Document parsing and OCR for AI agents
2 APIs compared on price, free tier, MCP support and real usage. Prices from the vendors' pricing pages, checked Oct 9, 2026.
| API | Free | Price | SDK downloads / wk | GitHub stars | MCP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contextual AI Platform for building AI agents that retrieve documents and generate grounded responses. |
$25 in free credits | Free plan then Parse: $3/$40 per 1,000 pages; Rerank: $0.02-$0.05 per... |
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| Unstructured Processes documents into structured data for GenAI applications. |
10,000 free pages | $15 / 1k requests · free tier | — | — |
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