Converter
PDF to Markdown Converter
Turn reports, papers, manuals, and contracts into clean Markdown built for LLMs and RAG — not a flattened text dump.
- Free, no sign-up
- Clean Markdown output
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The problem
Why copy-paste fails
Reading order breaks
Multi-column PDFs interleave columns, headers, and footnotes, so the text a model reads no longer matches the page.
Tables flatten
Copy-paste collapses tables into loose runs of numbers and drops the heading hierarchy.
Scans carry no text
Image-only pages have no text layer until they pass through OCR (an enhancement on the roadmap).
How it works
Format notes
Reading order reconstruction
Multi-column layouts are reordered left-to-right, top-to-bottom so the Markdown reads as a logical document rather than interleaved column fragments.
Tables and headings
Heading levels and tabular data are preserved where the PDF exposes structural metadata; flat-text PDFs produce flat-text output.
Scanned and image-only PDFs
PDFs without a text layer (scanned pages, image inserts) require OCR to extract content; higher-accuracy OCR is on the enhancement roadmap.
Password-protected files
Encrypted PDFs cannot be parsed; remove the password before uploading.
Example output
# Quarterly Report ## Revenue | Quarter | Revenue | | --- | --- | | Q1 | $1.2M | | Q2 | $1.6M |
Common questions
Is it free?
Yes. Converting a PDF in the browser is free with no sign-up. Downloading the .md file and saving history require a free account.
What is the maximum file size?
The free converter accepts PDF files up to 10 MB. Larger files are supported on paid plans.
Does it handle scanned PDFs?
Image-based PDFs are supported through the parsing pipeline; higher-accuracy OCR is on the roadmap for better fidelity on scanned pages.
Are multi-column layouts handled?
Yes. The parser reconstructs reading order so multi-column text flows as a single readable document rather than interleaved column fragments.
Will tables be preserved?
Tables in PDFs that carry structural metadata are converted to Markdown tables. Flattened-image tables require OCR to recover.
Can I convert password-protected PDFs?
No. Encrypted PDFs cannot be parsed. Remove the password before uploading.
Is the output good for RAG?
Yes. The Markdown preserves headings, lists, and tables where possible so chunking and embedding stay predictable.
Is there a developer API?
Yes. You can convert PDFs programmatically via the REST API. See /developers for documentation and API keys.
Turn a document into Markdown
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