BetterThanPDFA CSV is easier to sort, filter, reconcile, and import into a spreadsheet than a fixed-layout statement PDF. The key is knowing whether the statement contains extractable text and reviewing the result before relying on it.
Open free PDF to CSV tool →Try selecting a transaction description or amount in the PDF. If the text can be selected, the document is more likely to work with a text/table extractor. A photographed or scanned statement is usually image-only and generally needs OCR first.
Open the PDF to CSV tool, choose the statement, and inspect the detected rows before download. Compare dates, transaction signs, decimal places, descriptions, balances, and totals with the original. Merged cells and multi-line descriptions can shift data into the wrong column.
Bank and card statements can contain account information and transaction history. BetterThanPDF performs supported extraction in the browser instead of uploading the document to BetterThanPDF servers. That does not remove the need to protect the downloaded CSV afterward.
No parser can guarantee that every statement layout will extract perfectly. This tool does not perform OCR on scanned pages and should not be used as an unquestioned source for accounting, tax, or financial decisions.
Before using the CSV in bookkeeping software, save an untouched copy of the downloaded file and compare a sample of transactions from the beginning, middle, and end of the statement. Pay special attention to credits, reversals, fees, and transactions whose descriptions wrap onto a second line. If the statement includes opening and closing balances, reconcile those values before treating the extracted table as complete.
No. Statement layouts differ. Text-based, consistently aligned tables are the best candidates.
Yes. Open or import the CSV in Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets, or another spreadsheet program, then check column formatting.
The supported extraction operation runs on your device; BetterThanPDF does not receive the PDF contents.