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Valid8 Financial pricing, and an alternative for getting statements into Excel

Valid8 Financial is forensic accounting software: it extracts, verifies, and analyzes bank records, matches transfers and checks, and builds flow-of-funds reports that tie every transaction back to its source. It is sold through a demo to accounting firms, law firms, and government agencies. pdf2text does only the first step: upload a statement, check every row beside the page, and download Excel or CSV for your own analysis. For an investigation that needs verified evidence, Valid8 is the better choice.

In short

  • Published prices: $29 a month for 400 pages, or $3 once per document of up to 5 pages, $9 up to 25. Valid8 publishes no price and starts with a demo; its agreement bills fees in advance for each order term.
  • For one practitioner: Valid8 says it has no solution for individual use. pdf2text works for one person with one statement.
  • Stay with Valid8 for transfer matching, check images, flow-of-funds reports, and evidence tied back to the source documents.

Try it on one of your statements

Get Excel or CSV back, and check every row beside the original page.

Page 1 free, no sign-up. Pay once from $3 a document, or $29 a month for 400 pages.

Why people look for a Valid8 alternative

Working on your own

Valid8 says it is designed for professionals at accounting firms, law firms, and government agencies, with no solution for individual use. pdf2text works for a solo practitioner, with no demo or order to sign.

Only the transactions

If you do the analysis yourself in Excel, you need the statement's rows, not a tracing platform. pdf2text reads the statement and shows every row beside its page with a balance check.

A price before a demo

Valid8's pages ask you to book a demo, with no price list. pdf2text lists its prices, and the first page of any statement is free.

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pdf2text and Valid8 at a glance

Feature pdf2text Valid8
What it does Turns statements into rows you check, then download as Excel, CSV, or JSON Extracts, verifies, analyzes, and visualizes financial data for investigations
How you pay By page count: $3 once per document of up to 5 pages, $9 up to 25, or $19 a month for 150 pages No published price: a demo first, then fees paid in advance for the order term
Who it's for Anyone, from one statement to a firm's monthly volume Accounting firms, law firms, and government agencies; no solution for individual use
Documents Bank statements, invoices, receipts, and any PDF, scan, or photo to text or Word Bank, credit card, and brokerage statements, check images, deposit slips, and transaction lists, low-quality scans included
What you get Rows with a balance check, then Excel, CSV, QBO, OFX, QuickBooks CSV, or Xero CSV Excel exports, and an indexed PDF report of the flow of funds that ties every transaction to its source
Checking results Every row beside the original page, with balance checks Every statement balance checked, and missing periods or accounts flagged
Matching and tracing Not offered Transfer Match pairs debits and credits between accounts; check images are attached to their transactions
Turnaround Read while you wait, with every row beside its page Most engagements get reconciled, source-verified data in under 24 hours, it says

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Pricing

What you would pay

Valid8 doesn't publish prices: its pages offer a demo, and its master services agreement bills a prepaid recurring fee for a set volume in each order term, with overage at an agreed rate. So there is no Valid8 total here.

Option pdf2text Valid8
Free The first page of each document free with no credit card, and 5 free pages every week with a free account, one per document A free 30-minute demo; pilots are set up under an order
One statement, once $3 once per document of up to 5 pages, $9 up to 25 Not offered: no solution for individual use
Monthly $19 a month for 150 pages, $29 a month for 400 pages, or $79 a month for 1,500 pages A prepaid recurring fee for a set volume, paid in advance; unused volume doesn't roll over

Valid8 prices and features are from its own website, checked on October 20, 2026. They may have changed since. Sources: Valid8 home page, Valid8 about, Valid8 forensic investigations, Valid8 Transfer Match, Valid8 Financial Activity Report, Valid8: who it is for, Valid8 demo request, Valid8 security and compliance, Valid8 master services agreement. See pdf2text pricing

Choose pdf2text if

  • You work alone or in a small practice and need statements in Excel to analyze yourself.
  • You want a published price, without a demo or an order to sign.
  • You have a few statements and want to pay once for each.
  • You want each row checked beside the original page before you export.

Stay with Valid8 if

  • You need transfers between accounts matched, and money traced across accounts and entities.
  • You need check images and deposit slips read and tied to transactions.
  • You need reports for court that tie every transaction back to its source document.
  • You work across many accounts, with missing statement periods flagged for you.
  • Your firm or agency asks for SOC 2 Type II or HIPAA, which Valid8 states it has.

How to get a statement into Excel with pdf2text

  1. Upload a bank statement PDF, scan, or photo below. Its first page is free, with no credit card.

  2. Check the dates, descriptions, amounts, and balances beside the original page.

  3. Download Excel or CSV, a QBO or OFX file, or the QuickBooks or Xero CSV, and import it as you do today.

  4. Nothing to migrate: each statement converts on its own, so you can keep Valid8 for the investigations that need its tracing.

Page 1 free, no sign-up. Pay once from $3 a document, or $29 a month for 400 pages.

A bank statement page read into a spreadsheet, with a check mark on every row and on the totals

FAQ

Common questions

How much does Valid8 cost?
Valid8 doesn't publish prices. Its pages offer a free 30-minute demo, and its master services agreement bills fees in advance for each order term. pdf2text is $19 a month for 150 pages, and a document of up to 25 pages costs at most $9, paid once.
Can pdf2text replace Valid8 for a forensic investigation?
Not on its own. pdf2text turns statements into rows you check and download. It doesn't match transfers, read checks and deposit slips, or build reports that tie every transaction back to its source; Valid8 does. pdf2text fits when you only need the transactions in Excel for your own analysis.
Can one person use Valid8?
Valid8 says it is designed for professionals at accounting firms, law firms, and government agencies, and has no solution for individual use at this time. pdf2text works for one person, with no demo.
Does pdf2text check that a statement adds up?
Yes. It checks a statement's balances and shows every row beside the original page, so you can fix a cell before you export. Valid8 also checks every statement's balances, and flags missing periods across accounts.

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