Tabula Alternatives

Tabula is described as 'Tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files. Extract tables from PDFs' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Tabula for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, iPhone, Android and iPad apps. The best Tabula alternative is Online Convert, which is free. Other great apps like Tabula are Docparser, CometDocs, Wide Angle PDF Converter and Free File Converter.

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Tabula is a tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files. Extract tables from PDFs.

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Tabula alternatives page was last updated Jul 14, 2025
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  1. Online Convert icon

    Online Convert

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    Convert files like images, videos, documents, audio and more to other formats with this free and fast online converter.

    153 Online Convert alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Google Chrome
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Homepage

    Top Online Convert Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ebook Conversion
    4.  PDF OCR
    5.  Convert PDF to image
    6. Dropbox icon  Dropbox integration
    7.  Convert Videos to Animated GIFs
    8.  Convert PDF to Text
    9.  Convert PDF to Word document
    10.  Convert Word documents to PDF
    11.  Online Converter

    Online Convert VS Tabula

     

    • Online Convert is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Tabula.

    • Online Convert is the most popular free alternative to Tabula.

    • Online Convert is Freemium and ProprietaryTabula is Free and Open Source
  2. Docparser icon

    Docparser

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    Parse PDF's and update cloud platforms with parsed data, or download your data in Excel, CSV, JSON, & XML. Set up easy parsing rules, based on the layout of your PDF, then automate parsing for future PDF's.

    40 Docparser alternatives

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    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    Tabular Data Parsing

    Docparser Features

    1.  Convert PDF to Excel document

    Docparser VS Tabula

     

    • Docparser is the most popular commercial alternative to Tabula.

    • Docparser is Paid and ProprietaryTabula is Free and Open Source
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    CometDocs

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    Free online conversion service. Possible to determine unknown file format too.

    Thats a pretty catchy selling point in itself—you can convert PDFs to Excel files, huge TIFF images to PDF, icon files into images, and the site even does a little OCR work on certain image-to-text co.

    99 CometDocs alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    CometDocs screenshot 1

    CometDocs Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Online Converter
    3.  Image to text
    4.  Convert PDF to Text
    5.  Convert PDF to Excel document
    6.  Convert PDF to Word document
    7.  Convert PDF to HTML
    8.  Convert PDF to image
    9.  Convert Word documents to PDF

    CometDocs VS Tabula

     
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    Docparser

    Parse PDF's and update cloud platforms with parsed data, or download your data in Excel, CSV, JSON, & XML. Set up easy parsing rules, based on the layout of your PDF, then automate parsing for future PDF's.

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  6. Wide Angle PDF Converter icon

    Wide Angle PDF Converter

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    Convert PDF documents to Word, PowerPoint, Excel, JPG and other formats! Secure PDFs, merge documents, add attachments and much more...

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PDF Converter Application

    Wide Angle PDF Converter Features

    1.  Combine PDF
    2.  Convert PDF to image
    3.  Convert PDF to Excel document
    4.  Convert PDF to Word document
    5.  Convert PDF to Powerpoint
    6.  Convert PDF to Text

    Wide Angle PDF Converter VS Tabula

     

    • Wide Angle PDF Converter is the most popular Windows alternative to Tabula.

    • Wide Angle PDF Converter is Freemium and ProprietaryTabula is Free and Open Source
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    Free File Converter

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    Using Free File Convert you can convert your files into different formats. Perfect conversion pdf to word with formatted rows. No registration.

    153 Free File Converter alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online
    Free File Converter screenshot 1

    Free File Converter Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Create PDF files
    3.  Convert PDF to Word document
    4.  Convert PDF to Text
    5.  Convert HTML pages to PDF
    6.  Convert PDF to HTML
    7.  Convert PDF to Excel document
    8.  Convert PDF to Powerpoint

    Free File Converter VS Tabula

     
  8. UniPDF icon

    UniPDF

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    Standalone and easy-to-use, UniPDF performs accurate conversion from PDF files to word documents (doc/rtf), images (JPG/PNG/BMP/TIF/GIF/PCX/TGA), HTML, or plain text files (txt) in batch mode, with all document texts, layouts, images and formatting ideally preserved.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows
    UniPDF screenshot 1

    UniPDF Features

    1.  Convert PDF to Word document
    2.  Convert PDF to image
    3.  Convert PDF to Text
    4.  Convert PDF to HTML
    5.  Batch conversion
    6.  Multiple languages

    UniPDF VS Tabula

     
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    Text Mining Tool

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    Text Mining Tool is a freeware program for extraction of text from files of the next types:

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window

    Text Mining Tool VS Tabula

     
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    PDF2Text Pilot

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    PDF2Text Pilot text extractor provides you with a very fast method of extracting text from PDF documents. Just select PDF files, click Convert, and you will get text files containing the resulting texts from the PDF extraction.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    File-/Folder-selection for extracting text from pdf

    PDF2Text Pilot Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Convert PDF to Text

    PDF2Text Pilot VS Tabula

     

    • PDF2Text Pilot is the most popular Open Source alternative to Tabula.

    • PDF2Text Pilot is Free and Open SourceTabula is also Free and Open Source
  12. PDF2Word (PDF to Word) icon

    PDF2Word (PDF to Word)

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    PDF2Word (PDF to Word) software exports the text, images and other contents from any PDF document into MS Word document format (RTF or Word), so you can edit and reuse your PDF content. PDF2Word (PDF to Word) preserves the original PDF text, layout and bitmap images in the...

    89 PDF2Word (PDF to Word) alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main window

    PDF2Word (PDF to Word) Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Batch conversion
    3.  Convert PDF to Word document
    4.  Standalone

    PDF2Word (PDF to Word) VS Tabula

     
  13. Fast PDF to Word Pro icon

    Fast PDF to Word Pro

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    The Best Adobe PDF to Office Word Document Converter Offline Batch Convert PDF to editable Microsoft Word, TEXT, RTF and HTML, preserving original formatting and layouts.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Fast PDF to Word Pro screenshot 1

    Fast PDF to Word Pro Features

    1.  Convert PDF to Text
    2.  Convert PDF to image
    3.  Convert PDF to HTML
    4.  Convert PDF to Word document
    5.  Convert PDF to Excel document
    6.  Convert PDF to Powerpoint

    Fast PDF to Word Pro VS Tabula

     

    • Fast PDF to Word Pro is the most popular Mac alternative to Tabula.

    • Fast PDF to Word Pro is Paid and ProprietaryTabula is Free and Open Source
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    PDF to Text

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    Free and easy to use online PDF to text converter to turn PDF documents into editable text files in MS Word DOC format, supported by any office software, including free Open Office suite.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    PDF to Text

    PDF to Text Features

    1.  Convert PDF to Word document
    2.  Convert PDF to Text

    PDF to Text VS Tabula

     
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    manyparse

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    Upload PDFs, Word files or images and define exactly what you want to extract. manyparse turns your documents into structured data — without the hassle.

    40 manyparse alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    manyparse screenshot 1

    manyparse Features

    1.  OCR
    2. Microsoft Excel icon  Export to Excel
    3.  Export to CSV
    4.  PDF OCR
    5.  Convert PDF to Excel document

    manyparse VS Tabula

     
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