Pick LlamaParse if
rAG and agent teams who will burn Free credits, then pay Starter.
Read the LlamaParse pageLlamaParse vs Unstructured
Our take
Pick LlamaParse if you're on a rAG and agent team who will burn Free credits, then pay Starter. Pick Unstructured if you're on a rAG team who will burn the 10,000 free pages and then pay $0.015/page, not a team looking for a $20 chat seat. 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
LlamaParse Pages → markdown or JSON for an agent
Unstructured Turn files into RAG-ready JSON at scale
Free plan
LlamaParse $0 · / month. 10,000 credits. Community support. Hits 402 when empty
Unstructured $0 · you host it
Lowest paid
LlamaParse Credit rate $1.25
Unstructured Pay-as-you-go $0.015
Next step up
LlamaParse Starter $50
Unstructured
Coding agent
LlamaParse v2 tiers
Unstructured
Runs where
LlamaParse Hosted
Unstructured
Watch out
LlamaParse Agentic Plus is 45× Fast
Unstructured $0.015/page after 10k
Last checked
LlamaParse 2026-10-28 · llamaindex.ai/pricing
Unstructured 2026-10-22 · unstructured.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Unstructured if
rAG teams who will burn the 10,000 free pages and then pay $0.015/page, not a team looking for a $20 chat seat.
Read the Unstructured page