Drop a PDF

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Extracted text

No signup, no watermarks

Drop a PDF, get text. That's it. No account required, no email, no watermarks injected.

Files never stored

Your PDF is processed in memory and discarded as soon as you have your text. Nothing hits a database.

Fast and accurate

Same parsing engine as the Docule API. Built to handle complex layouts, multi-column reports, and scanned text.

Need this in your code?

Docule turns PDFs into structured Markdown and JSON via REST API — including tables, sections, and metadata. 500 pages/month free.

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Questions

Is this really free?

Yes. The basic text extractor on this page is free for everyone, with no signup or watermarks. We pay for it because it's also a demo of the Docule API engine — most users who like it sign up there.

What about my PDF? Is it stored anywhere?

No. PDFs are processed in memory and discarded as soon as the text is returned. We don't keep copies, we don't read them, and we don't use them for training.

What's the file size limit?

20 MB per file on this page. If you need bigger files, batch processing, or structured output (tables, JSON), use Docule instead.

What if my PDF is a scanned image?

Scanned PDFs need OCR, which is part of the full Docule pipeline. The free tool here handles text-based PDFs — if you upload a scan, you'll get an empty result.

What does Docule do that this page doesn't?

Docule preserves document structure: tables stay as tables, sections stay sections, line items in invoices come out as parsed line items. You also get a REST API, async batch processing, and structured JSON / Markdown output. See the docs →