PDF to Excel for Bookkeepers

Built for bookkeepers running monthly close for 10, 30, or 100 clients. Convert bank statements, credit card statements, vendor invoices, and receipts into QuickBooks-ready CSVs in batch — without typing a single transaction by hand.

Try it on a client — free

Monthly close is mostly retyping documents

Every month it's the same loop. Pull statements from each client's portal, download credit card bills, sort vendor invoices from the inbox, scan receipts the client handed you in a shoebox. Then type all of it into QuickBooks transaction by transaction. A bookkeeper running 30 small-business clients can spend a full week of every month just doing data entry — before any actual reconciliation happens.

Bank-feed connectors only cover the big banks; community banks and credit unions don't always sync. Receipt apps charge per-receipt at scale. Generic OCR tools dump messy text that you still have to clean and column-map. The specialty AP tools demand template setup per vendor — fine for the 5 vendors a client uses weekly, useless for the 80+ vendors they touch a few times a year.

One workflow, every document type, every client

Drop in any PDF — bank statements, credit card statements, vendor invoices, receipts, pay stubs — and get a CSV pre-formatted for QuickBooks Online's bank feed or bill import. No template setup per vendor. No quality slider for OCR. No column mapping wizard. Same upload, same workflow, every client.

Run a whole client's monthly batch as a single ZIP and get back one workbook with each document on its own tab — or each transaction as its own row across documents. Drop into QuickBooks via PDF import, Xero, FreshBooks, or any system that accepts CSV. Most monthly closes that used to take 5–6 hours per client drop to 30–60 minutes.

Fields you can pull

  • Client Name (added per upload)
  • Document Type
  • Transaction Date
  • Description / Vendor
  • Amount
  • Account / Category
  • Reconciliation Status
  • Notes

Trained on the actual documents bookkeepers handle every month — not generic 'PDFs.' The model knows the difference between a Chase ACH credit and a Stripe deposit, and that 'NSF FEE' belongs in a service-charge category, not a vendor row.

Why solo and small-firm bookkeepers pick PDFExcel

Most bookkeeping-adjacent tools either need an enterprise rollout or charge per-document at small-firm volume. PDFExcel is one upload, free to start, with the right CSV schema waiting at the end.

  • Knows the bookkeeper's stack. Bank statements, credit cards, vendor invoices, receipts, pay stubs, 1099s — all in one tool, no template setup per document or per vendor.
  • Free to start, no credit card. 10 documents free every month, forever. Plans from $69/month for 50 documents — most solo practices fit Starter, growing firms fit Pro.
  • No demos, no rollouts, no installs. Sign in with Google or Microsoft and convert your first client's monthly batch in under a minute. No vendor onboarding, no IT ticket, no QuickBooks app to install.
  • Files deleted after processing. Client documents are processed in memory and deleted immediately. Never stored, never shared, never used to train AI. SOC 2 controls in progress.

How it works

  1. Upload a client's monthly batch. Drop in the month's bank statements, credit card statements, vendor invoices, receipts as one ZIP. Up to 20 MB per file.
  2. Pick your QuickBooks columns. Date / Description / Amount for bank-feed import, or vendor + bill # + amount for bill import. Add Class or Customer for client-specific tracking.
  3. Import into QuickBooks. Drop the CSV into Banking → File Upload or Expenses → Bills. Reconcile inside QBO. Repeat for the next client.

What a client month looks like in Excel

One row per transaction across every document type. Pivot by Document Type to reconcile bank vs card vs vendor; pivot by Account for the trial-balance prep.

# Doc Type Date Description Debit Credit Account
1 Bank Statement 03/03/2025 ACH CREDIT — STRIPE PAYMENTS $4,210.00 Sales
2 Bank Statement 03/05/2025 CHECK #1432 — Smithson HVAC $1,875.00 Repairs
3 Card Statement 03/06/2025 AMZN MKTP US*A12B3CD45 $148.92 Office Supply
4 Vendor Invoice 03/10/2025 Northbridge Logistics — INV-441 $2,890.00 COGS
5 Receipt 03/14/2025 Whole Foods Market #225 $57.07 Meals

Built for every shape of bookkeeping practice

Solo bookkeepers, partner-led 3-5 person firms, mid-size 10-30 person practices, fractional CFO firms running outsourced books for VC-backed startups.

A solo bookkeeper with 12 clients

Closes 12 small-business clients each month. Batch upload per client, export to QuickBooks-ready CSV, import. Monthly close drops from 5 days to 1.5 days, freeing up time for advisory work.

A 5-person small-firm partner

Each bookkeeper runs 8-10 clients. Standardizes the team on PDFExcel for first-pass data entry. New hires onboard in days instead of weeks because there's no template configuration to learn.

A fractional CFO firm

Runs outsourced books for 25 SaaS startups on QuickBooks Online. Most are on Mercury or community banks without QBO direct feeds. Monthly statement → CSV → QBO import takes 5 minutes per client instead of 45.

Pricing

  • Free — 10 documents / month, no credit card
  • Starter $69/mo — 50 documents, $1.50 per extra
  • Pro $199/mo — 200 documents, $0.99 per extra
  • Business $699/mo — 1,000 documents, $0.59 per extra

Frequently asked questions

Is this really free?

10 documents per month, free, forever. Most solo bookkeepers running 1-2 client closes can stay on the free tier. Plans from $69/month for 50 documents (Starter), $199 for 200 (Pro), $699 for 1,000 (Business). Cancel any time.

Does it integrate with QuickBooks Online directly?

We export CSVs that QuickBooks Online imports natively via Banking → File Upload (for transactions) or Expenses → Bills (for AP). The dedicated QuickBooks PDF import flow pre-formats CSVs to QBO's exact schema so you skip column mapping. Same approach works for Xero and FreshBooks.

Can I keep client data separated?

Yes — each upload is its own session. We don't co-mingle client documents, and files are deleted from our servers immediately after extraction. For organized workflow, we recommend uploading one client at a time and naming exports per client.

What about the long tail of vendor formats?

PDFExcel reads any vendor format on the first try — no template setup. The 200+ vendors a client touches a few times a year work the same as the top 5 they use weekly. That's the biggest workflow improvement vs template-based AP tools.

Is client data handled securely?

Yes. Files are encrypted in transit, processed in memory, and permanently deleted as soon as extraction completes. Never stored, never shared with third parties, never used to train AI models. SOC 2 controls in progress.

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