PDF.co Reviews & Product Details

I had been thinking about this automation for a while but wasnt sure if PDF extraction would work that well. I was positively surprised, how easy it was. I used PDF.co with Make.com to automate timesheet processing, and it has worked really well. My setup pulls timesheets from emails, extracts the relevant info using PDF.co, and sends it to Xero for invoicing. The data extraction is accurate, and it was surprisingly easy to set up.

What I like most is how smoothly it integrates with Make.com—it just works without needing complicated configurations. This has saved me a ton of time compared to manually entering data. If you need a reliable way to extract data from PDFs, I’d definitely recommend PDF.co. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With the free version, it did let me test with uploaded document but it would not let me connect via Make.com. It did allow testing with uploaded docs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Their UI and documentation were extremely easy to navigate. Pricing is very straight forward. It's integrated with Zapier and Make but I ended up using the direct API which was just as easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The credits can be a bit deceiving but I understand why. For example, I had one doc I needed to convert to a PDF and the credits were 9 but it was only 1 page. Then I had one that was signficantly bigger and the credits for that one job were over 300. Then every endpoint you use has it's own credit amount. They do have a calculator but you really don't know till you test and finalize it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PDF.co has been a game changer in processing invoices and price notices from our vendors. Using PDF.co's PDF parser is saving us 15+ hours monthly in processing these documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Overall, it's a great tool, but their is a significant learning curve. Getting to know the PDF parser tool has been quite a journey. The built-in tool that "auto detects" potential fields in a PDF hasn't worked at all for us. We've had to go through each document type to identify the fields that we want to parse. This required spending a lot of time reading through the documentation to figure out how to write the formulas needed to identify and extract the correct information from each field. It's "low-code" but there's still a lot to learn to make the most of the PDF parser tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PDF.co provides in my opinion one of the most reliable and efficient solutions for converting PDFs to TXT. The API is easy to use, well-documented, and supports various customization options, making it ideal for both developers and businesses. Its accuracy in text extraction (especially from text-simple) is a major plus for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Processing very large PDFs can sometimes take a bit longer, depending on the document's complexity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is so much flexibility in the various API tools that this product has, there are virtually no use cases we can't support. Their support team is incredibly responsive and helpful for any issues I've had. This product has enabled us to offer really powerful integrations for our customers and has saved our customers 100s of manual hours.

We use it every day and it has been very easy to use the API calls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At first it was tricky to figure out how to build the document parsing templates. The support team was absolutely incredible and very helpful in getting me off and running though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most helpful thing about PDF.co is that the API has a robust set of functions that I can tap into, as I need to do a variety of manipulations of documents for processing. My goal has been to have PDF.co handle all document processing (to / from PDF, etc.) and so far it has hit the mark.

The other great value of PDF.co is the integration into Make.com as that is the backbone of our technology. It is easy to use and setup in Make.com. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The credits / pricing can be a bit opaque, and sometimes I am surprised by how many credits are required for certain tasks. I have found, though, that there are different ways to set up the PDF.co API functions, and I have usually been able to find more credit-efficient ways to do document processing when needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am able to connect Zapier to PDF.co to be able to automate many workflows that need different types of PDFs. Some we need to password protect and others we need to make different types of information/documents into pdfs, and we can do it all through the API! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can't really think of any downsides, we use it for many workflows creating/editing pdfs through the api. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I used PDF.co for automating my work data. Usually my data came from Gmail and had to organized into Google sheet or calendar. I integrated all these process using Make.com. But sometimes PDF is included in the emails and even some of them are encripted. In this case, PDF.co was a very efficient and versatile solution. Its simple interface make it easier to find functions and how to apply it and it provides more options to connect with other solutions like Google sheet or Make.com. I had tried few more PDF solutions, usually they worked well but has complex and unnecessary steps or were lack of functions. PDF.co was worked more simply but has more functions in general. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PDF.co has many features and functions, but assistance for set up step by step was insufficient. Its interface was too simple sometimes, so options for adjusting details of data management was also insufficient. But in most case of my work, it was enough and worked well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that I can make a custom API node in Gumloop to take advantage of the power of PDF.co. It's super simple to do even for someone non-technical like myself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't necessarily like that the API doesn't have the functionality built out the exact way I am planning to use it. it makes the process a little more confusing for someone non-technical like myself to build out but I guess that is to be expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the intuitive and clear user interface. It's easy to see what options you have for using pdf.co. The service is easy to integrate with other services so that complete work processes can be set up. pdf.co offers a wide range of options for working with the standard PDF format. This gives me the opportunity to automate processes and relieve my employees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One small point of criticism is that pdf.co is not available in languages other than English. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.