Unstructured
Unstructured is a document parsing and pre-processing platform that provides a REST API for ingesting PDFs, HTML, DOCX, images, and more than 50 other file formats, transforming them into clean structured JSON chunks ready for RAG pipelines and LLM applications. The platform offers partitioning, enrichment, chunking, and embedding capabilities via both a SaaS serverless API and self-hosted deployments. Billing is calculated on a per-page basis, with a free tier of 15,000 pages, pay-as-you-go at $0.03 per page, and custom enterprise pricing. Unstructured also ships Python and JavaScript SDKs, an MCP server for AI agent workflows, and 40+ connectors for source and destination data systems including S3, Databricks, and vector databases.
Unstructured publishes 9 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Channels API, Destinations API, General API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Document Processing, ETL, RAG, LLM, and PDF.
The Unstructured catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Unstructured’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 17 more developer resources.
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval, Vector and RAG | covered | 34.9 | 1 | - |
| RPA and Document AI (RPA marketplaces, intelligent document processing) | covered | 34.9 | 1 | - |
| PDF and Document Standards (PDF tooling, document signing trust, invoice documents) | covered | 34.9 | 1 | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 3
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 9
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Unstructured Channels API
The channels API from Unstructured — 3 operation(s) for channels.
Unstructured Destinations API
The destinations API from Unstructured — 3 operation(s) for destinations.
Unstructured General API
The general API from Unstructured — 1 operation(s) for general.
Unstructured Jobs API
The jobs API from Unstructured — 6 operation(s) for jobs.
Unstructured Notifications API
The notifications API from Unstructured — 4 operation(s) for notifications.
Unstructured Sources API
The sources API from Unstructured — 3 operation(s) for sources.
Unstructured Templates API
The templates API from Unstructured — 2 operation(s) for templates.
Unstructured Workflow Channels API
The workflow-channels API from Unstructured — 3 operation(s) for workflow-channels.
Unstructured Workflows API
The workflows API from Unstructured — 6 operation(s) for workflows.
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Open Collections 9
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Unstructured Partition channels API
OPEN COLLECTIONUnstructured Partition channels destinations API
OPEN COLLECTIONUnstructured Partition channels general API
OPEN COLLECTIONUnstructured Partition channels jobs API
OPEN COLLECTIONUnstructured Partition channels notifications API
OPEN COLLECTIONUnstructured Partition channels sources API
OPEN COLLECTIONUnstructured Partition channels templates API
OPEN COLLECTIONUnstructured Partition channels workflow-channels API
OPEN COLLECTIONUnstructured Partition channels workflows API
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MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
Unstructured MCP Server
MCP SERVERUnstructured API pricing
Not yet checked against Unstructured's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-12; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Let's Go free | Free |
| Pay-As-You-Go paid | Free |
| Business enterprise | — |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- : 15 split pdf concurrency level
- : 15000 pages
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Unstructured's documentation. Rate-limit details →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Unstructured Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
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SLAFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Unstructured Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Unstructured Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Unstructured — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 1
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Unstructured API Schemas
JSON SCHEMASecurity Posture 3
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 2
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 2
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 3
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 3
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Unstructured API — frequently asked questions
Does Unstructured have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 9 APIs from Unstructured, including Unstructured Channels API, Unstructured Destinations API and Unstructured General API, and 6 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Unstructured API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 9 OpenAPI specifications for Unstructured, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Unstructured API?
Unstructured uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Unstructured Authentication.
How much does the Unstructured API cost?
APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Unstructured, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Does Unstructured have an MCP server?
Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Unstructured.
Is the Unstructured API ready for AI agents?
Unstructured has a Kin Score of 35.5 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 29.0 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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