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Results arrive by webhook or polling.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/invofox", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/invofox.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/invofox.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/invofox.json", "license": "Proprietary hosted service. The n8n community node on GitHub is MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.invofox.com", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API key in an `x-api-key` header, created by a person under API and Webhooks in the dashboard at app.invofox.com after a self-serve sign-up. Each key is scoped to one environment, which is configured as TEST or PRODUCTION. The ingest OpenAPI file also defines an `x-access-token` header for browser sessions. No OAuth, and no scoped or read-only keys were found. Webhooks can be signed with HMAC, sent in an `x-invofox-signature` header.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan of 500 pages with REST API access, self-serve sign-up and no card. Starter is from $500 a month billed annually for up to 5,000 pages a month, with email support and a stated 99.9% uptime SLA. Scale and Enterprise are custom. Billing is per page, with no per-page or overage rate published. The YC launch post of 5 October 2026 mentions 1,500 free pages for new users, which the pricing page does not show (https://www.invofox.com/en/pricing.md, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$500 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the three OpenAPI files or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.invofox.com/documentation/start-here", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.invofox.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://www.invofox.com/openapi.yaml", "capabilities": [ "docs.extract", "docs.ocr", "docs.classify" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "async-jobs", "api-key", "closed-source", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 46.8, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 557, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 30, "payments": 30, "reliability": 30, "schema": 70, "security": 45, "transparency": 55 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Three public OpenAPI 3.1 files, llms.txt and Markdown docs describe an asynchronous upload and webhook flow, and the free plan covers 500 pages without a card. No status page, rate limit numbers, changelog or official SDK were found, and documents are retained by default, with zero retention limited to Scale and Enterprise.", "bestFor": "Teams that process a known set of business documents (invoices, payslips, bank statements, mortgage forms) at volume and can receive webhooks.", "strengths": [ "Three public OpenAPI 3.1 files (main 25 operations, ingest 7, seven webhook events), plus llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every docs page", "Free plan of 500 pages with REST API access and no card, by self-serve sign-up opened on 5 October 2026", "The document list takes `select` field projection, `filter` operators, `sort`, and `skip` and `limit` up to 500", "429 responses carry RateLimit-Limit, RateLimit-Remaining, RateLimit-Reset and Retry-After headers, per the main OpenAPI file", "security.txt valid until 1 June 2027, and the vendor states SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 certification" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page found. status.invofox.com does not resolve, and neither the site nor the docs link to one", "No rate limit numbers. The vendor's own AI briefing says rate limits and page limits per file are not publicly documented", "No public changelog and no official SDK. The only package is an n8n community node at 0.1.0", "Documents are retained by default and used to tune models. Zero retention is opt-in on Scale and Enterprise only", "The General Terms and Conditions that the published DPA relies on were not found on the site" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the owner for an API key and the Document Type id or alias from app.invofox.com. No API endpoint lists Document Types", "Upload with POST /v1/ingest/uploads as multipart, with `info` as a JSON string. Send `\"useClassifier\": true` in place of `type` to have the type detected", "Expect 404 from GET /documents/{id} for the first seconds. Poll from 5 seconds with doubling, and stop at approved, pendingCorrection or discarded", "Handle the `file.rejected` webhook or check the import. A rejected file never produces a document, so polling the document waits indefinitely", "Do not retry an upload blindly. There is no idempotency key, so send your own id in `clientData` and look it up with `filter` first" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 46.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 30, "payments": 30, "reliability": 30, "schema": 70, "security": 45, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 69 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -s -X POST \"https://api.invofox.com/v1/ingest/uploads\" \\\n -H \"x-api-key: $INVOFOX_API_KEY\" \\\n -F \"files=@invoice.pdf\" \\\n -F 'info={\"type\":\"\u003cTYPE_ID\u003e\",\"clientData\":{\"internalId\":\"inv-1234\"}}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/docs.extract", "tool": "https://letme.dev/invofox" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 500, "note": "from $500, billed annually, up to 5,000 pages a month" }, { "item": "Starter at its 5,000-page cap", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 100, "note": "derived from the plan price, no per-page rate is published" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Invofox, Inc. (Delaware), with a registered branch in Spain", "domain": "invofox.com", "domainRegistered": "2021-05-10", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.invofox.com/en/legal/#terms", "privacy": "https://www.invofox.com/en/legal/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The DPA names INVOFOX, Inc., registered with the Delaware Division of Corporations under number 7218056, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808.", "The legal notice names INVOFOX INC, BRANCH IN SPAIN, C/ Aranjuez 2, 28039 Madrid, tax ID W0265699I.", "The terms link is a website legal notice. The General Terms and Conditions for the platform, which the DPA cites, were not found on the public site.", "www.invofox.com/.well-known/security.txt gives security@invofox.com and expires on 1 June 2027. The apex invofox.com returns 404 for the same path.", "status.invofox.com does not resolve, and no status page or changelog is linked from the site or the docs.", "RDAP for invofox.com gives a registration date of 2021-05-10." ], "score": 69 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/invofox.json", "live": { "slug": "invofox", "probe": { "target": "https://api.invofox.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:32.14682535Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 46, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 58, "p95ms24h": 110, "samples24h": 33, "samples30d": 33, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 33, "ok": 33 } ] }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://invofox.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:38.124664002Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:32.14682535Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Extend", "b": "Invofox, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.extend.ai", "b": "https://api.invofox.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$62.50 per 1,000 pages", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for docs extract" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary hosted service. 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Invofox needs an API key.", "question": "Do Extend API + MCP and Invofox need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Extend API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.extend.ai and Invofox at https://api.invofox.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Extend API + MCP and Invofox without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 67 against 30", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 70", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 30", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 55" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams building production extraction with evaluation sets and versioned processors, and for agents that need to build or tune extractors as well as run them.", "slug": "extend", "watchFor": "Parse is billed on top of Extract, Split and Classify, so Performance Extract costs 5 credits a page" }, { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Teams that process a known set of business documents (invoices, payslips, bank statements, mortgage forms) at volume and can receive webhooks.", "slug": "invofox", "watchFor": "No status page found. status.invofox.com does not resolve, and neither the site nor the docs link to one" } ], "job": { "capability": "docs.extract", "name": "Docs extract" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-pdf-extract-vs-extend.json", "title": "Adobe PDF Services / PDF Extract API vs Extend API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/adobe-pdf-extract-vs-extend" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-llamaparse.json", "title": "Extend API + MCP vs LlamaParse API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-llamaparse" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-mistral-ocr.json", "title": "Extend API + MCP vs Mistral OCR API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-mistral-ocr" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-nanonets.json", "title": "Extend API + MCP vs Nanonets API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-nanonets" }, { 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"extend": 87, "invofox": 70, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 4, "edge": "extend", "extend": 68, "invofox": 64, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "invofox", "extend": 43, "invofox": 45, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "extend": 30, "invofox": 30, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 52, "edge": "extend", "extend": 82, "invofox": 30, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 12, "edge": "extend", "extend": 67, "invofox": 55, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Extend API + MCP scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Invofox's 46.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do docs extract.", "verdicts": { "extend": "Hosted MCP with OAuth scoped to workspaces and to test or production, and a tools filter with nine groups. Parse is billed on top of Extract, Split and Classify, so Performance Extract costs 5 credits a page.", "invofox": "Three public OpenAPI 3.1 files, llms.txt and Markdown docs describe an asynchronous upload and webhook flow, and the free plan covers 500 pages without a card. No status page, rate limit numbers, changelog or official SDK were found, and documents are retained by default, with zero retention limited to Scale and Enterprise." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-invofox", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-invofox.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-invofox.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-invofox.min.md" }, "markdown": "Extend API + MCP scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Invofox's 46.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do docs extract.\n\n- Extend API + MCP: grade B, 62.9/100, rank #291 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/extend.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/extend.json\n- Invofox: grade D, 46.8/100, rank #557 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/invofox.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/invofox.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Extend API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Teams building production extraction with evaluation sets and versioned processors, and for agents that need to build or tune extractors as well as run them.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 67 against 30\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 70\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 30\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 55\n\nWatch for: Parse is billed on top of Extract, Split and Classify, so Performance Extract costs 5 credits a page\n\n### Invofox (D)\n\nGood for: Teams that process a known set of business documents (invoices, payslips, bank statements, mortgage forms) at volume and can receive webhooks.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No status page found. status.invofox.com does not resolve, and neither the site nor the docs link to one\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Extend API + MCP | Invofox | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 67 | 30 | Extend API + MCP +37 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 70 | Extend API + MCP +17 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 64 | Extend API + MCP +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 45 | Invofox +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 30 | Extend API + MCP +52 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 55 | Extend API + MCP +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **62.9 · B** | **46.8 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Extend API + MCP | Invofox |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Extend | Invofox, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.extend.ai` | `https://api.invofox.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| Price for docs extract | $62.50 per 1,000 pages | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary hosted service. The n8n community node on GitHub is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 86 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `ai.extend/extend` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-25 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-14 | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-14 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 124k npm/wk, 59k PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Extend API + MCP.** Hosted MCP with OAuth scoped to workspaces and to test or production, and a tools filter with nine groups. Parse is billed on top of Extract, Split and Classify, so Performance Extract costs 5 credits a page.\n\n**Invofox.** Three public OpenAPI 3.1 files, llms.txt and Markdown docs describe an asynchronous upload and webhook flow, and the free plan covers 500 pages without a card. No status page, rate limit numbers, changelog or official SDK were found, and documents are retained by default, with zero retention limited to Scale and Enterprise.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Extend API + MCP\n\n1. Connect with `https://mcp.extend.ai/mcp?tools=parse,extract,files` to keep the schema small\n2. Every MCP call names a workspace and TEST or PRODUCTION; start in TEST\n3. Read `retryable` on an error before retrying, and honour `Retry-After` on a 429\n4. Budget 5 credits a page for Performance Extract, since the parse step is billed on top\n5. Sync `POST /extract` blocks up to 5 minutes; use `/extract_runs` and poll or a webhook for long files\n\n### Invofox\n\n1. Ask the owner for an API key and the Document Type id or alias from app.invofox.com. No API endpoint lists Document Types\n2. Upload with POST /v1/ingest/uploads as multipart, with `info` as a JSON string. Send `\"useClassifier\": true` in place of `type` to have the type detected\n3. Expect 404 from GET /documents/{id} for the first seconds. Poll from 5 seconds with doubling, and stop at approved, pendingCorrection or discarded\n4. Handle the `file.rejected` webhook or check the import. A rejected file never produces a document, so polling the document waits indefinitely\n5. Do not retry an upload blindly. There is no idempotency key, so send your own id in `clientData` and look it up with `filter` first\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Extend API + MCP or Invofox?\n\nExtend API + MCP scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against Invofox's 46.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Extend API + MCP and Invofox need an API key?\n\nExtend API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Invofox needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Extend API + MCP and Invofox without installing anything?\n\nYes. Extend API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.extend.ai and Invofox at https://api.invofox.com.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-invofox.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-invofox.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"extend\", \"b\": \"invofox\"}`. 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