A RentRollToExcel Alternative with Verification and a Self-Serve API
RentRollToExcel.com (by Lido) is a solid tool for one-off conversions. If you also want deterministic verification on every document — or an API you can wire into your pipeline without an enterprise contract — here's how RentRollAPI compares.
3 documents/day free · no signup · documents never retained
Side-by-side
Based on each product's public website as of this writing. Verify current details on their site.
| RentRollAPI | RentRollToExcel (Lido) | |
|---|---|---|
| PDF / scan → Excel conversion | Yes | Yes |
| Deterministic verification report (totals reconciled vs. document) | Yes, on every document | Not advertised |
| Per-field confidence scores & flags | Yes | Not advertised |
| Self-serve REST API | Yes, from $49/mo | Enterprise plan only |
| JSON output (canonical schema) | Yes | Excel-centric |
| .NET SDK | Yes (NuGet) | Not advertised |
| Free trial | 3 docs/day, no signup | Trial available |
| Entry price | $1.50/doc or $49/mo (50 docs) | ~$29/mo |
| Document retention | Processed in memory, never stored | See their policy |
When RentRollToExcel is the better fit
- You convert a handful of rent rolls a month, only need Excel out, and lowest monthly price wins.
- You're already in Lido's spreadsheet-automation ecosystem.
When RentRollAPI is the better fit
- You need to trust the output without re-checking it. Every extraction recomputes totals from the extracted units and reconciles them against what the document states. Mismatches are flagged with per-field confidence — never silently guessed.
- You want an API without an enterprise sales call. POST a document, get JSON/Excel/CSV back — self-serve from $49/month, key issued instantly.
- Underwriting workflow, not just conversion. Canonical schema (unit, tenant, sqft, lease dates, rents, occupancy) that's identical across Yardi, RealPage, AppFolio, and scanned documents.
See the verification in action: upload any rent roll to the free demo and check the verification block — unit-count, total-rent, and square-footage reconciliation, duplicate detection, and lease-date sanity checks on every document. Methodology on the accuracy page.
Migrating is trivial
There's nothing to migrate — upload the same PDFs or Excel files. For automation, it's one HTTP call:
curl -X POST "https://rentrollapi.com/v1/extract?format=xlsx" \ -H "X-Api-Key: rr_live_your_key" \ -F "file=@rent-roll.pdf" -o clean.xlsx