# Extend API + MCP vs LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction (slim)

> 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: B 62.9, rank #414 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/extend.min.md
- LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction: B 69, rank #199 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/landingai-agentic-document-extraction.min.md
- Extend API + MCP, 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 Cheaper for document parsing, $6.25 against $15 per 1,000 pages.
- LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction, 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.

| Category | Extend API + MCP | LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 43 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Extend API + MCP | LandingAI Agentic Document Extraction |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |
| Price for document parsing | $6.25 per 1,000 pages | $15 per 1,000 pages |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Popularity | 124k npm/wk, 59k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |