OCR PDF & Images
Extract text from scanned PDFs and images with pro-level OCR. Side-by-side preview, confidence highlighting, region selection, find & replace, table detection, and batch processing — features that cost $20/mo elsewhere. 100% free, 100% in your browser.
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Pro OCR tools that cost $20/mo elsewhere
Confidence highlighting, region selection, find & replace, table detection — features only found in Adobe Acrobat Pro. We offer them all for free.
Side-by-Side Preview
See your original document next to recognized text in real time. Scroll syncs between panels.
Confidence Highlighting
Low-confidence words are color-coded so you can spot and fix OCR errors instantly.
Region Selection
Draw boxes to OCR specific areas instead of entire pages. Perfect for extracting data from forms.
Find & Replace
Search OCR text for errors, replace one or all matches before downloading. Case-sensitive option.
Table Detection → CSV
Automatically detects tables in scanned documents and exports them as CSV files.
Batch Multi-File
Process multiple PDFs at once. Results for each file, download all as a ZIP archive.
The only private, pro-level OCR — for free
Every competitor uploads your files to their servers. Ours runs entirely in your browser. And we match or beat Adobe Acrobat Pro's feature set at no cost.
| Feature | SmallPDF | iLovePDF | PDF24 | Adobe | OCR.space | Ours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free & unlimited | ✗ Pro only | ✗ 10/day | ✓ | ✗ $20/mo | ✗ 1MB | ✓ |
| No account needed | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Files stay in browser | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| No ads or interruptions | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Side-by-side preview | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Pro | ✗ | ✓ |
| Confidence highlighting | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Pro | ✗ | ✓ |
| Region selection | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Pro | ✗ | ✓ |
| Edit text before download | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Pro | ✗ | ✓ |
| Find & replace | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Pro | ✗ | ✓ |
| Table detection → CSV | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ Partial | ✓ |
| Image preprocessing | ✗ | ✗ Minimal | ✓ | ✓ Pro | ✗ Basic | ✓ |
| Language auto-detect | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch multi-file | ✗ Pro | ✗ Premium | ✓ | ✓ Pro | ✗ | ✓ |
| Page range selection | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Pro | ✗ | ✓ |
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