A Parseur alternative with credits that don't reset every month
Parseur is built around mailboxes: you forward emails and attachments to it and it pulls fields out on arrival. Its pricing is volume-based and subscription-shaped — 1 page is 1 credit, and credits are valid for the month (or year) they are bought for, then renew.
That works when every month looks the same. When it doesn't, credits you paid for and did not use are gone at the end of the period.
AIDataParser is an API rather than a mailbox: send a document or text with a JSON Schema and get validated JSON back, one credit per document. Credits are one-time packs — $9 for 500 — and they never expire, so a slow month is free and a busy one draws down what you already bought.
Try it on your own invoice — free, no key, no email
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Parseur vs AIDataParser: price per document
| Parseur | AIDataParser | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid unit | 1 credit per page | 1.8¢ per document |
| Billing | Volume-based subscription, monthly or annual (annual saves up to 25%) | One-time credit packs, never expire |
| 100 documents | plan-dependent | $9 — 1 × Starter ($9) |
| 500 documents | plan-dependent | $9 — 1 × Starter ($9) |
| 2,000 documents | plan-dependent | $29 — 1 × Growth ($29) |
Parseur column: Paid price is set by a page-volume slider; we do not quote a number we could not read. Read from https://parseur.com/pricing on 2026-10-08; their prices may have changed since — check their page. AIDataParser column is one credit per successful extraction, computed from our current packs.
What Parseur's pricing page says
- Billing
- Volume-based subscription, monthly or annual (annual saves up to 25%)
- Free tier
- 20 pages every month
- Unit
- 1 page = 1 credit
- Credit validity
- Credits valid for the billing period and renew each month (or year)
- Paid price
- Set by a page-volume slider on their pricing page
As read on 2026-10-08.
Pick Parseur if you want
- Email-first workflows: forward mail to a Parseur mailbox and it parses as it arrives.
- A no-code dashboard with a template engine alongside the AI engine, plus many export integrations.
- A real free tier every month (20 pages) if your volume stays tiny.
Pick AIDataParser if you want
- One-time credit packs — no monthly plan, nothing to cancel. Credits never expire, so a quiet month costs $0.
- A JSON API first: POST a file and a JSON Schema, get back data validated against that schema, with a confidence score and review_needed flag.
- Agent-native: a hosted MCP server (/v1/mcp) and llms.txt, so Claude, Cursor, or your own agent can call it as a tool.
- Try it on this page with your own text — no signup, no card.
Rather start free?
An API key with 50 free credits — no card. Then packs from $9.
No card, no signup form beyond this line. The key is shown once, right here.
FAQ
Can it parse emails like Parseur does?
Yes — POST the email body (or the raw .eml text) to /v1/parse/text with a schema. There is no hosted mailbox; you call the API from your own inbound-mail hook, Zapier step, or agent.
What happens to credits I don't use?
Nothing. Packs are one-time purchases and credits never expire.
Is there a free tier?
Every new API key gets 50 free credits with no card, and the box on this page runs a real extraction with no signup at all.