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Docparser pricing plans and what each document really costs

Prices checked November 2026

A buyer's breakdown for US teams who parse invoices, purchase orders, statements and forms and want to know the monthly bill before they build.

Docparser costs $39 a month for Starter (100 credits), $74 for Professional (250 credits) and $159 for Business (1,000 credits), with lower monthly equivalents when billed yearly. One credit covers one document of up to 5 pages, so your real cost per page depends on how long your files are. Below you will find the cost per document and per page for each plan, the extras that are not in the headline price, and the same workloads priced on PdfParse.

Test a document before you pick a plan

Upload the PDF you would run through Docparser and inspect the fields and tables PdfParse returns. It is a fast way to learn how much of the work you would still do by hand.

Drop a PDF or scan

PDF, PNG or JPG up to 10 MB. Page one is parsed in full, right here.

Or try a sample file
Output

Optional. Comma separated field names, for example invoice_number, total, due_date.

Page one is parsed in your browser and never uploaded. No card needed to try page one.

What one call returns

Page one rendered with every block outlined, next to the JSON your code receives.

  1. Reading text layer
  2. Detecting layout
  3. Extracting tables
  4. Building JSON
Rendered page Page 1 of your document

Headings, paragraphs, tables and totals detected

heading
Invoice
paragraph
Harbor Street Joinery
14 Dock Lane
Portsmouth, NH 03801
key_value
Invoice no.INV-2026-0418IssuedOct 14, 2026DueNov 13, 2026
table
DescriptionQtyUnitAmount
Oak countertop, 2.4 m2640.001,280.00
Cabinet doors, shaker1285.001,020.00
On site fitting1450.00450.00
total
Subtotal2,750.00Tax 8.5%233.75Total dueUSD 2,983.75
paragraph
Payment by bank transfer within 30 days.
Quote the invoice number with your transfer.
Goods remain ours until paid in full.
footer
Harbor Street JoineryPage 1 of 2
Locked page

Pages 2 and later are parsed after you create an account.

Output 
{
  "document": {
    "pages": 2,
    "parsed_pages": 1,
    "language": "en"
  },
  "pages": [
    {
      "number": 1,
      "blocks": [
        { "type": "heading", "text": "Invoice", "bbox": [48, 52, 132, 84] },
        { "type": "paragraph", "text": "Harbor Street Joinery, 14 Dock Lane, Portsmouth" },
        { "type": "key_value", "pairs": {
            "Invoice no.": "INV-2026-0418",
            "Issued": "Oct 14, 2026",
            "Due": "Nov 13, 2026" } },
        { "type": "table", "columns": ["Description", "Qty", "Unit", "Amount"],
          "rows": [
            ["Oak countertop, 2.4 m", 2, 640.00, 1280.00],
            ["Cabinet doors, shaker", 12, 85.00, 1020.00],
            ["On site fitting", 1, 450.00, 450.00] ] },
        { "type": "total", "label": "Total due", "value": 2983.75, "currency": "USD", "confidence": 0.98 }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fields": {
    "invoice_number": { "value": "INV-2026-0418", "confidence": 0.99, "page": 1 },
    "total": { "value": 2983.75, "confidence": 0.98, "page": 1 },
    "due_date": { "value": "2026-11-13", "confidence": 0.97, "page": 1 }
  }
}

Downloads from the demo include a watermark field and cover page one only.

Page one is parsed in your browser, so your file never reaches our servers.

Request
The same request from your code
Read the API reference 
$ curl https://api.pdfparse.ai/v1/parse \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PDFPARSE_API_KEY" \
  -F file[email protected] \
  -F outputs=json,markdown,csv
200 OK, 1 page parsed

Docparser plans, credits and cost per document

Docparser sells monthly subscriptions measured in parsing credits. The figures below come from its public pricing page, checked in October 2026, and the per document cost is plain division.

Plan Monthly price Billed yearly (per month) Credits Cost per document monthly Cost per document yearly
Starter $39 $32.50 100 $0.39 $0.325
Professional $74 $61.50 250 $0.296 $0.246
Business $159 $133 1,000 $0.159 $0.133
Enterprise Custom Custom Custom Quote Quote

The cheapest document you can parse on a public plan costs about 13 cents, and only when you use every credit on Business and pay yearly. Unused credits do not lower the price, so a team that parses 400 documents a month on Business pays $159 for 400 documents, or about $0.40 each. That is the same unit cost as Starter, with 600 credits idle.

From cost per document to cost per page

A credit covers a document of up to 5 pages. A 1 page receipt and a 5 page contract cost the same, which makes Docparser cheap for long files and expensive for single sheets. Using Business at $159 for 1,000 credits:

Document length Cost per page, monthly Cost per page, yearly
1 page $0.159 $0.133
2 pages $0.080 $0.067
3 pages $0.053 $0.044
5 pages $0.032 $0.027

PdfParse bills by page instead. Growth is $149 for 7,000 pages, about $0.021 per page monthly or $0.011 at the $74 yearly price. Starter is $49 for 2,000 pages, about $0.025 per page, or $0.012 at $24 yearly. So per page, PdfParse is cheaper than Docparser at every document length in the table. Docparser Starter wins only on the entry subscription, where $39 is below $49, and even there a 5 page document costs $0.078 per page against about $0.025 on PdfParse Starter.

Costs that are not in the plan price

The headline subscription is only part of the bill for a rules based parser.

  • Setup per layout. Docparser lists a Parsing Assistant at $149 per layout. Ten supplier formats is $1,490 before the first production run.
  • Retention. Extended retention is an add on at $19.95 per month.
  • Your time. Rules are written for a layout. When a vendor moves the total or adds a column, someone edits the parser. This is the cost that rarely appears in a pricing comparison and often dominates it.
  • Plan limits. Starter allows up to 15 parsers and Professional up to 50, so a growing supplier list pushes you up a plan even if the credits are unused.

PdfParse uses layout analysis plus OCR without rules per layout, so there is no per layout setup fee. You still define extraction schemas for named fields on Growth, and your application still validates totals and exceptions.

Three monthly workloads priced both ways

Worked examples with monthly billing. Yearly billing lowers both sides, and Docparser is assumed to cover the workload within one plan.

Workload Docparser PdfParse
300 single page invoices (300 pages) Business, $159, because 250 credits on Professional fall short Starter, $49, using 300 of 2,000 pages
800 invoices of 3 pages (2,400 pages) Business, $159 Growth, $149, using 2,400 of 7,000 pages
3,000 documents of 4 pages (12,000 pages) Enterprise quote, since 3,000 credits exceed Business Scale, $499, using 12,000 of 24,000 pages

Add Docparser setup for ten layouts at $149 each and the first month for the 800 invoice case is $159 plus $1,490, or $1,649, compared with $149. These are list price calculations that ignore trials, discounts and tax. Compare the full tiers on the PDF extraction API pricing page.

When Docparser pricing is the better deal

Docparser is a sound buy when your files are short, your layouts rarely change and a non developer runs the workflow. A team with 100 five page documents a month pays $39 and gets Google Sheets and ready integrations without writing code. It also offers a 14 day free trial without a card, which is a real way to test it. Read the Docparser alternative comparison for the feature side of the decision.

If your team has developers and the documents vary by supplier, an API often costs less once the rule maintenance is counted. The PDF data extraction page shows what the API returns, and the document parsing API reference lists the calls. If you also receive documents as email attachments, you can extract data from incoming emails before the PDFs reach your parser.

How much does Docparser cost

Docparser costs $39 per month for Starter, $74 for Professional and $159 for Business, or $32.50, $61.50 and $133 per month billed yearly. Those plans include 100, 250 and 1,000 credits. Enterprise is quoted individually. Setup help for a layout costs extra.

Is Docparser free

Docparser offers a 14 day free trial without a card, then moves to a paid plan. It is not a free tier for ongoing production use. PdfParse lets you test page one in your browser without a card, then charges by monthly page allowance.

What is a Docparser credit

A Docparser credit covers one document of up to 5 pages. A 1 page receipt and a 5 page invoice each use one credit. Longer documents use more credits, so check the page count of your files before you choose a plan.

How much does a Docparser parser setup cost

Docparser lists its Parsing Assistant at $149 per layout. The setup builds parsing rules for one document layout, so ten supplier formats cost $1,490 in setup. Rules based setup costs repeat when a layout changes or a new supplier appears.

Is Docparser cheaper than PdfParse

Docparser is cheaper only at the smallest scale, where $39 for Starter is below PdfParse Starter at $49 per month. Per page, PdfParse is cheaper at every document length, and it has no per layout setup fee. At 800 three page invoices a month the list prices are $159 and $149.

Price your own workload before you commit

Take one month of real documents, count the files and pages, and test a sample in the browser. Then compare the subscription that fits your volume.