PDF Agile vs PDFxlsx

PDF Agile is a PDF reader and editor for Windows, macOS, and the web. It can modify PDF documents, including scans, without the original source files, and convert PDFs to and from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint while preserving fonts and formatting. Annotation tools cover highlights, underlines, strikethroughs, text, shapes, and freehand drawing. Security features include password protection, permanent redaction, and electronic signatures. Other tools handle compression, merging, splitting, OCR, cropping, page order and rotation, page numbering, links, presentations, screenshots, search, printing, bookmarks, and backgrounds. Browser-based tools cover conversion, organization, compression, protection, unlocking, and page rearrangement. The free plan lists 2 Page* and 5 Tasks for conversion. Paid plans are described as one-time payments with no recurring charges: the Semi-Annual Plan is $39 a month, the Annual Plan is $59 a month, and the Lifetime Plan is $119 a month. A purchased license can be used on up to two computers through an account.

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.