Extract text from PDF
Pull text out of a PDF without converting the page. 8 products support this exact task: 2 absolutely free, 2 free with limits, 2 paid or trial, and 2 offline or self-hosted. The inventory records PDF -> TXT/HTML; PDF -> text/images; PDF annotations -> text.
8 products recorded · 4 free choices · 5 offline or self-hosted choices. Inventory checked 2026-10-23.
What the inventory records
- Exact direction
- PDF -> TXT/HTML; PDF -> text/images; PDF annotations -> text; PDF/image -> text; PDF -> text stream
- Named as
- Extract text; Extract text intersecting annotation; Extract PDF Text & Images; Extract annotation text; extract_text_to_fp; Extract layout-preserving text
- Evidence
- 9 matching inventory rows · 6 confirmed · 2 partly confirmed
- Last checked
- 2026-10-23
This page is about this exact operation only, not a general PDF converter. Rows with unresolved confidence are not counted as support.
Absolutely free
2 products
No payment is needed to use the tool as recorded.
- Product record
Apache PDFBox
Vendor not listed
- Platform and processing
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted · Runs locally
- Account
- No account needed
- Price signal
- Open source
- Evidence
- Confirmed
- Product record
pdfminer.six
pdfminer.six contributors
- Platform and processing
- Linux · Windows · macOS · Self-hosted · Runs locally
- Account
- No account needed
- Price signal
- Open source
- Evidence
- Partly confirmed
Free with limits
2 products
There is an indefinite free way to use it, usually with limits.
- Product record
iText
Apryse
- Platform and processing
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted · Runs locally
- Account
- No account needed
- Price signal
- Free tier
- Evidence
- Confirmed
- Product record
Marker
Endless Labs, Inc. dba Datalab
- Platform and processing
- Windows · macOS · Linux · API · Self-hosted · Runs locally
- Account
- No account needed
- Price signal
- Free tier
- Evidence
- Confirmed
Paid or trial
2 products
The record shows a paid product, with or without a trial.
- Product record
Pdftools SDK
PDF Tools AG, Steinstrasse 21, 8003 Zurich, Switzerland
- Platform and processing
- Windows · Linux · macOS · Self-hosted · Runs locally
- Account
- Account requirement not verified
- Price signal
- Paid
- Evidence
- Partly confirmed
- Product record
Telerik Document Processing Libraries
Progress Software Corporation
- Platform and processing
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Runs locally
- Account
- Account requirement not verified
- Price signal
- Paid
- Evidence
- Confirmed
Offline or self-hosted
2 products
Paid products that run locally or can be self-hosted. Free and free-tier local products stay in their price tier above.
- Product record
Foxit PDF SDK
Foxit Software Incorporated
- Platform and processing
- Windows · macOS · Linux · iOS · Android · Web · Self-hosted · Runs locally
- Account
- Account requirement not verified
- Price signal
- Paid
- Evidence
- Confirmed
- Product record
IronPDF
Iron Software
- Platform and processing
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted · Runs locally
- Account
- No account needed
- Price signal
- From £740.96
- Evidence
- Confirmed
What this page counts
The inventory has 9 matching rows for this operation. 6 products have confirmed evidence and 2 have partly confirmed evidence; unresolved rows are excluded. A product appears only when the inventory names this exact operation. A vendor that bundles several conversions into one unspecified tool is not counted here.
The tiers describe commercial access at the record level. A free choice may still have usage limits, and an offline choice may require a paid licence. Check the linked product record before relying on a feature. The inventory was last checked 2026-10-23; the source and date for each product are on its record.
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