Pick Datalab Marker if
doc-pipeline teams who will burn the Free allowance, then pay Team or PAYG.
Read the Datalab Marker pageDatalab Marker vs Surya
Our take
Pick Datalab Marker if you're on a doc-pipeline team who will burn the Free allowance, then pay Team or PAYG. Pick Surya if you're an engineer who will run Surya locally or pay Datalab Convert. Skip Datalab Marker if you're people who want a Gmail invoice mailbox (Parseur). Skip Surya if you're on a ops team who want a mailbox (Parseur).
Best for
Datalab Marker PDF → markdown/JSON with a public rate table
Surya Boxes around text/tables on a page
Free plan
Datalab Marker $0 · monthly allowance $20 (work email) or $10 (personal), then PAYG. 25 req/min
Surya $0 · weights: free for research/personal; commercial free under Datalab’s $5M Marker/Surya threshold — confirm LICENSE
Lowest paid
Datalab Marker Convert $0.50
Surya Convert — lite $0.50
Next step up
Datalab Marker Startup program $15
Surya Convert — fast / balanced $4
Runs where
Datalab Marker Hosted
Surya Hosted
Watch out
Datalab Marker Allowance does not roll
Surya Weights are not a blanket commercial Apache grant
Last checked
Datalab Marker 2026-10-28 · datalab.to/pricing
Surya 2026-10-28 · datalab.to/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Surya if
engineers who will run Surya locally or pay Datalab Convert.
Read the Surya page