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PDF Probe vs Sejda: Narrow Table-to-Excel vs a Full PDF Suite

These two tools overlap on exactly one job — getting tables out of a PDF — and differ on everything else. Sejda is a broad PDF suite with 30+ tools: editing, forms, signing, compression, merging, splitting, protection and OCR, sold as subscriptions with a one-time week pass. PDF Probe is a narrow tool: PDF tables and bank statements to clean Excel, including scanned pages with OCR, sold as one-time page packs. If you only need tables to Excel, the suite is more tool than the job; if you need to edit or sign PDFs, the narrow tool cannot help at all.

By Clioos 团队 · Facts checked 2 November 2026 from Sejda pricing coverage (multiple independent checks of sejda.com/upgrade, October 2026) and clioos.com/pdf/ · Prices change; check the vendor's site before buying.

At a glance

PDF Probe: first 10 pages free, no account, no email required. Then one-time page packs: $9 for 100 pages, $29 for 500, $79 for 2,000 — never expire, no subscription. Tables and bank statements to Excel, including scanned pages with OCR. Uploaded files are deleted within one hour. Accuracy is published with its limits: 100% of cells on 20 synthetic bank statements (211 transactions, 4 layouts), explicitly a synthetic-sample test, not real-user accuracy.
Sejda: free web use at 3 tasks per hour, files up to 200 pages or 50 MB, OCR up to 10 pages per task, no signup. Paid plans: Web Week Pass $5 one-time for 7 days of Sejda Web (does not auto-renew); Web Monthly $7.50 per month; Desktop + Web Annual $63 per year. Paid plans lift uploads to 500 MB, OCR to 100 pages, and remove task limits, with batch processing. Web files are deleted after about 2 hours; the Desktop app processes files locally, with its own free allowance of 3 tasks per day (a Desktop Week Pass is $7.95).
The real difference is scope, not price. Sejda converts PDF to Excel too — that is one of its 30+ tools. PDF Probe's difference is not the existence of conversion; it is bank-statement tuning, a published accuracy test with stated limits, and one-time pricing instead of a subscription.

Side by side

Scope: PDF Probe converts PDF tables and bank statements to Excel, nothing else. Sejda edits text, fills and signs forms, compresses, merges, splits, protects, converts to Office and image formats, and runs OCR.
Free tier: PDF Probe gives 10 pages free with no account or email. Sejda gives 3 tasks per hour on the web (3 per day on Desktop), capped at 200 pages or 50 MB per file.
Paid model: PDF Probe sells one-time page packs that never expire. Sejda sells time-based access: a $5 week pass, $7.50 a month, or $63 a year — plus a $7.95 Desktop week pass.
File handling: PDF Probe deletes uploads within one hour. Sejda Web deletes uploads after about 2 hours; Sejda Desktop never uploads at all.
Bank statements: PDF Probe is tuned for them, with a published synthetic-sample accuracy test. Sejda treats statements as ordinary PDFs; it publishes no statement-specific accuracy figure.
Editing: Sejda edits existing PDF text, forms and signatures. PDF Probe does not edit PDFs in any way.

When PDF Probe is the better fit

When the job is only tables to Excel — especially bank statements — and you want to pay once per page pack rather than rent access by the month. The 10 free pages cover a first statement with no account, and the one-hour deletion window suits sensitive financial files. It is also the honest choice when you want an accuracy figure with its limits printed next to it rather than a general claim.

When Sejda is the better fit

When the job is broader than conversion: editing a contract, filling a form, signing, compressing, merging or splitting. The $5 week pass is unusually flexible for a heavy week — full web access for 7 days, then it simply stops, with no auto-renewal to cancel. The Desktop app is the right call for confidential files that should never be uploaded.

What neither tool does

Neither replaces a human review of financial data. PDF Probe's published accuracy is measured on clean, single-page synthetic statements in known layouts; accuracy on unknown layouts or phone photos is unmeasured. Sejda publishes no extraction-accuracy figure at all, so its table output should be checked the same way. Neither tool is an accounting product: both hand you a spreadsheet, and what the numbers mean is still your job.

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper for a one-off 100 pages?
PDF Probe charges $9 one-time for 100 pages, and the pages never expire. Sejda's $5 week pass covers unlimited web tasks for 7 days, which is cheaper for a single heavy week — but the access ends after 7 days, while PDF Probe's pages do not. For occasional pages spread over months, the one-time pack is cheaper; for one intense week, the week pass is.

Does Sejda convert PDF tables to Excel?
Yes — PDF to Excel is one of its tools. PDF Probe's edge is not that conversion exists; it is statement-specific tuning, a published accuracy test with stated limits, and one-time pricing.

Do either of these keep my files?
PDF Probe deletes uploads within one hour. Sejda Web deletes uploads after about 2 hours. Sejda Desktop processes files on your own computer and uploads nothing.

Do I need an account?
PDF Probe's free 10 pages need no account and no email. Sejda's free web tier needs no signup either, per its pricing coverage.

PDF Probe is a Clioos product. This page compares it with Sejda using only published information; Sejda is an independent product by a different company, and its prices and features may have changed since this page was checked.