# Clairic vs LlamaParse API + MCP (slim)

> Clairic scores 66.3 (B) to LlamaParse's 59.2 (C) for document extraction. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Clairic scores 66.3 (B) on agent readiness against LlamaParse API + MCP's 59.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. LlamaParse API + MCP leads on maintenance & community. Both do document extraction.

- Clairic: B 66.3, rank #330 of 1184 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-clairic.min.md
- LlamaParse API + MCP: C 59.2, rank #626 of 1184 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/llamaparse.min.md
- Clairic, good for Typed fields, estimates and next-step forecasts from emails, invoices, receipts and other text or images inside Cloudflare, each with a null probability and confidence. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 78 against 72; Security & auth, 72 against 48; Transparency & trust, 80 against 66. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where LlamaParse API + MCP loses 3 points for them.
- LlamaParse API + MCP, good for RAG ingestion where cost per page matters and a tier can be picked per document, and for agents that want a small MCP surface. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 80 against 57.

| Category | Clairic | LlamaParse API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 51 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 72 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 80 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Clairic | LlamaParse API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Cloudflare | LlamaIndex |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/@cf/cloudflare/clairic` | `https://api.cloud.llamaindex.ai/api/v2` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Price for document extraction | not published | $31.25 per 1,000 pages |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted preview under Cloudflare's Self-Serve Subscription Agreement and the model page's own terms. Cloudflare says open weights will follow soon, with no date or licence named | none |
| Tools exposed | none | 26 |
| Last release | 2026-10-19 | 2026-09-08 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | 2024-06-07 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-08-24 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | none | 4.3k stars, 125k npm/wk, 767k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (2) |