How it works
Turn any document into AI-friendly markdown with 1 line of code.
use ParseForArtisans\Facades\Parse;
$parse = Parse::file('contract.pdf')->for($document)->parse();
$parse->status(); // 'pending', 'completed'
- Our composer package sets up a webhook and creates a signed URL for the document you are sending and a signed URL to receive the markdown. Your app never has to touch the actual files (that's a good thing).
- Our backend then has a look at the document, routes it to the right parser, executes the parsing (which can take a few seconds for small files to minutes for large files), saves the generated markdown to the signed URL we gave it, and pings your Laravel app back. You receive an event and you can do whatever you want with that.
- You're set with a clean markdown version of the document.
Have a look at the docs.
Design philosophy
Parse for artisans is designed to make it both ridiculously easy and actually affordable to turn any document into AI-friendly markdown.
- Dead easy. Get high-quality parsed output for a large, complex document in one line of code. Our Composer package handles signing temporary URLs, webhooks, polling, and the rest of the plumbing, so you don't have to.
- Affordable and predictable. Open source ends up costing you engineering time on edge cases and server capacity for bursty loads. Commercial providers get expensive fast and hit you with surprise bills. We optimize for a generous free tier and pricing that scales without bill shock.
- Built for AI. An LLM is only as good as the context you give it. We produce clean, consistent markdown your model can actually use, on whatever documents your clients send you. That is what we optimize for, not chasing the last few points of OCR accuracy at many times the cost.
Pricing
Simple, predictable plans. One credit equals one page.
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Why I built this
I previously built a legal startup where we had to parse lots (10,000s) of documents. The documents lawyers are given often include the strangest formats - emails scanned into PDFs, old document formats, you name it. We started by using LlamaParse, which is the good but not crazy expensive option. But it got expensive quickly.
After we shut down the startup, and researched the options, I decided to build Parse for artisans.
