Leafmelt alternatives: 5 rivals compared

Published prices, each checked on the date shown.

Up to 5 documents per call (URL or upload): PDF, Word, Excel, OpenDocument, Apple Numbers, CSV, HTML or XML to clean Markdown with headings and tables kept, plus metadata and token counts, for AI agents and RAG.

Rival	Published paid plans	Free	Checked
LlamaParse	Starter $50/mo 40K credits (+PAYG up to 400K); Pro $500/mo 400K credits (+PAYG up to $5,000/mo); Enterprise custom. 1,000 credits = $1.25; basic parsing as low as 1 credit/page; agentic modes cost more \| PAYG: $1.25 per	$0/mo, 10K credits	2026-09-27
Reducto	Standard PAYG: Parse $10/1,000 pages; Extract $20/1k; Deep Extract $40/1k; Split $20/1k; Classify $7.50/1k; Growth/Enterprise custom \| PAYG: yes (Standard)	15,000 free credits ($150) on Standard	2026-09-27
Mathpix Convert API	$19.99 one-time setup; PDF $0.005/page (0-1M), $0.0035/page (1M+) \| PAYG: yes	$29 test credit	2026-09-27
Unstructured	PAYG $0.015/page after free pages; Business custom \| PAYG: $0.015/page	10,000 free pages, no card	2026-09-27
PDF.co	Basic $8.99 16,500 credits; Personal $22.49 37,000; Business 1 $44.99 80,500; Business 2 $89.99 159,850; Business 3 $270.00 483,000 (credits/page for PDF-to-text not shown) \| PAYG: referenced, not detailed \| yearly: save	free trial (details in FAQ)	2026-09-27

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Leafmelt API at a glance

Plans (live store prices)

Leafmelt API Pay as you go: 750 calls (no expiry): $5 once
Leafmelt API Solo: 3,000 calls a month: $19/month
Leafmelt API Team: 10,000 calls a month: $49/month
Leafmelt API Pipeline: 25,000 calls a month: $99/month
Leafmelt API Solo yearly: 3,000 calls a month, billed yearly: $190/year
Leafmelt API Team yearly: 10,000 calls a month, billed yearly: $490/year

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