Docling — pricing, limits & comparison
Generated 2026-11-03 22:50 UTC · JSON
Docling scores 90 for bulk text/markdown extraction for rag (PDF & document extraction). Agent-friction 100/100.
Pricing
| Plan | Base / mo | Included | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted (open source) | $0 | 100M pages | — |
Cost at scale — PDF & document extraction
| Layout parse (10k pages/mo) |
|---|
| $0 |
Agent-friction breakdown — 100/100
| Check | Points | Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Test credentials without a credit card | 20 | ✓ |
| Sandbox or test mode | 15 | ✓ |
| Setup with no human-only steps | 15 | ✓ |
| Official CLI | 10 | ✓ |
| Official MCP server | 10 | ✓ |
| Markdown docs, current with the SDK | 10 | ✓ |
| Typed SDK for main languages | 10 | ✓ |
| Error messages that name the fix | 10 | ✓ |
Official SDKs
Python (docling)
Health & reliability — 100/100
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 |
| Changelog entries (90 days) | 14 |
| Deprecations (90 days) | 0 |
| Downloads trend | +33.8% (docling on pypi) |
| Last release | 2026-11-03 |
| Ownership events (90 days) | 0 |
Sources: pypi.org · github.com. Captured 2026-11-03.
What the internet says Unverified · aggregated from public posts
Sentiment: positive. This is summarized from public posts, is not fact-checked, and never affects the score.
- other (positive): “Docling is the strongest free, open option in 2026 — MIT-licensed, runs on your own hardware, handles layout, reading order, tables and OCR with no vendor in the loop.” — blog
- other (positive): “Docling is stronger on tables and complex layouts; native integrations for LangChain, LlamaIndex, Crew AI and Haystack.” — blog
- other (neutral): “Docling vs MinerU vs Marker trade accuracy for speed differently; Docling applies layout analysis before text extraction.” — blog