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Comparison

Reducto vs Unstructured

On the evidence we track, Unstructured leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Reducto full profile →Unstructured full profile →
Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
Reducto61
★Unstructured75
Score
vioscaleAI score
Reducto61 / 100medium · 73%
Unstructured75 / 100medium · 53%
Pricing
Free tier
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
Model
Reductofreemium
Unstructuredfreemium
Price level
Reductolow
Unstructuredlow
Starting price
Reducto$7.50
Unstructured$0.01
Transparent
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
Integrations
Count
Reducto4
Unstructured40
Security
Certifications
Gdpr
Reducto–
Unstructured✓
Hipaa
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
Iso27001
Reducto–
Unstructured✓
Soc2
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Reducto99.9
Unstructured–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Reducto7 items
Unstructured7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ai data extraction agents. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Architecture model
ReductoManaged cloud API
UnstructuredManaged cloud API
PDF and multimodal image OCR parsing
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
Web scraping to markdown or json
Reducto-
Unstructured✓
Tabular layout preservation for complex tables
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
Strict json schema forcing and validation
Reducto✓
Unstructured✗
Fine tuned document layout analysis models
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
Native chunking and vectorization for rag
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
Javascript rendering for spa web scraping
Reducto-
Unstructured✗
Human in the loop hitl confidence review queue
Reducto✓
Unstructured✗
Zero data retention privacy guarantees
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
SOC2 type ii
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
Mit or apache permissive oss license
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
Pricing model
ReductoPay per page API
UnstructuredPay per page API

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Reducto

A document processing platform that converts PDFs, images, and other file formats into structured JSON using OCR and vision language models. Enables parsing, extraction, splitting, classification, and form filling through unified APIs designed for enterprise-grade accuracy.

Independently observed

Unstructured

Leader

A platform that processes PDFs, scans, images, and other document formats using AI to extract and organize their content into structured formats for language models. Offers open-source libraries and a metered-usage cloud API.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Reducto

from $7.50/pageUsage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing from $10 per 1,000 pages. $150 free credits. Custom pricing for Growth and Enterprise.

  • StandardFrom $10 per 1,000 pages. $150 free credits.
    • Parse API
    • Extract API
    • Edit API
    • Split API
    • 30+ supported file types
    • +6 more
  • GrowthContact sales
    • Everything in Standard
    • Volume discounts
    • Zero data retention agreement
    • Business Associate Agreement (BAA)
    • Premium rate limits and priority requests
    • +6 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Growth
    • VPC and on-premises deployments
    • Custom MSA, SLA, and rate limits
    • Custom processing pipelines
    • Dedicated on-call support
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Unstructured

Leader
from $0.01/pageHybridFree tier

$0.015/page. 10,000 free pages.

  • Usage-based$0.015/page after 10,000 free pages
    • OCR
    • Parsing
    • Partitioning
    • VLM enrichment
    • Chunking
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Reducto✓
Unstructured✓
Self-hosted
Reducto✓
Unstructured✗
On-premise
Reducto✓
Unstructured✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Cursor

Reducto

4 total - 3 not shared
  • AWS Marketplace
  • Claude
  • VS Code
Independently observed

Unstructured

Leader
45 total - 44 not shared
  • Airtable
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Google Drive
  • Jira
  • PostgreSQL
  • S3
  • Salesforce
  • SFTP
  • Slack
  • Snowflake
  • SQLite
  • Zendesk
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Astra DB
  • DuckDB
  • Elasticsearch
  • IBM Milvus
  • IBM watsonx.data
  • Weaviate
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Google Gemini
  • AWS Bedrock
  • +20 more
Independently observed
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