Important Update
Web API for data extraction from PDF, scans, and images
Optical Character Recognition Software
| Feature | PDF.co Web API | FreeOCR |
|---|---|---|
| Plain text extraction support | yes | yes |
| OCR (Optical Character Recognition) | yes | yes |
| Images extraction | yes | no |
| Attachments extraction | yes | no |
| Text search with Regular expressions | yes | yes |
| Tables detection and analysis | yes | no |
| Export to JSON, XML, CSV, TXT | yes | yes |
| PDF splitting | yes | no |
| PDF merging | yes | no |
| Text removal | yes | no |
| Text replacement | yes | no |
| Sensitive data detection | yes | no |
| Large PDF support | yes | no |
| Searchable and Unsearchable PDF maker | yes | no |
| Barcode Reading (QR Code and others) | yes | yes |
| Barcode Generation (QR Code, Code 128 and others) | yes | yes |
| Add text and images to PDF | yes | no |
| Document Parser function with templates | yes | no |
