Pick Extend if
document teams who will burn the 10,000 free Pay-as-you-go credits ($100 at list) on Parse or Extract, then pay $0.01/credit.
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Our take
Pick Extend if you're on a document team who will burn the 10,000 free Pay-as-you-go credits ($100 at list) on Parse or Extract, then pay $0.01/credit. Pick LlamaParse if you're on a rAG and agent team who will burn Free credits, then pay Starter. Skip LlamaParse if you're people who only want the MIT index library with no Cloud parse (LlamaIndex), or a self-hosted MIT parser (Docling).
Best for
Extend Pages → structured output at a known ¢/page
LlamaParse Pages → markdown or JSON for an agent
Free plan
Extend No free plan
LlamaParse $0 · / month. 10,000 credits. Community support. Hits 402 when empty
Lowest paid
Extend Pay As You Go $100
LlamaParse Credit rate $1.25
Next step up
Extend
LlamaParse Starter $50
Coding agent
Extend Parse
LlamaParse v2 tiers
Runs where
Extend
LlamaParse Hosted
Watch out
Extend There is no $29 seat
LlamaParse Agentic Plus is 45× Fast
Last checked
Extend 2026-10-22 · extend.ai/pricing
LlamaParse 2026-10-28 · llamaindex.ai/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick LlamaParse if
rAG and agent teams who will burn Free credits, then pay Starter.
Read the LlamaParse page