Reducto offers a free tier with 15,000 credits for new users to test the API. After that, the standard rate is $0.015 per credit (roughly per page).

How is Reducto different from Tesseract or AWS Textract?

Tesseract is a basic OCR engine that just reads text. Textract is better but struggles with complex layouts. Reducto uses "Vision-Language Models" to understand the layout and context of the document, ensuring that tables and columns are parsed correctly rather than jumbled together.

Yes, Reducto is SOC2 and HIPAA compliant. They also offer "Zero Data Retention" (ZDR) agreements for enterprise customers, ensuring your documents are not stored or used for training.

Can it read handwriting?

Yes, Reducto's models are trained to recognize and transcribe handwritten text, even when mixed with typed text in forms.

Reducto AI

The most accurate API to parse documents.

From Reducto Inc.

Founder: Adit Abraham (CEO) and Raunak Chowdhuri (CTO)

Data & Analytics

2023

5 Million+

Freemium

Pricing Model

Freemium

Starting Price

N/A

About This AI

Reducto is an advanced document ingestion platform designed to solve the “last mile” problem of data preparation for LLMs. Unlike traditional OCR that outputs unstructured text blobs, Reducto uses Vision-Language Models (VLMs) and an “Agentic” correction system to read documents like a human does.

It excels at parsing complex layouts—such as multi-column PDFs, financial tables, and charts—and converting them into clean, structured JSON data that RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) pipelines can actually use.

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Pricing

Pricing Model

Freemium

Starting Price

N/A

Key Features

Agentic OCR: A multi-pass system where the AI reviews its own output to correct text and layout errors in real-time.
Table & Chart Extraction: Specifically engineered to accurately convert complex financial tables and graphs into structured formats (CSV/Markdown).
Smart Splitter: Intelligently divides large documents (like 100-page insurance packets) into logical, semantic sections rather than arbitrary page chunks.
Extraction API: Allows users to define a schema and extract specific fields (e.g., "Invoice Number," "Total Amount") directly from unstructured files.
Multimodal Support: Handles PDFs, scanned images, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint slides.
On-Premise Deployment: Offers full air-gapped deployment options for enterprises with strict data residency requirements.

Pros

Superior accuracy on "messy" documents where standard OCR fails.
Preserves document structure (headers, footers, tables) perfectly for RAG.
"Pay-as-you-go" model makes it accessible for startups.
Handles handwriting and mixed languages (100+).
High-fidelity parsing of non-text elements (charts/graphs).

Cons

API-first approach may be intimidating for non-technical users.
Cost per page ($0.015+) is higher than basic open-source OCR libraries.
Advanced enterprise features (SLA, VPC) require custom pricing.

Best for AI Engineers building RAG pipelines, Fintech/Insurance companies processing claims, and Data Scientists who need to unlock data from archived PDFs.

FAQs

Is Reducto free?
Reducto offers a free tier with 15,000 credits for new users to test the API. After that, the standard rate is $0.015 per credit (roughly per page).
How is Reducto different from Tesseract or AWS Textract?
Tesseract is a basic OCR engine that just reads text. Textract is better but struggles with complex layouts. Reducto uses “Vision-Language Models” to understand the layout and context of the document, ensuring that tables and columns are parsed correctly rather than jumbled together.
Is my data secure?
Yes, Reducto is SOC2 and HIPAA compliant. They also offer “Zero Data Retention” (ZDR) agreements for enterprise customers, ensuring your documents are not stored or used for training.
Can it read handwriting?
Yes, Reducto’s models are trained to recognize and transcribe handwritten text, even when mixed with typed text in forms.