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Document Parse vs Unstructured
Document Parse or Unstructured? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In short
- Both: API, Self-hosted
- Only Document Parse states: Spreadsheets
- Only Unstructured states: Connects to your data, Real-time data
Document Parse
Document Parse converts PDFs, scans, spreadsheets, slides, and emails into structured HTML or Markdown for AI pipelines.
Plans
Document Parse — Standard
- 0.01 Page
- Converts complex documents into structured, LLM-ready formats
Document Parse — Enhanced
- 0.03 Page
- Converts complex documents into structured, LLM-ready formats
Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Spreadsheets — “Input PDFs, scanned images, spreadsheets, and slides including text, tables, charts, and handwritten elements.” source
- API — “REST API” source
- Self-hosted — “Run inside your own infrastructure” source
Latest updates
- Introducing Document Parse: Enhanced mode
Document Parse now supports three processing modes: Standard, Enhanced, and Auto.
Unstructured
Unstructured turns complex documents and other files into structured data for search, RAG, analytics, and AI agents.
Plans
Free
Free
- 10,000 free pages to start
- No card required
- All features included
Pay-As-You-Go
- $0.015 / page
- 10,000 free pages when your account starts
- $0.015 per page after the first 10,000 pages
- All features included
Business
Price on request
- Multi-user accounts
- All features
- Dedicated Instance, VPC or Multi-Tenant SaaS
- Pricing tailored to your needs
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Connects to your data — “With 30+ built-in connectors, Unstructured pulls content from your systems of record and business applications—no custom code required.” source
- Real-time data — “All your data — the messiest, the most difficult, the real-time — transformed with human-level accuracy.” source
- API — “Use API for full programmatic control.” source
- Self-hosted — “Unstructured fits your infrastructure—not the other way around. Choose fully managed SaaS, hybrid deployments, VPC installs, or even bare metal.” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “SOC 2 Type 2” source
- SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Type 2” source
- ISO 27001 — “ISO/IEC 27001:2022” source
Latest updates
- 0.27.0 (0.27.0)
Enabled telemetry by default, added partition runtime telemetry, and fixed PDF decoding, HTML merging, and charset detection.
- 0.25.0 (0.25.0)
partition_json() and partition_ndjson() now handle any valid JSON or NDJSON payload, returning non-Unstructured payloads as Text elements.
- 0.24.0 (0.24.0)
The v2 HTML parser now derives category_depth from heading level; URL fetching uses host validation and default timeouts.