I need a PDF parser that respects table cell structures and does not just dump raw text.
Reviewed by Dimitry Apollonsky · LlamaParse and Docling sit nearly even in recommendations for parsing structured tables from PDF files. Camelot is the usual answer when buyers specifically demand a tool that preserves table cell boundaries.
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Camelot is the usual answer for extracting PDF tables while preserving individual cell boundaries. Answers also suggest PDFPlumber and LlamaParse as alternatives to simple raw text dumps.
