# Extend API + MCP vs OpenDocRouter (slim)

> Extend API + MCP scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against OpenDocRouter's 56.6 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. OpenDocRouter leads on agent ergonomics. Both do docs parse. OpenDocRouter is cheaper for docs parse, $0.80 against $6.25 per 1,000 pages. Category…

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Extend API + MCP scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against OpenDocRouter's 56.6 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. OpenDocRouter leads on agent ergonomics. Both do docs parse. OpenDocRouter is cheaper for docs parse, $0.80 against $6.25 per 1,000 pages.

- Extend API + MCP: B 62.9, rank #323 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/extend.min.md
- OpenDocRouter: C 56.6, rank #489 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/opendocrouter.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. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 43; Maintenance & community, 82 against 65; Transparency & trust, 67 against 47.
- OpenDocRouter, good for Agents that need page-level markdown from PDFs and images and want to choose or compare models on price and published benchmark scores with one key. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 84 against 68. Also Cheaper for docs parse, $0.80 against $6.25 per 1,000 pages.

| Category | Extend API + MCP | OpenDocRouter |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 43 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 87 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 84 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 43 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 65 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 47 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Extend API + MCP | OpenDocRouter |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Extend | LlamaIndex |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.extend.ai` | `https://www.opendocrouter.ai/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Price for docs parse | $6.25 per 1,000 pages | $0.80 per 1,000 pages |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the LlamaIndex Terms of Service with an OpenDocRouter addendum. The Python and TypeScript SDKs are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 86 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `ai.extend/extend` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-25 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-14 | 2026-10-07 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-14 | 2024-03-30 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 124k npm/wk, 59k PyPI/wk | 127 PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |