Parsebridge
Parsebridge converts PDFs into Markdown through a managed API. The company says it uses the open-source Docling parser underneath, handling OCR, infrastructure and scaling on top. Its focus is text and table extraction from documents, including scanned pages and multi-column layouts.
Compare a real document with the source
The public preview accepts a PDF URL or upload without an account, but parses only the first page. Uploads in that preview are limited to 10MB. That is a useful sample check, not proof that every page of a long document will preserve its layout.
Inspect table headers, merged cells and reading order against the PDF. A syntactically valid Markdown table can still align a value with the wrong label. The service makes strong layout-quality claims, but the captured pages provide no independent accuracy benchmark. Test representative scanned and multi-column pages rather than only a clean text document.
Parsebridge says images are represented as Markdown comments. Do not assume the returned content includes full image descriptions or a usable extracted image archive.
Build around the documented responses
The API documentation describes URL-based and uploaded-document endpoints. Both require bearer-token authentication and currently support PDFs only. Successful responses include content, page count and credits used.
A status endpoint validates credentials without parsing a document or consuming credits. Use that for connection checks rather than submitting a fake PDF. Parsing responses distinguish invalid input, insufficient credits, missing entitlement and oversized files. Handle those cases before a downstream summarizer treats an error response as article text.
Credits are deducted before processing, and the documentation says failed processing refunds them automatically. Retain job results and usage information so you can reconcile a batch if some files fail.
Separate trial pages from monthly capacity
New accounts receive 50 free credits without a credit card. One page costs one credit. The homepage lists Basic at $17 with 5,000 pages per month, Growth at $79 with 60,000, and Scale at $259 with 300,000. Confirm the current billing terms before purchase.
The main API's published PDF limit is 100MB, distinct from the smaller public preview. Unused monthly credits do not roll over. If the allowance runs out, requests return an error; the site describes upgrading or waiting for the next allocation.
Parsebridge says it deletes content after processing and retains metadata such as page count and processing time. Those are vendor retention statements rather than a compliance certification. Review the current data-processing terms before uploading confidential documents. A trial should establish extraction fidelity and error handling as well as the cost per usable page.