Ask HN: Who is doing the best Word/PDF RAG tool with deep research?

2 _samjarman 3 7/21/2025, 11:50:43 PM

Hi HN, which SaaS providers are you eyeing up these days for your RAG needs with thousands of PDFs or Word docs and with a agent that can take its time and give well researched, cited answers? TIA!

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Norcim133 · 7h ago

I spent the last 2 months trying out RAG/parsing plays. My use-case required high accuracy on complex tables and figures.

Ranking: 1. LlamaCloud/LlamaParse 2. GroundX 3. Unstructured.io 4. Google RAG Engine 5. Docling ... capability gap... 6. Azure - Document Intelligence 7. AWS - Textract 8. LlamaIndex (DIY)

Imanari · 6h ago

This ranking is just for the parsing, not the RAG Portion, correct?

randomname4325 · 9h ago

checkout www.Airwave.us. They are focused on field services where techs comb through thousands of pages of manuals/documentation for part numbers or specific instructions that have to be 100% accurate.

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Ask HN: Who is doing the best Word/PDF RAG tool with deep research?

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