Choose Table Capture when your data is already an HTML table and you want it on the clipboard or in Google Sheets fast, or when you need multi-page tables and tables that load as you scroll today (Pro). Choose Pulse Extractor when the rows are cards or listings, when the table is a picture, or when you also need Word, PowerPoint or a capture of the page.
Side by side
The Table Capture column restates what Table Capture publishes about itself; each statement links to its source. The Pulse column describes Pulse Extractor 0.5.8, the current Chrome Web Store release.
| Table Capture | Pulse Extractor | |
|---|---|---|
| What it reads | HTML tables, plus div-based tables and repeating items[1][2] | Extract Page turns tables, card grids and listings on the page into a real Excel workbook, CSV or JSON. Open the page and click Extract Page. No selectors, recipes or robots to build; repeated items are detected whether or not they are a table |
| Free version | Clipboard, Google Sheets and batch export, up to 250 rows per export[2] | Free plan: 20 Page Extractions and 10 Professional Exports a month; copying a result never counts |
| Excel and CSV files | Direct Excel and CSV download is a Pro feature (annual subscription)[3] | A genuine .xlsx workbook with typed cells (several worksheets where the page has several tables), plus CSV and JSON from the same result |
| Long tables | Pro captures multi-page tables and tables that load as you scroll[3] | One page at a time, when you click. Pulse does not follow next-page buttons, crawl a site or run on a schedule. Extract Page reads the rows a page has drawn; large tables that load as you scroll come out in full with the large-table export (Live in 0.5.8) |
| Tables in images and PDFs | Pro exports tables from PDF files; text recognition from images is not described[3][4] | Smart Snip reads text and tables inside images, on your own computer, in English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian, with Arabic and Traditional Chinese in Beta; it also opens PNG, JPEG, WebP and PDF files from your computer |
| Other outputs | Pro: PNG screenshots of tables, Markdown, Office 365; Cloud: live Google Sheets sync[3][5] | Editable Word and PowerPoint replicas with real tables, from a snip or a whole result. Capture Full Page saves the whole page as one high-resolution PNG or a multi-page PDF (Live in 0.5.8) |
What Table Capture says it does
People who regularly copy HTML tables from websites into Excel, Google Sheets or Office 365.
- Copies HTML tables to the clipboard or exports them to Excel, CSV, Google Sheets or Office 365.[1]
- Its free version exports up to 250 rows and can capture div-based tables and repeating items.[2]
- Its Pro version (annual subscription) adds direct Excel and CSV download, multi-page tables, tables that load as you scroll, PNG screenshots of tables and PDF table export.[3]
- A Cloud subscription adds real-time sync to Google Sheets and AI-based column parsing.[5]
- Listed on the Chrome Web Store at version 11.0.44, updated 28 September 2026, with about 200,000 users.[6]
- Does not describe text recognition from images or Word and PowerPoint export.[4]
Choose Table Capture when
- Your data is already an HTML table and you want it on the clipboard or in Google Sheets in one step
- You need tables that span several pages or load as you scroll, today (a Pro feature)
- You want to export tables from PDF files as well
Choose Pulse Extractor when
- The rows are cards, listings or search results rather than a table, and you want them as a typed .xlsx
- The table exists only as a picture and has to be read with text recognition
- You also want Word, PowerPoint, a PDF report or a full-page capture from the same page
See what Pulse produced on real public pages, with the original files, in the Proof Lab.
Using both
For a spreadsheet user who copies clean HTML tables every day, a dedicated table tool is hard to beat. Pulse earns its place on the pages a table tool does not handle well: card layouts, pictures of tables, and results that need to become a document rather than a sheet.
How this comparison was made
We read Table Capture's own public pages and store listing on and restated only what they say, in our own words, with a link to each source. We did not test Table Capture, so its column reports its claims, not our measurements. Products change: check the sources before you decide, and tell us if something here is out of date.
Table Capture (George Mike) is a trademark of its owner. Pulse Extractor is a separate product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Table Capture.
Questions
Is this the same Table Capture as tablecapture.co?
No. This page compares the Chrome Web Store extension "Table Capture" published by George Mike. Table Capture & Extractor at tablecapture.co is a separate product.
Does Pulse follow multi-page tables?
Not in the current release: Pulse works on the page you are viewing. Table Capture lists multi-page capture as a Pro feature.
Can Pulse read a table that is only an image?
Yes. Smart Snip recognises the table in the selected pixels on your computer and rebuilds rows and columns for Excel, CSV or JSON, in English and several other languages.
Sources
- Table Capture: Chrome Web Store listing, checked
- Table Capture: Chrome Web Store listing, checked
- Table Capture: Chrome Web Store listing, checked
- Table Capture: Chrome Web Store listing, checked
- Table Capture: Chrome Web Store listing, checked
- Table Capture: Chrome Web Store listing, checked