Our Methodology

Our Test Document Set

Every tool we review is tested against the same standardized set of real-world documents:

• 50 invoices — from 30+ different vendors, varying formats, languages, and quality levels
• 20 receipts — retail, restaurant, and service receipts (digital and photographed)
• 10 bills of lading — shipping documents with complex table structures
• 10 bank statements — multiple banks, varying layouts
• 10 miscellaneous — contracts, forms, medical documents

Documents include clean digital PDFs, scanned documents at various DPI levels, and photographs taken with smartphones. This represents real-world conditions.

Scoring Rubric

Each tool is scored on six dimensions with the following weights:

• Accuracy (25%) — Field-level extraction accuracy on our test set.
• Ease of Use (20%) — Time to first extraction, learning curve, documentation quality.
• Pricing Value (20%) — Cost per page at three volume tiers (100, 1,000, 10,000 pages/month).
• Integration Depth (15%) — API quality, native integrations, webhook support.
• Document Versatility (10%) — Range of document types and multi-language capability.
• Support & Docs (10%) — Response time, support channels, knowledge base quality.

Review Updates

We re-test every tool quarterly. When a tool releases a major update, we re-test sooner. Each review page shows the last update date.

Affiliate Disclosure

Some links on this site are affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you sign up through these links. This never affects our scores — our top-rated tool (Rossum) is not an affiliate partner.

Editorial Independence

Our reviews are based solely on hands-on testing. We do not accept payment for reviews or guaranteed placements.