# Extend API + MCP vs LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction

> LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction scores 69 (B) to Extend's 62.9 (B) for document parsing. Extend is cheaper for document parsing, $6.25 against $15 per 1,000 pages. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction scores 69 (B) on agent readiness against Extend API + MCP's 62.9 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do document parsing. Extend API + MCP is cheaper for document parsing, $6.25 against $15 per 1,000 pages.

- Extend API + MCP: grade B, 62.9/100, rank #414 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/extend.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/extend.json
- LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction: grade B, 69/100, rank #199 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/landingai-agentic-document-extraction.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/landingai-agentic-document-extraction.json
- Best document parsing, OCR and extraction APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/document-extraction/index.md
- All 109 documents comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/document-extraction/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Extend API + MCP (B)

Good 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.

Also in its favour:
- Cheaper for document parsing, $6.25 against $15 per 1,000 pages

Watch for: Parse is billed on top of Extract, Split and Classify, so Performance Extract costs 5 credits a page

### LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction (B)

Good for: Agents that need Markdown with block-level page coordinates and schema extraction with citations, in the US or EU.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 85 against 67
- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 68
- Payments & pricing, 40 against 30

Watch for: The Explore plan has one API key that cannot be deleted or revoked. A leaked key is replaced by emailing support


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Extend API + MCP | LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 67 | 85 | LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction +18 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 88 | LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction +1 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 75 | LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction +7 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 43 | even |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 40 | LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction +10 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 85 | LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction +3 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 63 | Extend API + MCP +4 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **62.9 · B** | **69 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Extend API + MCP | LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Extend | LandingAI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.extend.ai` | `https://api.ade.landing.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |
| Price for document parsing | $6.25 per 1,000 pages | $15 per 1,000 pages |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under LandingAI's terms for Agentic Document Extraction. The Python and TypeScript libraries and the CLI are Apache-2.0, and the skills repository is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 86 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | `ai.extend/extend` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-25 | 2026-09-22 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-14 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-14 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 124k npm/wk, 59k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |

## Verdicts

**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.

**LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction.** Parse, Extract and Ground have a public OpenAPI description, Markdown docs, published credit rates and page limits, and a status page showing no incident in 90 days. The Explore plan's single API key cannot be revoked without support, and the published terms let LandingAI train on customer documents unless Zero Data Retention, a Team and Enterprise setting, is on.

## Before you call either

### Extend API + MCP

1. Connect with `https://mcp.extend.ai/mcp?tools=parse,extract,files` to keep the schema small
2. Every MCP call names a workspace and TEST or PRODUCTION; start in TEST
3. Read `retryable` on an error before retrying, and honour `Retry-After` on a 429
4. Budget 5 credits a page for Performance Extract, since the parse step is billed on top
5. Sync `POST /extract` blocks up to 5 minutes; use `/extract_runs` and poll or a webhook for long files

### LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction

1. Send `Authorization: Bearer <key>` to `https://api.ade.landing.ai/v2/parse`. EU keys work only on `https://api.ade.eu-west-1.landing.ai`
2. Submit large files to `/v2/parse/jobs`. Synchronous parse times out at 475 seconds and is capped at the plan's pages-per-minute limit
3. Leave jobs on the `standard` tier unless speed matters. It consumes half the credits of `priority`
4. Run Extract on the Markdown that Parse returned, then call Ground for page numbers and boxes. Ground consumes no credits
5. On a 429, read the message. One case clears with backoff and the other means the document is too large for the tier

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Extend API + MCP or LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction?

LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction scores 69 (B) on agent readiness against Extend API + MCP's 62.9 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.

### Which is cheaper for document parsing, Extend API + MCP or LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction?

Extend API + MCP, at $6.25 per 1,000 pages against $15 per 1,000 pages for LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.

### Do Extend API + MCP and LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction need an API key?

Extend API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction needs an API key.

### Can an agent call Extend API + MCP and LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction without installing anything?

Yes. Extend API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.extend.ai and LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction at https://api.ade.landing.ai.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-landingai-agentic-document-extraction.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/extend-vs-landingai-agentic-document-extraction.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "extend", "b": "landingai-agentic-document-extraction"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare extend landingai-agentic-document-extraction`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/extend.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/landingai-agentic-document-extraction.json

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