FoxyUtils Online PDF Tools vs PDFxlsx

FoxyUtils Online PDF Tools is a browser-based service for working with PDF files, without a software download. Its tools can merge, split, convert, edit, rotate, compress, protect, unlock, and measure PDFs. Listed conversions include PDF to Word, Excel, JPG, and ePUB, as well as Word, JPG, and ePUB to PDF. OCR is available, including for PDF-to-Word or PDF-to-Excel conversion on Premium plans. The free plan costs nothing, requires a registered account, has a 50MB limit, and allows two operations per hour. Paid options include Monthly at $5.99 a month and Annual at $2.99 a month billed $35.88 every 12 months; Lifetime costs $99, paid once. Premium features include no watermark, workflows, Dropbox and Google Drive connections, and no ads. FoxyUtils says uploads are removed after the requested action or within an hour of inactivity, while registration details are retained forever. Its privacy policy cautions that it cannot warrant the security of transmitted information.

PDFxlsx converts PDFs with tabular data into spreadsheet files, including XLSX, XLS, CSV, and Google Sheets output. Its table detection recognizes rows, columns, headers, merged cells, borderless tables, and nested tables. For scanned PDFs, built-in OCR supports 25 languages. The resulting spreadsheets retain numeric and date data types, and tables can be placed in separate worksheets. Plus and Pro support batches of up to 500 files, processed in parallel, with ZIP downloads. A REST API for single-file and batch conversion, webhook callbacks, and token authentication is available on Pro and Enterprise. PDFxlsx lists Excel, Google Sheets, QuickBooks, Zapier, Xero, SAP, and NetSuite among tools used with its outputs. Paid plans accept files up to 50 MB. Starter includes 50 conversions per month, Plus 500, and Pro unlimited conversions. A free account gets a one-time demo of 3 conversions, but there is no free plan. Pricing is $40.83 a year for Starter, $82.50 a year for Plus, and $165.83 a year for Pro, billed yearly; Enterprise pricing is tailored. The service is available on the web, Windows, macOS, iOS, via API, and self-hosted.