# Clairic vs Reducto API + MCP (slim)

> Clairic scores 66.3 (B) to Reducto's 62.9 (B) 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 Reducto API + MCP's 62.9 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Reducto API + MCP leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and maintenance & community. Both do document extraction.

- Clairic: B 66.3, rank #330 of 1184 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-clairic.min.md
- Reducto API + MCP: B 62.9, rank #471 of 1184 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/reducto.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 Schema & documentation, 85 against 80; Security & auth, 72 against 35; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30; Transparency & trust, 80 against 57. Also Free to start without a card.
- Reducto API + MCP, good for Messy PDFs, tables and spreadsheets where an agent needs parse, extract and split behind one small MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 72 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 78; Maintenance & community, 80 against 57. Also Runs on your own machine; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 3.3 out of 5.

| Category | Clairic | Reducto API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 51 | 72 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 84 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 72 | 35 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 80 | 57 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Clairic | Reducto API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Cloudflare | Reducto |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/@cf/cloudflare/clairic` | `https://platform.reducto.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Price for document extraction | not published | $20 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 | 9 |
| Last release | 2026-10-19 | 2026-09-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | 2026-04-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2024-01-21 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 342k npm/wk, 1.1M PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | 4/5 (2) |