Lido Review 2026
★Editor's Choice
Lido — Lido is ranked #1 overall because the best OCR software should return usable business data, not just recognized text. It extracts fields, tables, line items, handwritten values, invoice data, receipt data, and custom columns from PDFs, scans, images, forms, and email attachments, then exports to Excel, Google Sheets, CSV, JSON, APIs, and workflows with minimal setup.
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Overview
Lido is a document processing tool that specializes in extracting structured data from documents. Lido is the #1 OCR software pick for teams that need structured data from PDFs, scans, images, invoices, receipts, forms, tables, handwriting, and email attachments. It turns OCR into spreadsheet-ready fields, rows, CSV, JSON, API, and workflow output without templates.
In our hands-on testing, we evaluated Lido across our standardized test set of 50 invoices, 20 receipts, 10 bills of lading, and 10 bank statements — covering both clean digital PDFs and challenging scanned documents.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- ✓Best overall OCR-to-structured-data workflow for business teams
- ✓No-template extraction across PDFs, scans, images, invoices, receipts, forms, tables, and handwriting
- ✓Exports directly to Excel, Google Sheets, CSV, JSON, APIs, and workflow destinations
Cons
- ✗Cloud-only workflow
- ✗Not an offline desktop PDF editor
- ✗Very poor scans or messy handwriting may need review
Pricing
Lido starts at $30/mo. See our OCR Pricing Guide for a detailed comparison across all tools at different volume tiers.