Pick MinerU if
research and RAG teams who will run the repo or stay on hosted Free/Pro.
Read the MinerU pageMinerU vs Unstructured
Our take
Pick MinerU if you're on a research and RAG team who will run the repo or stay on hosted Free/Pro. 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 MinerU if you're on a aP team who need invoice key-values (Parseur).
Best for
MinerU Papers and chem drawings → RAG-ready files
Unstructured Turn files into RAG-ready JSON at scale
Free plan
MinerU $0 · under the project license. Separate commercial terms above 100M MAU or $20M monthly revenue; online services must attribute MinerU
Unstructured $0 · you host it
Lowest paid
MinerU Pro · Monthly $9.90/mo
Unstructured Pay-as-you-go $0.015
Next step up
MinerU Pro · Annual $59.90/mo
Unstructured
Runs where
MinerU Hosted
Unstructured
Watch out
MinerU Free has no API
Unstructured $0.015/page after 10k
Last checked
MinerU 2026-10-28 · mineru.io
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