Docparser

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Ability to create flexible rules and multiple models

Nachteile

Mostly good, some improvement for easier testing may be required.

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Great customer support
Excellent integration with systems and operational processes in general
Works perfectly for simpler cases and at 80% success rate for very compelx cases like mine.

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It really helps when it comes to entering big amounts of information for a document.

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In some documents, it does not work really well, and sometimes create a new template is a bit annoying. but once you have its really helpful

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The software is so easy and intuitive. I was parsing PDF files in no time and exporting data into my database. The price is good too!

Nachteile

I have not found anything that I do not like about this software. I really like it due to the fact it is easy and intuitive.

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The product works and is stable. Once you get started using it, it's easy to set up new documents. We scan a number of documents, and with the program we have the opportunity to scale processes that are otherwise manual.

Nachteile

Nothing.

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Most things can be automated. However, there are always about 10% of items that fall out of process and have to be executed manually. DocParser has moved us from 90% automation to 100% automation. It gives our team the ability to automate documents that come outside of our normal workflow. We combined the parsing skills of DocParser with ETL tools and are able to automate the upload of forms to our ERP.

Nachteile

The software is still in it's early stages, so there are a few kinks to work through. However, the team is extremely responsive and helps us overcome any issues we find.

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I like the flexibility of being to apply rules to standard documents
But also then to bend those rules for the exceptions
Applying parsing rules also helps a lot in organising the data with extraction - and this has saved me countless hours already in the short while using this service

Nachteile

Initially it feels a bit confusing, mostly due to unfamiliar terms used. But I quickly got the hang of it.

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Impressive piece of software coupled with superb support.

Nachteile

Very little. As expected took a bit to learn the scripting but very powerful thereafter.
At a stretch if I had to think of something perhaps conditional statements IF THEN ELSE but I achieved these using other combinations of their scripting methods.

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We use Docparser to 'grab' order information from big purchase orders and make it easy to copy the data to our system. Setup, with a little help from the support team, was easy.

Nachteile

Pricey for small users, even though in our case it's worth it

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Ability to select the areas in a page for extraction. There are few template which could be used without needing to create one.

Nachteile

Need few videos to demonstrate how we could use the software efficiently. That would help those who are using for the first time.

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Easy to use and saves so much time. No more manual data entry into ERP systems, Simply drag and drop PDF supplier invoices into Docparser and it converts it our our ERP required CSV format! simple.

Nachteile

Would be great if there was an ability to upload certain rules in bulk such as search and replace text as opposed to having to set up one rule at a time.

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Through integration with Zapier, Docparser has saved us a massive amount of labour that was being expended by one of our account managers. We've automated the bulk of the admin related to our largest client.

Nachteile

We've found a couple of small bugs, but overall the software is fantastic. It can be a little tricky to set up, and took many small adjustments to get it right but their software makes it simple to make those small adjustments until it works just right. That is more related the type of docs we use it for than the software itself. It would be very easy with docs that are consistently formatted.

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The software is super easy to use, but their customer support is top-notch. They will actually build parsing rules for you.

Nachteile

I wish there were more templates but otherwise no complaints.

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First of all, the ability to extract data with variable text position seems like a small detail, but is actually a huge time saver if your source documents are not laid out exactly the same every time. In another parsing service I had to painstakingly create multiple parsing templates just to accommodate unexpected lines of text appearing above the content I want to extract.

Second, the ability to extract tables in a structured format is really valuable for processing the extracted data. I use Zapier for processing, and the data neatly appears as line items in the Zapier flows.

Automating manual data entry saves a lot of time, and time is money. For business, the pricing is competitive and in most cases provides way more value than it costs.

Nachteile

The parsing rule editor does the job well, but could still be improved upon to streamline the workflow further.

The lowest pricing tier is a tad high for personal use cases.

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In short, this software is smart and ridiculously reliable. We have been using this software to extract the pertinent data from incoming documents, and assembling the data into compartmentalized sections. I have particularly enjoyed its functionality with Google Docs and other Google files.

Nachteile

I have only encountered a couple of issues that I didn't know how to solve, and their customer service team was prompt to explain what I was misunderstanding. I have no complaints about Docparser.

Vorteile

- User-friendly interface.
- Easy to use.
- Does not require much time to understand the process.
- A lot of integration tools.

Nachteile

- API documentation should have been more example.
- I could not find the way to copy an existing parsing rule into a Layout Model. It would be better to be able to copy and alter an existing one rather than creating from the ground up.

- For a large organisation, it will be quite a lot of parsing rules; it would be nice if I can search or categorise the parsing rules.

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Docparser is intuitive and incredibly easy to implement. It is reasonably flexible, so changes can be made quickly as needs evolve. Love the immediacy of being able to see the results of a parsing rule.

Nachteile

It would be useful to be able to reorder parsing rules. You can create new rules between existing rules, so it is easy enough to get what you need, but the ability to reorder rules would save time.

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I really like the idea of docparsing data from pdf or scanned PDFs I’m exited that I’m aware of such a great program I searched around for a long time.

Nachteile

A little too expensive but still affordable

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This is one of the coolest and fun to use tools I've ever seen. I highly recommend it to anyone who has lots of invoices or other documents to parse.

Nachteile

This software is not ready for big time users. I had 50k+ files to parse, and the constraints around input set size and output set size were too restrictive for me to work effectively. If you are going to be a big time user, I suggest you have a discussion with their support about the various limits. Admittedly, my situation is not their standard use case. But it works beautifully if you fit within their limits.

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It is really easy to learn how to use it

Nachteile

It would be useful to have more tutorials to manage edge cases

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Easy to use interface, and also the OCR works well. You can also dump data into Google Sheets with their native integration. They also have a Free option for low volume users.

Nachteile

Could use some more documentation of how to type stuff and use case. Would love a tutorial video, as it would help walk me through, although there was a step by step in-app prompt. Could use "Paid Support/Setup" options so I can just farm out the work to their team.

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The feature that stood out the most for me was their easy-to-use bulk batch data extraction. I could not stand doing them one at a time but with Docparser that is a problem for the past

Nachteile

I did find it difficult extraction data from certain extensions but overall the data extraction was amazing!

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It is well organized and intuitive, and it is really fast to find what i am looking for and allows me to save time.

Nachteile

The colours in the page are limited and i was not be able to find tutorials in differents languages, like spanish.

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Docparser has some great integrations for connecting to a lot of useful services. At first is struggled with these but now, after some support inquiries, they work like a dream.

Nachteile

I think Docparser would benefit from some more features in the "variable text" parsing rule.

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Ability to extract data from documents that was impossible with much more complicated & expensive solutions.

Nachteile

There is no phone support, which would be nice but its understandable though to keep costs low. Email support has been sufficient

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Docparser has an accurate data entry solution, and this makes the process of data preparation swift.

Nachteile

Docparser creates a sustainable and universal data managing platform.

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Great for building your own logic and strategies from getting data from inconsistent layouts. It was a cost-effective solution that integrated with what we were doing from the get-go.

Nachteile

I can't really fault the value for money. I'd always love more more and more advanced features, but it tackles all the problems I throw at it.

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Pricing model is great. You can use a full version for free as testing version as long as you only need a few test documents. Later on the more the usage grows the smaller the price gets per document.Many and also very easy ways to connect Docparser to our system environment.There is always a way to extract exactly the information that we need (sometimes a little complicated (see below)

Nachteile

Some functions are only available in tables and others only in running text. From time to time I was searching for a function I needed, but could not find it. But in the end there was always a way to make it work.

Vorteile

Easy to integrate into our systems and can grow with our needs and scale up.

Nachteile

A good .Net example in C# and VB.Net would have made our journey a bit easier.

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Docparser was a surprise finding, having used a number of capture technologies for many years. Our engineers took to it easily and we have implemented it for a number clients and it has proven to be equivalent to any enterprise capture tool in the market. Very happy. Highly recommended.

Nachteile

Not local partner manager in Australia. Would be good to have a direct sales engagement. Having said that remote support is very responsive and easy to navigate.

Vorteile

Docparser is very easy to setup and the integration with Zapier enables us to process all our supplier invoices without human intervention saving us a lot of time and money.
You can have multiple document parsers for different suppliers and easily route incoming documents to the correct parser.
The documents are stored for a certain number of days and should you have a problem it is very easy to re-run the process, you can even make changes to the document parser and re-run it against your old documents.

Nachteile

Probably my only issue is that you don't appear to be able to search through the parsed documents that are stored, if you have lots of documents this can be a pain sometimes.

Vorteile

The ease of setting up a new document is fantastic. The biggest issue I've had in the past with other services is that it is rarely consistent with the accuracy when parsing the information. I use it to pull information from sales leads that come in by email with a PDF attachment that contains the lead information. My process in the past was to have to manually type the info into a spreadsheet or into my Salesforce account directly; which is very time consuming for my clerical staff.
I've automated this process by having the email automatically forwarded to my Zapier account, then they Zap it to Docparser. Docparser then works their magic and sends it back to Zapier that takes the accurate information and uploads it to my Salesforce and starts the lead followup campaign and notifies me that there is a new lead to contact.
I tried other services in the past, but if there was any variation in the information on the PDF (even one extra space) the information was not accurately parsed. I've set Docparser up and have run 100s of leads through it with 100% accuracy and no need to tweak anything. It is worth every penny and has saved me an absurd amount of time and money spent on paying my staff to manually input the information; not to mention, it allows me to get back to the potential client in a matter of a couple minutes from the initial inquiry time.
Thank you Docparser!

PS - The Customer Support department rocks too. They were very helpful!

Vorteile

I like being able to have multiple document templates as each vendor tends to have their own "take" on what is useful to include in an invoice or order and formatting can vary a great deal.

Therefore, my templates are not based on vendor name - they are based on the data found in the invoices. Example file names: "line-qty-units-isbn13-desc-discount-level-ext-dollar" or "line-qty-desc-unit-ext-float"

Vendors aren't always consistent from invoice to invoice. They may be using software that resizes table columns to fit the text, which means you have to adjust your table format slightly each time to ensure the parsing is correct. That's easy to do.

The forums and Q&A resources are usually helpful and I've found them responsive to email.

Nachteile

1. The UI for making changes to the template. I hate the popup box routine at the end of making a change. It takes a lot of mouse clicks.

2. I've never gotten the subtemplates to work. (see note above about vendor formats being inconsistent.) Subtemplates "supposedly" take care of minor variations and can be grouped according to a vendor name. Maybe this works for other customers, as it is a great idea.

3. There are a lot of little tweaks to be made that aren't obvious to improve character recognition. Why not start with the highest level of quality (ie. turn on OCR) at the start? If that makes file size a problem for storage or performance when processing a lot of files at once, walk people through how to "downgrade" to an acceptable level or establish a recommended number of files not to exceed some size limit. For example, during a trial scan there were no extra spaces or funky characters in the document but then I figured out about half of the "6s" had been transformed to "8s" - not terribly helpful. I want to be able to trust the result rather than having to proof hundreds of line items.

4. Given the inconsistencies I have with the input data sources, I don't think I'll be able to automate the parsing tasks - such as grabbing attachments from email automatically. Again, I have a small business, so I'm OK with the workaround.

Vorteile

The ease of creating parsing templates for customer Purchase Orders, and a variety of other business forms has been an essential component of streamlining our processes. The API integration to our existing software systems eliminates manual data entry errors, while preventing users from having to learn yet another piece of software.

Nachteile

Parsers are displayed in a list view, which creates a challenge as more get added. Organization of the parsers would benefit from a folder structure where they could be stored by document type(PO, Sales Order, etc.)

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The parser was written by doc parser and works great.

Nachteile

I have nothing bad to say about the service. It might get expensive with high usage.

Vorteile

+ The pricing model
+ The feature rich extraction, for all data

Nachteile

- No support for Swedish
- No support org-nr (if VAD ID is not present.)
- No support for full lenght dates (in Swedish) like "1 Oktober 2018"
- No support for swedish payment methods like PG or PG
- Doesn't handle "improved" readable numbers with space, eg invoice nr "123 456 476"

Vorteile

Relatively easy to implement. Very powerful and able to parse most documents. The system is able to do a webhook which means it's not necessary to poll for parsed files although it can do a polled architecture as well.

Nachteile

Does not implement OAuth 1.0 two factor authentication. We've implemented a fully automated system where customer orders are automatically forwarded to Docparser from our email server. Docparser then parses the pdf and forwards the data in JSON to an outward facing Suitelet in Netsuite. This Suitelet then does a Restful integration using OAuth 1.0 to a Netsuite Restlet. The Suitelet handles the required two factor authentication. The Restlet loads the order to Netsuite.

Vorteile

DocParser's approach to creating parsing rules has been the BEST fit for what i use it for. Delve fully and explore all the available methods and you'll find a way to extract the data you want.

Nachteile

Sometimes line by line changes take an extra second to save and the pages take an extra second to load, adding to the overall time it takes to set something up. I'm sure speed will improve over time, the product makes up for this shorterm annoyance.

Vorteile

Variety of tools for post processing documents. One can slice & dice the data gazillion different ways.

Nachteile

Preprocessing documents, especially OCR, may not be Docparser's strongest suite. Having regex capability during preprocessing can also solve many business needs.

Vorteile

Saves us hundreds of hours of labour per year

Nachteile

Not much to dislike - the software works well.

Vorteile

Rule creation is easy. Rules are robust. Software is very intuitive. Connected app opportunities are plentiful.

Nachteile

Haven't found any Cons yet. Anything I've taken issue with has been addressed quickly by the support team.

Vorteile

The ease of use and ability to connect to DocParser to webhooks and node.js has been very beneficial for us. Having the ability to parse documents multiple times has helped us set up and adjust the parsing rules. The software is solid and very accurate.

Nachteile

There is an occasional instance where a parsing rule cannot determine the field and value on the document that needs to be parsed. Most of the time this is due to the scanning of the pdf file and quality of the scanned document.

Vorteile

It allows me to automatically pull needed content from pdf contracts that are emailed to me as a sales rep, and let's me input that into my crm

Nachteile

It has a lot of options and possibilities, so it's not exactly straight forward, but it is easy enough to figure out

Vorteile

We need to manage thousands of PDF invoices and were typing up the details manually. We found Docparser and it has been a amazing. We created parsing rules that allowed us to take very fragmented data and get it into an orderly format that can be pulled into excel. There are multiple PDF formats and all could be pulled in with Docparser through their flexible tools. We are converting about 3500 invoices per month but expect this to grow significantly in the future. This tool is giving us a simple way to grow our business because it is automating tasks that used to take hours. The best part is our previous process was prone to errors which this eliminates.

In my searching for solutions, I did not find anything else that would do what Docparser does that would be simple, cloud based and affordable.

Nachteile

It took a bit of time to set up the templates but nothing that seemed out of the ordinary for the fragmented data we were trying to convert.

Vorteile

It's relatively quick to set up parsing jobs with a minimum of technical ability. I'm always looking for low-code ways to automate workflows. There isn't another solution out there that is really comparable as far as I know.

Nachteile

It's not meant for high production short term jobs, their pricing is set up more for a steady volume, and the credits purchased each month don't roll over. But for creating multiple, recurring, steady volume jobs it's extremely well worth it.

Vorteile

This was designed like I would have designed it except even better. These guys are visionary. We quickly designed a process that saved us 80 hours per month in labor.

Vorteile

Very easy to setup because of helpful guides. I was able to "test drive" the software using the free tier, to make sure it could produce EXACTLY what I wanted. This was a huge help to evaluate vs other products and help make our decision. Now that I have my parsing rules set up, it's extremely easy to run my big report once a month and distribute to my team.

Nachteile

Bit of a learning curve to get the parsing rules set up correctly. I needed to attend their help webinar to understand what I was doing wrong (but then got lots of help).

Vorteile

Docparser has alot of rule options which makes it very easy to create robust rules so you are sure you get the correct data extracted even if the documents are not exactly the same.

There are also alot of integration options. I use webhooks and it works perfect and is easy to use. I integrate to integromat with the webhook.

Nachteile

The pricing is a little bit too high for small business in my opinion. I cannot really find anything else :-)

Vorteile

The information that I was scraping was very tricky for similar products to accurately scrape. I was very pleased to find out that Docparser gave me the control to scrape my PDFs in unique ways to get as much of the information off as possible. It was easy to use and absolute perfect for what I needed it for.

Nachteile

Because I was running this daily I had a lot of documents with the same name in my previous run files. I wish there was a way to filter/rename/sort the previously run files to keep them more organized.

Vorteile

All of my questions were fairly easy to find in the documentation, and it fit the task that I was trying to accomplish.
When building filters, or integrating data, I hit snags—as is expected—but there are so many different ways to extract the important information (and get it where it needs to go) that has all have been fixed.
It has a very intuitive interface, and it seems to do all the things that I hoped it would do.

Nachteile

I had a customer service question that got a response, but then the person never got back to me after the initial contact. The problem has apparently gone away, but I wasn't wild about the exchange.