ParserData
ParserData is an intelligent document processing platform that turns invoices, receipts and bank statements into structured data. Upload PDF, JPG, PNG or WEBP files and export Excel, CSV, JSON or XML, through the web app or the API.
What is ParserData?
ParserData is an intelligent document processing platform that converts financial and commercial documents into structured data. It accepts PDF, JPG, PNG and WEBP files and returns Excel, CSV, JSON or XML. Extraction works in two modes: the AI scans the document and proposes the fields it finds, or you build the schema yourself using Simple Field, Table and Table Column elements, the last of these attached to a parent table. The engine reads semantically, capturing isolated values such as a name, a date or a total, as well as complete line-item tables. A reporting layer adds charts, totals, categories and plain-language AI insights, exportable to PDF. Developers get an automation-ready API based at api.parserdata.com, with a /v1/extract endpoint, X-API-Key authentication and the parserdata.generic-invoice.v1 schema. The platform routes documents through several model providers: Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude and OpenAI. The homepage announces support for over 100 document languages, while the interface itself is available in five, namely English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese. The publisher positions the product as a no-code UI for teams and an API-first architecture for developers, and publishes seven use cases: invoice line items, bank statements, legacy OCR migration, purchase orders, contract clauses, KYC and customs documents. API access, along with JSON and XML export, requires a Business or Corporate plan.
What it does
- Upload one or several PDF, JPG, PNG or WEBP files for extraction
- Let the AI detect the fields automatically, or define your own schema of fields, tables and columns
- Extract both isolated values and complete line-item tables
- Export results as Excel, flattened Excel, flattened CSV, JSON or XML
- Generate visual reports and plain-language AI insights, then export them to PDF
- Automate extraction through the API: one call, one document, one structured JSON response
- Re-download past extractions from the document history, individually or in bulk
When to use ParserData / When not to
A quick filter to help you decide if ParserData is the right fit.
When to use ParserData
- Finance and accounting teams in small and mid-sized companies processing invoices, receipts and bank statements
- Accounts payable teams that need full line-item extraction and purchase order reconciliation
- Developers and automation teams wiring document extraction into n8n, Make, Zapier or AI agents through the API
- Operations teams handling medium volumes, with bundles from 35 to 2,500 credits and one credit covering one page
- Teams migrating off legacy OCR, or handling KYC files, contract clauses and customs documents
When not to use ParserData
- Organisations that require a contractual SLA or an uptime guarantee, which exists only under a separate written agreement on the Business and Corporate plans
- Buyers whose procurement process demands security certifications: no SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA claim appears anywhere on the site
- Compliance teams that need a named legal entity, a registered postal address or a signed DPA before onboarding a vendor
- Developers who expect reports and AI insights through the API, as both remain confined to the web interface
- Users under 18, and buyers located outside the countries covered by Paddle, the payment provider through which the service is sold
How to use ParserData
A typical end-to-end flow, from setup to results.
- Create an account with an email and password or with Google; authentication is handled by Clerk
- Upload your documents by drag and drop or file picker: PNG, JPG, WEBP and PDF are accepted, within the per-file page limit
- Choose 'Detect with AI' to let the engine scan the document and propose the fields you simply tick
- Or choose 'Define Manually' and build the schema yourself: Simple Field for a single value, Table for rows and columns, Table Column attached to a parent table
- Check the summary screen before processing: total pages, credits required and current balance
- Run the extraction, then open the Download menu: Excel, flattened Excel, flattened CSV, JSON or XML
- Go back to Document History to re-download results individually or in bulk; in bulk, results with identical headers are merged and the others exported separately
- Open the Reports tab for charts, KPIs and AI insights, and export them as PDF
- For automation, generate an API key in the dashboard and send a POST request to /v1/extract with the X-API-Key header
- Follow the published code examples for cURL, Python, Node.js, n8n, Make and Zapier
Pros & Cons
Pros
- No subscription: you buy credits when you need them, one credit per page
- 35 free credits on account creation, with no credit card required
- Dual approach, AI detection or manual schema, which is uncommon at this price point
- Rich structured outputs: Excel, CSV, JSON, XML and complete line-item tables
- Reports and AI insights included from the Pro plan upwards
- Documented API with cURL, Python, Node.js, n8n, Make and Zapier examples
- Clear privacy posture: an explicit no-training commitment repeated in the terms and the privacy policy, uploaded documents deleted after 96 hours, subprocessors named one by one (Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, Paddle, Clerk, Contabo, Supabase), and Paddle acting as merchant of record for tax
Cons
- No registered legal entity and no postal address published anywhere on the site
- No security certification claimed: no SOC 2, no ISO 27001, no HIPAA
- No DPA, no EU Article 27 representative and no GDPR compliance statement, with Ukrainian governing law and jurisdiction, which is remote for an EU or US buyer
- A single contact address, support@parserdata.com, covers support, legal and privacy matters
- API access and JSON/XML export start at the Business plan (119 USD), and no SLA applies outside a separate written agreement on Business or Corporate
- Reports and AI insights are not reachable through the API, only in the interface
- Credits expire after 12 months, refunds must be requested within two days, and the product is very young: domain registered on 18/08/2025, first Wayback capture on 09/01/2026, with two unresolved contradictions on the site about taxes and about credit expiry
Pricing & Plans
ParserData offers a free plan: 35 credits are granted once on account creation, with no credit card required. Beyond that, the model is a one-off purchase of credit bundles rather than a recurring subscription, one credit covering one PDF page or one image file in JPG, PNG or WEBP. The lowest paid entry point is the Pro plan at 25.00 USD (23 EUR) for 250 credits. Business costs 119 USD (110 EUR) for 1,250 credits and Corporate 199 USD (184 EUR) for 2,500 credits, while a complementary Pay-as-you-go option allows credits to be bought individually at the per-credit price displayed. Credits are valid for 12 months from the date of purchase, and payment is processed by Paddle acting as merchant of record.
- dynamic field detection
- table extraction
- Excel and CSV export
- basic reports. No AI insights
- no PDF export
- no JSON or XML
- no API
- everything in Free plus built-in reports and visualisations
- AI insights and PDF export of reports. Still no JSON or XML and no API
- everything in Pro plus JSON and XML export
- automation API access and priority support. Badged 'Most Popular'
- the same feature set as Business with a larger credit allowance
- Pay-as-you-go — credits bought individually at the per-credit price displayed on the pricing page
Data, GDPR & hosting
A consolidated view of how ParserData handles your data.
GDPR overview
There is no GDPR compliance claim on ParserData's site. The word 'GDPR' appears only once, in a comparative marketing page pairing it with SOX to describe the risks of manual processing; it is never presented as a framework the publisher undertakes to meet. No data protection officer, no EU Article 27 representative and no data processing agreement are published. The privacy policy dated 18/12/2025 does set out user rights in clause 6 (access and update, request deletion, withdraw consent), exercisable by writing to support@parserdata.com, but these read as the publisher's own commitments rather than as GDPR articles. The terms of 25/02/2026 designate Ukrainian law and the exclusive jurisdiction of Ukrainian courts (clauses 14.1 and 14.3), with a saving clause at 14.5 preserving any non-waivable rights granted by the user's country of residence.
Who owns the data?
ParserData's terms do not transfer ownership of the material you upload. Under clause 7.3 of the terms of service dated 25/02/2026, the user grants the publisher a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce and process the uploaded financial data for the sole purpose of delivering the extraction service. That licence is bounded by the time needed to perform the service, after which the data is deleted in line with the privacy policy dated 18/12/2025. Clauses 7.2 and 8.6.4 place the burden squarely on the customer: you alone warrant that you hold the rights to every document you upload, and you remain responsible for its content.
Reuse rights
Extraction is delegated: documents are processed through third-party AI APIs, namely Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude and OpenAI, as disclosed in clause 10.2 of the terms. The publisher states plainly that document data is not used to train AI models. Declared purposes are limited to account management, running the extraction, communicating with users, improving the service and security or fraud prevention. Clause 4 of the privacy policy rules out any sale, rental or exchange of user data; sharing is confined to service providers (Google for processing, Paddle for payment, Clerk for authentication, which handles emails and hashed passwords) and to legal obligations. Non-personal data collected includes device type, browser, IP address and usage statistics. Extracted results remain accessible in the account and can be downloaded in the export formats your plan allows.
Data retention & training
Hosting summary
Clause 5.1 of the privacy policy dated 18/12/2025 states that all data is stored in Supabase, installed on dedicated servers rented from Contabo. Clause 10.2 of the terms confirms the same split: Contabo for hosting, Supabase for the database and authentication. No hosting country is named anywhere on the site, and no jurisdiction is declared for the data itself. An independent network check places the domain's IP address (194.242.57.107) in Lauterbourg, France, on AS51167 Contabo GmbH; this is a network observation, not a statement from the publisher, and it says nothing definitive about where stored documents ultimately sit. Encryption is declared in transit and at rest, access is said to be restricted to authorised personnel, and periodic security reviews are claimed, none of it backed by a published audit or certification. Document processing itself is delegated to third-party AI APIs from Google Gemini, Anthropic and OpenAI, so content leaves the hosting perimeter during extraction.
Things to keep in mind
Risks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting ParserData.
- No identifiable registered company: the site names only 'ParserData: Financial Data Extractor', with no legal form, no postal address and no registration number
- Governing law and exclusive jurisdiction are Ukrainian (terms 14.1 and 14.3), and a single email address, support@parserdata.com, handles support, legal and privacy requests alike
- The service is supplied 'AS IS' and 'AS AVAILABLE' (terms 11): AI extraction may produce errors or omissions, and the burden of checking extracted data before use falls on you, which is a real risk if figures flow straight into accounting without a human review
- Liability is capped by clause 12.2 at the higher of the amount paid over the past month or 119 dollars, and clause 8.8 rules out any SLA or availability guarantee outside a separate written agreement
- Contradictory tax wording: the pricing page states that all prices are shown before tax, while clause 4 of the terms states that all prices shown are tax-inclusive
- Contradictory credit expiry: the Pay-as-you-go section says credits never expire, while clause 3.2 of the terms and the FAQ say 12 months. Refunds must also be requested within two days of purchase, a very short window
- Security is declared but never audited: encryption and 'technical and organisational measures' are asserted with no published certification, and the domain registration currently runs only to 18/08/2026
Setup & Integrations
Technical difficulty
Getting started through the interface is genuinely easy: no installation, no prior mapping, a free account is enough, and the publisher claims there is no complex setup and no long wait. The API route asks slightly more: create a key in the dashboard, send it in an X-API-Key header, and POST a multipart request to /v1/extract. The call model is deliberately minimal, one call for one document returning one JSON, and examples are provided for cURL, Python, Node.js, n8n, Make and Zapier, with ready-made n8n workflows on GitHub. Note that API access requires a Business or Corporate plan.
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Frequently asked questions
Which file formats can I send to ParserData?
How are credits counted, and do they expire?
Is ParserData a subscription?
Are my documents used to train AI models?
How long are my files kept?
Is there an API, and which export formats do I get?
Should you pick ParserData?
ParserData is a young product, its domain registered on 18/08/2025 and its first Wayback capture dated 09/01/2026, yet the offering is unusually complete for its age. The commercial model is its strongest argument: no subscription, credits bought on demand, and a 25 USD entry ticket after 35 free credits. The privacy posture is above average too, with an explicit no-training commitment, automatic deletion of uploaded documents after 96 hours and subprocessors named one by one. The counterweight is the publisher's opacity: no legal entity, no postal address, no security certification, no DPA and no stated GDPR compliance, under Ukrainian law and jurisdiction. One further reservation: the API and JSON/XML export only start at 119 USD. Worth a trial on its free credits, and worth a documented internal check before anything sensitive goes through it.
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