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PDF to Excel API – Extract Tables with 99% Accuracy

Convert PDF tables to Excel XLSX in milliseconds. Perfect for financial reports, invoices, and data pipelines. No manual copy-paste, no formatting errors.

See Code Example
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Teams Trust Us
780ms
Median Speed
99%
Table Accuracy
curl -X POST "https://api.xspdf.com/v1/convert/pdf-to-excel" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -d '{"input_url":"https://files.example.com/report.pdf","options":{"detect_tables":true,"output_format":"xlsx"}}'
99%
Accuracy
XLSX
Native Format
780ms
Median
99%
Table Accuracy
780ms
Average Processing
Multi-Table
Extraction
8,700+
Teams Using xspdf

Manual PDF Data Extraction Is Killing Your Productivity

Finance teams and data analysts waste 20+ hours per week copying tables from PDFs. Copy-paste errors cost thousands in bad decisions and rework.

Hours Per Report

Manual table extraction from financial PDFs takes 30-60 minutes per document. At scale, entire teams are stuck doing data entry.

Copy-Paste Errors

Misaligned columns, dropped decimal points, and transposed rows lead to incorrect analysis and costly mistakes.

OCR Fails on Tables

Generic OCR tools butcher table layouts. Merged cells, nested headers, and complex formatting break everything.

Hidden Cost: Bad Data Decisions

A single misread number in a financial forecast can lead to million-dollar budget errors. Manual extraction compounds this risk across thousands of documents.

Perfect Excel Tables from Any PDF. Instantly.

xspdf extracts tables from PDFs to XLSX with 99% accuracy. No manual work, no formatting cleanup, no copy-paste errors. Just clean data ready for analysis.

AI-Powered Table Detection

Automatically finds and extracts all tables, even with complex layouts and merged cells.

Native XLSX Output

Each table becomes a separate Excel worksheet with preserved formatting and formulas.

99% Accuracy on Real-World Data

Tested on thousands of financial reports, invoices, and complex multi-column layouts.

Python 
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.xspdf.com/v1/convert/pdf-to-excel",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
    json={
        "input_url": "https://files.example.com/report.pdf",
        "options": {
            "detect_tables": True,
            "output_format": "xlsx"
        }
    }
)
xlsx_url = response.json()["output_url"]

# All tables extracted to separate worksheets
# 99% accuracy on complex layouts
# Ready for immediate analysis in Excel

Enterprise-Grade PDF Table Extraction

Everything you need to extract clean data from complex PDF tables.

Smart Table Detection

AI-powered detection finds all tables automatically, even in scanned documents with irregular layouts.

Multi-Table Extraction

Extract dozens of tables from a single PDF. Each table becomes a separate worksheet in the XLSX output.

Merged Cell Handling

Correctly handles merged cells, nested headers, and complex table structures that break other tools.

Number Format Preservation

Currency symbols, decimal places, and number formatting preserved exactly as in the source PDF.

780ms Processing

Industry-leading speed. Process hundreds of financial reports per hour with our high-speed infrastructure.

Scanned PDF Support

Works on both native and scanned PDFs. OCR and table extraction in a single API call.

Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate is table extraction on complex layouts?
We achieve 99% accuracy on real-world financial reports, invoices, and multi-column tables. This includes handling merged cells, nested headers, and irregular spacing. We're constantly improving our AI models based on user feedback.
What happens if there are multiple tables per page?
Each detected table becomes a separate worksheet in the XLSX output. Tables are named automatically (Table1, Table2, etc.) but you can customize naming via the API. The response includes metadata about table locations for advanced workflows.
Can I extract tables from scanned PDFs?
Yes. Set "ocr": true in the options and we'll perform OCR before table extraction. Works on scanned documents, photos of documents, and image-based PDFs.
Do you preserve number formatting and formulas?
Number formatting (currency, percentages, decimal places) is preserved. Formulas from the source PDF are not preserved since PDFs don't store formula logic. You'll get the calculated values as text or numbers.
Can I specify which tables to extract?
Yes. You can extract all tables (default), specify page ranges, or provide exact bounding boxes for specific tables. The response includes confidence scores for each detected table.

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