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Turn PDFs into clean, structured spreadsheets

Upload PDFs and Lido pulls structured data into clean rows. Invoices, forms, reports. Any layout, any format.

  • Template-free extraction. Lido reads any PDF layout without zones, training, or per-document setup.
  • Handles scans and handwriting. Built-in OCR processes image-based PDFs, faxes, and photos alongside native files.
  • Your schema, your columns. Define the fields once and every document maps to the same output format.
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How PDF-to-spreadsheet extraction works in Lido

1

Upload or connect your source

Drop PDFs, connect a watched folder, or link an email inbox or cloud drive. New files are queued automatically.

2

AI reads and extracts

Lido identifies headers, line items, tables, and totals, then maps each field to your output schema. No templates to maintain.

3

Download clean spreadsheet data

Output lands in Excel or CSV with your defined columns. Rows are clean, values are typed, and data is ready for your ERP or database.

Try it free

See this workflow run on your documents

Upload a batch and get structured output in minutes.

Why copy-paste extraction breaks at scale

The manual data entry trap

  • One invoice takes two minutes to key in manually—hundreds take all day.
  • Every keystroke risks a typo with no automatic audit trail.
  • Volume doubles and you hire more clerks or fall further behind.

Lido runs the extraction for you

  • Define your output schema once and reuse it on every future batch.
  • Extraction handles scanned, native, and handwritten PDFs automatically.
  • Your team reviews structured spreadsheet output instead of keying data.

Lido vs manual extraction and free tools

FeatureLidoManual / Free tools
Batch-extract from hundreds of PDFs at once
Reads scanned and image-based PDFs (OCR)
Handles any document layout without templates
Confidence scores and mismatch flagging
Output maps to your custom schema
Open a PDF and read the data yourself
Core workflow

Extraction that runs while you sleep

Set up your schema once. Lido extracts from every new document that arrives, around the clock, without anyone touching it.

Common use cases

Accounts Payable

Extract invoice line items into your ERP

Extract vendor name, invoice number, amounts, and line items from every vendor PDF directly into your ERP or approval queue.

Healthcare

Extract EOB remittance data to Excel

Extract CPT codes, allowed amounts, and patient responsibility from EOB PDFs. One run covers hundreds of payers and layouts.

Logistics

Convert shipping documents to structured data

Extract shipper, consignee, weight, and reference numbers from bills of lading and packing lists into your TMS or spreadsheet.

Finance

Pull bank statement transactions to reconciliation sheets

Convert PDF bank statements—any bank, any format—into transaction rows with date, description, debit, and credit columns.

Stop extracting data by hand

Try Lido free. Upload a batch of PDFs and get a clean spreadsheet in minutes.