Parseur vs Zapier

Parseur

• Turning recurring emails such as leads or order notifications into spreadsheet rows
• Accounts payable teams extracting invoice and purchase order data
• Developers who want a document extraction API with webhooks

Zapier

• Connecting a wide range of cloud apps, including less common ones
• Solo users with light needs who can stay within 100 tasks a month
• Teams that want shared workflows with single sign-on and admin controls

Parseur

• The free tier stops at 20 pages a month with 1 user and 90 days of document retention.
• Multi-user accounts and Python post-processing need a Scale tier plan of 10,000 pages a month or more, which starts at $499 a month.
• At 100% of the monthly quota new documents stop processing until renewal, an upgrade or a top-up. Unused credits on monthly plans do not carry over.
• Data is processed and stored in the European Union, and the site lists HIPAA compliance as in progress.

Zapier

• The Free plan is limited to 100 tasks a month and two-step Zaps, and checks for new data only every 15 minutes.
• Free and Professional include a single user; sharing workflows with colleagues needs the Team plan.
• Cost rises with volume: Professional runs from $19.99 a month for 750 tasks to $3,389 a month for 2 million, billed annually.
• Tasks beyond the plan limit are billed per task at a higher rate that depends on plan and billing cycle; the rate is not published, and Zaps pause at 3 times the plan's limit.

Parseur

Document capture

Each workflow gets a mailbox with its own email address. Documents come in by forwarded email, drag-and-drop upload or the REST API, in more than 25 file formats.

AI and template parsing engines

Vision AI reads visual layouts, Text AI reads plain text, and templates handle fixed forms. All three can run in one mailbox, and table extraction covers line items.

Built-in OCR

Scans and photos are read by OCR that the vendor says covers more than 200 languages, including handwriting.

Normalization and validation

Dates, numbers, addresses and choice fields are formatted and checked against the mailbox schema. Scale tier plans add Python post-processing for custom logic.

Exports and integrations

Parsed data syncs to Google Sheets, downloads as Excel, CSV or JSON, or goes out by webhook and through Zapier, Make, Power Automate and n8n. These are included on every plan.

Logs, alerts and retention

Every processing step is logged, with alerts for failed documents, failed exports and quota limits. Retention is set per mailbox, from 1 day up to the plan's maximum.

Zapier

Zaps

Workflows that start from a trigger and run one or more actions. Free accounts are limited to two-step Zaps; Professional adds multi-step Zaps, filters, paths and webhooks.

App directory

Zapier connects more than 9,000 apps, including Google Sheets, Gmail, Slack and HubSpot. Premium apps are unlimited from the Professional plan.

Task-based billing

A standard step uses 1 task when it completes; triggers, polling and built-in tools such as Filters and Paths use none. Some steps use more: an MCP tool call 2, a Lead Router step 5, and AI steps 1 to 5 by model tier.

Tables, Forms and Canvas

Tables store the data that workflows read and write, Forms collect it, and Canvas maps out a process. Tables and Forms are unlimited on every plan, including Free.

Agents, Chatbots and MCP

AI agents take actions across connected apps, and Zapier MCP gives assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT access to them. Agents and Chatbots are optional add-ons with free tiers.

Team and admin controls

Team covers 25 users with shared Zaps, folders and app connections plus SAML SSO. Enterprise adds SCIM provisioning, app controls and custom data retention.

Parseur

• Free$0

  20 pages a month, 1 user, unlimited mailboxes and fields, 90 days of document retention, and AI and self-serve support only.

• Micro$49

  per month for 100 pages; $468 a year when billed annually

  Smallest Base tier plan: 1 user, 1 year of document retention, and chat and email support.

• Mini$89

  per month for 300 pages; $828 a year when billed annually

  Base tier plan with 300 pages a month, 1 user and 1 year of document retention.

• Starter$129

  per month for 1,000 pages; $1,188 a year billed annually

  Base tier plan with 1,000 pages a month, 1 user and 1 year of document retention.

• Premium$269

  per month for 3,000 pages; $2,388 a year billed annually

  Largest Base tier plan: 3,000 pages a month, still limited to 1 user and without Python post-processing.

• Pro$499

  per month for 10,000 pages; $4,788 a year billed annually

  First Scale tier plan: up to 100 users, Python post-processing, unlimited retention and priority support. Larger plans run to 250,000 pages at $8,499 a month.

Zapier

• Free$0

  100 tasks a month for 1 user, limited to two-step Zaps, with unlimited Zaps, Tables and Forms and 15-minute polling.

• Professional$19.99

  per month, billed annually, for 750 tasks ($29.99 monthly)

  1 user. Multi-step Zaps, unlimited premium apps, webhooks, filters and paths, AI by Zapier and 2-minute polling. Task tiers run up to 2 million a month.

• Team$69

  per month, billed annually, for 2,000 tasks ($103.50 monthly)

  25 users, shared Zaps, folders and app connections, SAML single sign-on, priority support and 1-minute polling.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited users, advanced admin and app controls, SCIM provisioning, custom data retention and annual task limits.

Parseur

• Annual discount

  Save up to 25% with annual billing

  The pricing page advertises up to 25% off for paying yearly: Micro is $468 a year against $49 a month. Credits on yearly plans stay valid for the whole year.

Zapier

• Annual discount

  33% off with annual billing

  Zapier's pricing page says annual subscriptions are billed yearly at 33% off the monthly rate: Professional is $19.99 a month instead of $29.99, and Team $69 instead of $103.50.

• Nonprofit

  Extra 15% off for nonprofits

  The pricing page lists an additional 15% discount for non-profit organizations. It does not apply to pay-per-task charges.