Reducto

Best for: Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise plan; AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt); Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box

Avoid if: You want to try it free before paying

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  70 / 100
  Agent friendliness
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  85 / 100
  Pricing transparency
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  60 / 100
  Setup speed
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  65 / 100
  Docs quality
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  85 / 100
  Procurement ease
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  55 / 100
  Trust readiness

Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fields (pricing, compliance, capabilities, docs and developer-surface signals) - not from reviews or paid placement. Each axis is 0-100; an unknown signal scores 0 for that axis. Procurement ease is the inverse of buying friction (higher = easier to adopt).

Pricing model

Usage-based [2]docs.reducto.ai/faq/credit-usage-overview“Standard: 1 [credit/page] - Text, layout, simple tables, OCR”reducto.ai/pricing“Pay-as-you-go for early-stage teams”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]docs.reducto.ai/faq/credit-usage-overview“Standard: 1 [credit/page] - Text, layout, simple tables, OCR; Complex: 2 [credits/page] - VLM-enhanced pages”reducto.ai/pricing“15k credits included, $0.015/credit after”

Free tier

✗ No [4]reducto.ai/pricing“FreeUp to your first 15K credits”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [5]docs.reducto.ai/quickstart“Go to studio.reducto.ai and sign up for a free account, then click API Keys, then Create new API key.”reducto.ai/pricing“Get started button directs users to self-service registration at studio.reducto.ai/auth for the Standard plan.”

Requires sales call

✗ No [6]reducto.ai/pricing“Growth and Enterprise plans require contacting sales; both show Custom pricing without public rates.”

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [7]llms.reducto.ai/trust-center-on-prem-zero-retention-hipaa-soc2-baa“Regional processing: EU/AU endpoints available on Enterprise.”reducto.ai/pricing“Enterprise: Custom pricing (VPC/on-prem, custom rate limits, custom SLA)”

• Receipts / invoices
• LLM / RAG-ready output

Supported actions

parse_document, extract_data, split_document, classify_document, edit_document, upload_file, run_pipeline, cancel_job, retrieve_job, monitor_job [8]docs.reducto.ai/mcp-server“The MCP server provides eleven tools: get_documentation, upload_file, parse_document, extract_data, split_document, classify_document, edit_document, get_job, and list_jobs.”docs.reducto.ai/agent-guide“/parse – Convert documents into structured JSON with text, tables, and figures; /extract – Pull specific fields from documents into structured JSON using a schema; /split – Divide documents into named sections by page number; /classify – Categorize a document before processing; /edit – Fill PDF forms and modify DOCX documents; /upload – Handles local file uploads”

Regions

United States, European Union (EU data residency, Growth/Enterprise), Australia (AU data residency, Growth/Enterprise) [9]docs.reducto.ai/security/eu-data-residency“all customer document data is processed, stored, and deleted exclusively within the EU”llms.reducto.ai/trust-center-on-prem-zero-retention-hipaa-soc2-baa“Regional processing: EU/AU endpoints available on Enterprise.”reducto.ai/pricing“EU/AU Data Residency Endpoints”

Languages

100+ languages (multilingual OCR with automatic language detection) [10]llms.reducto.ai/document-parsing-api“Multilingual parsing across 100+ languages including mixed-language documents”reducto.ai“Multilingual parsing across 100+ languages, including mixed-language docs”

Input types

PDF, image/png, image/jpeg, XLSX, PPTX, DOCX, scanned documents, fax, handwritten content, CSV [11]llms.reducto.ai/what-is-reducto“PDFs (scanned, digital, complex layouts), Spreadsheets (CSV, XLSX, XLS, etc.), Presentations (PPTX, PPT), Images (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, APNG, PSD, CUR, etc.), Text documents (DOCX, DOC, DOTX, TXT, HTML, WPD)”docs.reducto.ai/upload/overview“Documents: DOCX (Word Open XML), DOC (Word Binary), DOTX (Word Template), RTF (Rich Text Format), TXT (Plain Text), WPD (WordPerfect); Spreadsheets: XLSX, XLSM, XLS, XLTX, XLTM, CSV; PDFs, PPTX/PPT, images: PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, HEIC”

Output types

JSON, Markdown, edited PDF, edited DOCX [12]docs.reducto.ai/parse/overview“chunks[].content – Extracted content, formatted as Markdown (headers become #, tables become Markdown/HTML tables)”docs.reducto.ai/agent-guide“All endpoints accept JSON payloads and return structured responses with job IDs, usage metrics, and result data.”

Webhooks

✓ Yes [13]docs.reducto.ai/agent-guide“Asynchronous endpoints support webhooks for push-based delivery instead of polling, enabling real-time notifications when document processing completes.”docs.reducto.ai/parse/overview“The documentation mentions both synchronous (/parse) and asynchronous (/parse_async) endpoints with webhook delivery options for async processing.”

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [14]reducto.ai/pricing“FreeUp to your first 15K credits”

SDK languages

Python, Node.js, Go [15]docs.reducto.ai/quickstart“Python – Installed via pip install reductoai (requires Python 3.8+); Node.js – Installed via npm install reductoai; Go – Installed via go get github.com/reductoai/reducto-go-sdk”docs.reducto.ai/overview“Available in Python, Node.js, Go, and REST.”

MCP server

✓ Yes [16]docs.reducto.ai/overview“Reducto integrates directly into AI agent workflows via the MCP server”docs.reducto.ai/mcp-server“The hosted MCP server runs at https://mcp.reducto.ai/mcp and requires Bearer token authentication with an API key from studio.reducto.ai/api-keys.”

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type II [17]llms.reducto.ai/trust-center-on-prem-zero-retention-hipaa-soc2-baa“SOC 2 Type II: Audited for security, availability, and confidentiality with report available upon request.”docs.reducto.ai/security/policies“We have completed our SOC 2 Type I and Type II process.”reducto.ai/industries/legal“SOC2, HIPAA compliant”

HIPAA

✓ Yes [18]docs.reducto.ai/security/policies“We currently offer a HIPAA compliant processing pipeline for Growth and Enterprise tier customers.”llms.reducto.ai/trust-center-on-prem-zero-retention-hipaa-soc2-baa“HIPAA & BAA: Compliant for protected health information, suitable for U.S. healthcare and insurers. Business Associate Agreements are legally-backed and offered for HIPAA-mandated workflows.”

GDPR

✓ Yes [19]llms.reducto.ai/trust-center-on-prem-zero-retention-hipaa-soc2-baa“GDPR & DPA: Data Processing Agreements available to support GDPR and other data privacy and cross-border data processing requirements.”reducto.ai/terms“We may require that you enter into a data processing agreement with us (a 'DPA') to use the Services to process, collect, parse, or store Personal Information.”

ISO 27001

✗ No

PCI DSS

✗ No

Published SLA

✗ No [20]reducto.ai“99.9%+ uptime”reducto.ai/pricing“Enterprise: Custom pricing (VPC/on-prem, custom rate limits, custom SLA)”

Rate limits

Standard: 1 API call/second; Growth: 10 API calls/second; Enterprise: 100+ API calls/second. Job status polling: 200 requests/second. Sync endpoint concurrency limit: 200 concurrent calls. Returns HTTP 429 with exponential backoff recommendation on limit breach. [21]docs.reducto.ai/reference/rate-limits“1,000 req/s sustained across all endpoints per API key; 200 req/s sustained for GET /job/{job_id}; SDKs retry 429 responses with exponential backoff automatically.”reducto.ai/pricing“Standard: 1 API call per second; Growth: 10 API calls per second; Enterprise: 100+ calls per second with custom throughput options”

Known restrictions

Password-protected PDFs are not processed, Standard plan limited to 1 API call/second and up to 5 Studio seats, Zero data retention (ZDR) agreements only available on Growth and Enterprise plans, BAA (HIPAA) only available on Growth and Enterprise plans, EU/AU data residency only available on Growth and Enterprise plans, VPC/on-prem deployment only available on Enterprise plan, SSO/SAML only available on Enterprise plan, Growth and Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales, First 15,000 credits are a one-time onboarding allotment, not a recurring free tier [22]reducto.ai/pricing“Standard: 1 API call per second; Growth tier: Business Associate Agreement and Zero Data Retention Agreement; Enterprise-only: SSO and SAML Authentication”docs.reducto.ai/security/policies“We currently offer a HIPAA compliant processing pipeline for Growth and Enterprise tier customers.”

• Docs
• API reference
• OpenAPI spec
• llms.txt
• Status page

Docs rendering: static · llms.txt present

API style

rest

Base URL

https://platform.reducto.ai

Versioning

none

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Idempotency keys

✗ No

Error format

vendor-specific

Webhook signing

hmac_sha256

Rate limit

1000 / second

SDKs

• Python reductoai · repo
• Node.js reductoai · repo
• Go github.com/reductoai/reducto-go-sdk · repo

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• MCP server
• Webhook events
• Deprecation policy

Launched

2024-02-27

Notable customers

Harvey, Scale AI, Vanta, Toast, JLL, Medallion

• Amazon Textract

  "Automatically extract printed text, handwriting, layout elements, and data from any document"

  Usage · public pricing · self-serve

• Veryfi

  "Documents into Data - securely, in seconds"

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Google Document AI

  "A document processing and understanding platform that takes unstructured data from documents and transforms it into structured data, making it easier to understand, analyze, and consume."

  Usage · public pricing · self-serve

• Azure AI Document Intelligence

  "Azure Document Intelligence in Foundry Tools is a machine-learning based OCR and intelligent document processing service to automate extraction of key data from forms and documents."

  Usage · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Nanonets

  "AI Agents for Enterprise Data Processing."

  Usage · public pricing · self-serve

• Extend

  "Turn documents into high quality data"

  Hybrid · public pricing · self-serve

Reducto alternatives · Reducto vs Amazon Textract · All OCR & Document Parsing APIs APIs

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2. ↑Pricing model: docs.reducto.ai · reducto.ai
3. ↑Published pricing: docs.reducto.ai · reducto.ai
4. ↑Free tier: reducto.ai
5. ↑Self-serve signup: docs.reducto.ai · reducto.ai
6. ↑Requires sales call: reducto.ai
7. ↑Enterprise plan: llms.reducto.ai · reducto.ai
8. ↑Supported actions: docs.reducto.ai · docs.reducto.ai
9. ↑Regions: docs.reducto.ai · llms.reducto.ai · reducto.ai
10. ↑Languages: llms.reducto.ai · reducto.ai
11. ↑Input types: llms.reducto.ai · docs.reducto.ai
12. ↑Output types: docs.reducto.ai · docs.reducto.ai
13. ↑Webhooks: docs.reducto.ai · docs.reducto.ai
14. ↑Sandbox: reducto.ai
15. ↑SDK languages: docs.reducto.ai · docs.reducto.ai
16. ↑MCP server: docs.reducto.ai · docs.reducto.ai
17. ↑SOC 2: llms.reducto.ai · docs.reducto.ai · reducto.ai
18. ↑HIPAA: docs.reducto.ai · llms.reducto.ai
19. ↑GDPR: llms.reducto.ai · reducto.ai
20. ↑Published SLA: reducto.ai · reducto.ai
21. ↑Rate limits: docs.reducto.ai · reducto.ai
22. ↑Known restrictions: reducto.ai · docs.reducto.ai

Every field change, who made it, and when - from our audited data pipeline and editors.

1. 2026-06-15 Score Docs Quality: 25 → 65
2. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 45 → 70
3. 2026-06-14 Openapi Spec URL: (none) → https://docs.reducto.ai/openapi.json
4. 2026-06-14 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
5. 2026-06-14 Has Structured Data: (none) → No
6. 2026-06-14 API Reference URL: (none) → https://docs.reducto.ai/api-reference/parse
7. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt URL: https://reducto.ai/llms.txt → https://docs.reducto.ai/llms.txt
8. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"agentic_output":true,"receipts_invoices":true}
9. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → Reducto is a REST API for document parsing, structured data extraction, and cla…
10. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: 0 → 25
11. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: 30 → 45
12. 2026-06-14 Rendering: (none) → static
13. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: (none) → Yes
14. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://reducto.ai/llms.txt
15. 2026-06-14 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.reducto.ai
16. 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://docs.reducto.ai
17. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 30
18. 2026-06-14 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
19. 2026-06-14 Avoid If: (none) → You want to try it free before paying
20. 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise p…
21. 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 55
22. 2026-06-14 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 85
23. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 0
24. 2026-06-14 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 60
25. 2026-06-14 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 85
26. 2026-06-14 Last Verified At: 2026-06-13T00:00:00.000Z → 2026-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
27. 2026-06-14 SDK Packages: Python, Node.js, Go → Python, Node.js, Go
28. 2026-06-14 Starting Price Usd: 0.015 → 0.015
29. 2026-06-13 Data Retention Policy URL: set to https://docs.reducto.ai/security/policies
30. 2026-06-13 Documented Rate Limits: set to Standard: 1 API call/second; Growth: 10 API calls/second; Enterprise: 100+ API …
31. 2026-06-13 Rate Limit Requests: set to 1000
32. 2026-06-13 Rate Limit Window: set to second
33. 2026-06-13 Known Restrictions: set to Password-protected PDFs are not processed, Standard plan limited to 1 API call/…
34. 2026-06-13 Auth Methods: set to api_key
35. 2026-06-13 Auth Docs URL: set to https://docs.reducto.ai/studio-account
36. 2026-06-13 API Style: set to rest
37. 2026-06-13 Base URL: set to https://platform.reducto.ai
38. 2026-06-13 Versioning Scheme: set to none
39. 2026-06-13 Stability: set to ga
40. 2026-06-13 Deprecation Policy URL: set to https://docs.reducto.ai/reference/model-versions
41. 2026-06-13 MCP URL: set to https://mcp.reducto.ai/mcp
42. 2026-06-13 Quickstart URL: set to https://docs.reducto.ai/quickstart
43. 2026-06-13 Idempotency Supported: set to No
44. 2026-06-13 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
45. 2026-06-13 Webhook Signing: set to hmac_sha256
46. 2026-06-13 Webhook Events URL: set to https://docs.reducto.ai/recipes/svix-webhooks
47. 2026-06-13 Requires Verification: set to No
48. 2026-06-13 Starting Price Usd: set to 0.015
49. 2026-06-13 Price Basis: set to credit
50. 2026-06-13 Free Tier Limit: set to 15,000 credits

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