Instructor vs Unstructured

FeatureInstructorUnstructured
CategoryAI DevelopmentData Tools
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open-source) + API
GitHub Stars9,0009,000
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsLinux, macOS, Docker
Features
  • ✓ Structured output
  • ✓ Pydantic models
  • ✓ Retry logic
  • ✓ Streaming
  • ✓ Multi-provider
  • ✓ PDF parsing
  • ✓ Image extraction
  • ✓ HTML processing
  • ✓ Chunking
  • ✓ Multi-format
Tags
structured-outputpydanticpythonopen-source
etldocumentsparsingopen-source