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Document Extraction

Iteration Layer vs AWS Textract

AWS Textract returns raw blocks of text and geometry — turning that into structured data is your problem.

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Why developers switch from AWS Textract

Textract needs five API calls per document and returns raw strings — not typed, structured data.

Schema in, typed JSON out

Textract returns raw strings, bounding boxes, and confidence floats. You define the structure. We flip this: define the schema you want — 17 typed fields including dates, IBANs, currencies, and addresses — and get typed JSON back.

One call instead of five

A full Textract extraction requires DetectDocumentText or AnalyzeDocument, then async polling with GetDocumentAnalysis, then result assembly. We do this in a single synchronous API call.

No AWS ecosystem required

Textract requires IAM roles, S3 buckets for async, and AWS SDK configuration. We are a plain HTTP API — one endpoint, one API key, no cloud vendor lock-in.

Feature-by-feature comparison

We went through the docs so you don't have to. Here's how every feature compares — including the ones where we're not the better choice.

Feature Iteration Layer AWS Textract
Schema-defined extraction
Yes

Define the fields you want in a schema and receive typed JSON results immediately
No

Returns raw text blocks and geometry without schema-based extraction
Typed field support
17 types

Choose from 17 typed schema fields including date, IBAN, currency, address, phone, email, and URL
None

All extracted values are returned as raw text strings without type information
Confidence scores
Per field

Confidence score between 0 and 1 for every extracted schema field
Per word

Confidence scores are per word or block, not aligned to schema fields
Source citations
Yes

Verbatim source citation from the document for every extracted field
No

No source citation linking extracted values back to document text
Multi-file support
Up to 20 files

Process up to 20 files in a single API request with merged extraction results
Batch only

Single file per API call, with batch processing available via async S3 workflows
Supported input formats
PDF, images, Office

Process PDFs, images, and common Office formats in a single API endpoint
PDF, images

Supports PDF and image files only — no Office document formats
API calls per document
1 call

Single synchronous API call returns the complete extraction result
5+ calls

Requires starting the job, polling for completion, and assembling paginated results
AWS ecosystem required
No

Plain HTTP API with one endpoint and one API key, no cloud vendor dependency
Yes

Requires IAM roles, S3 buckets for async processing, and AWS SDK configuration
Government forms
General

Schema-based extraction that works with any document type
Specialized

Pre-built models optimized for US tax forms and government documents
Scale track record
Growing

Actively growing platform with expanding customer base
Proven

Battle-tested at massive scale across thousands of enterprise customers
EU hosting
EU only

All processing happens exclusively on EU-hosted servers
EU available

EU regions are available but the service is not restricted to EU-only processing
Language support
Any language

REST API callable from any programming language with HTTP support
Any language

AWS SDKs available for all major programming languages
Pricing model
Per page

Simple, predictable per-page pricing
Per page

Per page processed with separate pricing for text detection, form extraction, and table extraction
Infrastructure required
None

Fully managed API with no deployment or infrastructure to manage
None

Fully managed AWS service with no infrastructure to manage
GDPR / Data privacy
Zero retention

No files or results stored beyond temporary 90-day logs
AWS data policies

Subject to AWS data processing terms with configurable retention policies

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For individuals & small projects

$29.99 /per month
  • 1,000 credits / month
    That's either: 1,000 image transformations 500 document generations 500 image generations 500 sheet generations 200 document extractions (5-page docs) 200 markdown conversions (5-page docs)
  • All APIs included
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  • Email support
  • Budget caps per key
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Startup

Save 40%

For growing teams

$119.99 /per month
  • 5,000 credits / month
    That's either: 5,000 image transformations 2,500 document generations 2,500 image generations 2,500 sheet generations 1,000 document extractions (5-page docs) 1,000 markdown conversions (5-page docs)
  • All APIs included
  • Free trial credits per API
  • Priority support
  • Budget caps per key
  • Optional auto top-up
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Business

Save 47%

For high-volume workloads

$319.99 /per month
  • 15,000 credits / month
    That's either: 15,000 image transformations 7,500 document generations 7,500 image generations 7,500 sheet generations 3,000 document extractions (5-page docs) 3,000 markdown conversions (5-page docs)
  • All APIs included
  • Free trial credits per API
  • Priority support
  • Budget caps per key
  • Optional auto top-up
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