Get contracts and finance spreadsheets into text your review tools can read
Back-office teams receive contracts as PDF and Word and figures as Excel. Leafmelt turns them into Markdown so you can search them, compare versions with a diff tool or hand them to an AI assistant, with tables kept. Documents are converted in memory and never stored.
How legal and finance back office (information only) teams use Leafmelt
- Send the contract PDF or .docx and the related .xlsx in one call (up to 5 documents).
- Read the Markdown: clauses keep their headings and each Excel sheet comes back as its own table.
- Diff two Markdown versions of a contract to see changed clauses, or pass the text to your review tool.
- Scanned contracts without a text layer come back flagged emptyText; run OCR on those first.
Leafmelt only converts file formats; it does not interpret documents. It is information tooling, not legal or financial advice.
Live calls to the Leafmelt API, 27 Sep 2026: 3 sample files plus 2 public documents
| Document | Format | Size | Characters | ≈ Tokens | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| quarterly-report.pdf | 2.5 KB | 520 | 130 | 0.5 s | table + headings | |
| meeting-notes.docx | Word | 37 KB | 467 | 117 | 0.6 s | Markdown table kept |
| orders.xlsx | Excel | 5.5 KB | 430 | 108 | 0.5 s | one table per sheet |
| arXiv 1706.03762 (15 pages) | 2.2 MB | 39,413 | 9,854 | 1.8 s | full paper, not cut | |
| IRS Form W-9 (XFA form) | 141 KB | 85 | 22 | 0.8 s | emptyText: no text layer |
Source: products/leafmelt/store/listing.json (sample table from live API calls on 27 Sep 2026; the three sample files are fictional and served at leafmelt.cybermaxtools.com/samples/).
FAQ
Is it safe for confidential files?
Documents are converted in memory and not stored. If a file must never leave your network, run a local converter instead.
Why not a paid document AI?
Use one when you need field extraction or OCR on scans. For text-based PDFs, Word and Excel, Leafmelt costs $5 for 750 calls or $19/month.
Leafmelt: full guide with prices and alternatives · All use cases · Store