Capability
Document parsing
Document parsing: 17 AI tools in this graph can do it, including RAGFlow, MinerU, PaddleOCR, MarkItDown and PDF Skill.
Turn PDFs, scans and office files into clean text, tables and structured data.
Takes in Document · Image → Gives out Text · Data
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Tools that do it · 17
| Tool | How well | Pricing | Open source | How you run it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAGFlowProduct | main job * | Open source, free | Yes | Self-host · API · Web |
| MinerUFramework | main job * | Yes | Terminal · Runs offline · API · Self-host | |
| PaddleOCRFramework | main job * | Yes | Self-host · Runs offline · Terminal · API | |
| MarkItDownFramework | main job * | Yes | Terminal · Runs offline · Self-host | |
| PDF SkillSkill | main job * | API | ||
| DoclingFramework | main job * | Yes | Self-host · Runs offline · Terminal · API | |
| MarkerFramework | main job * | Yes | Self-host · Runs offline · Terminal · API | |
| UnstructuredFramework | main job * | Yes | Self-host · API · Terminal | |
| SuryaFramework | main job * | Yes | Self-host · Runs offline · API | |
| LlamaIndexFramework | supported * | Yes | API · Self-host · Runs offline | |
| FirecrawlProduct | supported * | Open source, free | Yes | API · Self-host · Terminal |
| Firecrawl MCP ServerMCP server | supported * | Yes | API · Self-host · Terminal | |
| PrivateGPTFramework | supported * | Yes | Self-host · API · Runs offline | |
| FastGPTProduct | supported * | Open source, free | Yes | Web · Self-host · API |
| kotaemonProduct | supported * | Open source, free | Yes | Web · Self-host · Runs offline |
| QAnythingProduct | supported * | Open source, free | Yes | Self-host · Runs offline · API |
| Jina ReaderProduct | supported * | Open source, free | Yes | API · Self-host |
* proposed by a machine, awaiting calibration
Questions
What is Document parsing?
Turn PDFs, scans and office files into clean text, tables and structured data. Document parsing: 17 AI tools in this graph can do it, including RAGFlow, MinerU, PaddleOCR, MarkItDown and PDF Skill.
Which tools are built for “Document parsing”?
RAGFlow, MinerU, PaddleOCR, MarkItDown, PDF Skill, Docling, Marker and Unstructured.
Are there free tools for “Document parsing”?
RAGFlow, MinerU, PaddleOCR, MarkItDown, Docling, Marker, Unstructured and Surya.
Which open-source tools can do “Document parsing”?
RAGFlow, MinerU, PaddleOCR, MarkItDown, Docling, Marker, Unstructured and Surya.
Which tools for “Document parsing” run offline?
MinerU, PaddleOCR, MarkItDown, Docling, Marker, Surya, LlamaIndex and PrivateGPT.