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Document Extraction

A curated collection of the best tools that pull text, tables, and structure out of PDFs, Office files, and images for search and AI pipelines.

Quick answer

Document extraction depends on the file types and downstream use. Docling fits layout and structure extraction, Unstructured fits RAG-oriented elements, and Apache Tika fits broad format detection and text extraction across many file types.

Top picks in Document Extraction

  1. Docling

    Layout/structure
    Fits teams that need structured extraction from PDFs and documents where tables, layout, and reading order matter.

  2. Unstructured

    RAG elements
    Fits teams preparing documents for retrieval workflows with chunkable elements and metadata-aware extraction.

  3. Apache Tika

    Universal formats
    Fits systems that need broad file format detection and text extraction before search, storage, or analysis.
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