ASHDOCS as an alternative to Parseur.
ASHDOCS vs Parseur — the same extraction for a fraction of the price, plus PDF generation Parseur can't do.
Parseur is a mail-in document parser at $99/month for 1,000 pages. ASHDOCS Growth costs $49/month, includes 10,000 credits with unlimited schema-driven extraction, and also generates documents — invoices, conversions, merges — that Parseur cannot. If you both read and produce documents, one ASHDOCS plan replaces Parseur plus a generation API.
How does ASHDOCS compare to Parseur feature by feature?
| Feature | ASHDOCS | Parseur |
|---|---|---|
| Entry extraction price | $49/mo — unlimited extraction (10k credits) | $99/mo — 1,000 pages |
| Effective cost per statement page | ~$0.005–0.015 | ~$0.10 |
| Extraction method | Schema-driven AI (typed JSON + confidence) | AI + template zones |
| Bank statements | Dedicated tool, CSV/XLSX/QBO/OFX + reconciliation | Generic parsing, manual template setup |
| PDF generation (invoices, HTML-to-PDF) | Yes — 30 tools | No |
| Ingestion | REST API, URL fetch, no-code flows | Email-in, upload, API |
| Developer API | API-first with sandbox keys | API available, UI-first product |
| Failed parse billing | Never charged | Pages count once processed |
What are the key limitations of Parseur?
- →Parseur's per-page pricing punishes long documents — a 40-page statement costs 40 pages of quota; ASHDOCS charges 3 flat credits.
- →Generation is out of scope for Parseur, so invoice-in → invoice-out workflows still need a second vendor.
- →Template-zone setups break when a vendor changes layout; schema-driven extraction reads by meaning instead of position.
What does the code look like side by side?
# Parseur (after mailbox + template setup in the UI) curl -X POST https://api.parseur.com/parser/YOUR_PARSER/upload \ -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_TOKEN" \ -F "file=@statement.pdf"
# ASHDOCS — one URL scheme for all 30 tools
curl -X POST https://www.ashdocs.com/api/v1/tools/html-to-pdf \
-H "X-API-Key: ash_test_xxx" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "html": "<h1>Hi</h1>", "options": { "format": "A4" } }'How do I migrate from Parseur to ASHDOCS?
- Take the fields you defined in Parseur mailboxes and express them once as a JSON schema for /tools/pdf-to-data.
- Replace email-in ingestion with a flow: URL or upload trigger → extract → deliver to Sheets/Airtable/webhook.
- Run last month's documents through the free sandbox and diff the JSON against Parseur's output before switching.
- Point your downstream (Zapier/Make scenarios) at the ASHDOCS webhook — payloads are signed and retried.
Frequently asked questions
Is ASHDOCS really cheaper than Parseur for extraction?+
At list price, yes: Parseur's $99/month covers 1,000 pages; ASHDOCS Growth at $49/month includes unlimited extraction within 10,000 credits — a 40-page statement costs 3 credits, not 40 pages.
Does ASHDOCS handle documents without templates?+
Yes. You describe the fields you want in a JSON schema and the extractor locates them by meaning, so layout changes between vendors don't break parsing.
What Parseur features does ASHDOCS not have?+
Email-in mailboxes as an ingestion method (flows trigger via API, URL, or schedule instead) and Parseur's point-and-click zone editor. If your team lives in mailboxes, keep Parseur for intake and post the attachments to ASHDOCS for cheaper parsing.
Competitor pricing verified 1 August 2026 from the vendor's public pricing page. Pricing changes frequently — check Parseur's pricing page for current rates before deciding.