A digital PDF exported from accounting software and a scanned or photographed page of a printed table go through the same vision OCR. There is no separate "scan mode" — upload either kind and DocTable reads the table the same way.

CSV, Excel or Word from the same scan

Every scan produces one structured result you can download in whichever format fits: CSV for importing into another system, Excel for a spreadsheet you'll edit, or Word if the page turns out to be prose rather than a table. Each page uses one credit regardless of which export format you choose afterward.

Same product rules as every DocTable scan

Your first page needs no account; sign in (Google or a verified email) to download it. Processing is temporary — see Security & data processing. For the same engine aimed at Excel or Word output, see PDF to Excel and PDF to Word; for table extraction phrased around the task rather than the format, see extract table from PDF.

Frequently asked questions

Does it read the actual table, or just extract text?

The actual table — it detects rows and columns and exports structured CSV, not a dump of whatever text was on the page.

Does this work on scanned PDFs?

Yes. Scanned and digital PDFs go through the same vision OCR.

Can I get Excel instead of CSV?

Yes — the same extracted table downloads as Excel, Word or CSV.

Is converting PDF to CSV free?

Your first 3 pages are free — scan and download, no card needed. Your first page needs no account; sign in only to download it. After that, $3 buys 20 pages (one-time, no subscription).

How accurate is the extraction?

It depends mostly on the source. A digital PDF with ruled tables reads most reliably; blurry scans and dense multi-column layouts are the hard cases. On a 12-document test set (invoices, bank statements and receipts, including 2 degraded photos and 2 Arabic documents) DocTable read 97.5% of 521 values exactly (October 2026); real photos with blur or glare score lower, so always review the rows before use.

Can I convert a bank statement PDF to CSV?

Yes. DocTable returns a CSV with a row per transaction, and for bank statements a QuickBooks Online CSV (Date, Description, Amount); see bank statement to QuickBooks.

Can I convert a scanned PDF to CSV?

Yes. A scanned PDF is read as an image, so no text layer is needed; download the table as CSV.

Related pages

Temporary processing — files are not archived. Always verify OCR output before financial or legal use. Default OCR model is the same for every language. See Privacy in the app.