Zerodoc vs Mindee: 4× the pages, and your documents are never stored

Q: Is Zerodoc a good Mindee alternative?

For UK and EU invoices, yes: the same one-request JSON API, roughly 4× the pages per pound, and documents that are never stored rather than kept 12 hours by default. Migration is an endpoint swap and a field rename. If you need receipts, IDs or custom-trained models today, Mindee’s breadth is the better fit.

Q: When is Mindee the better choice?

When you need breadth today: many document types, custom-trained models, platform features like RAG. Zerodoc trades breadth for depth on UK/EU invoices with a structural privacy guarantee.

Q: Where exactly is my document processed?

On a single stateless server in the EU, named in our DPA with the rest of the short sub-processor list. Processing never touches a US-jurisdiction provider.

Mindee is the closest peer to Zerodoc — a developer-first document API with an EU base. Three things differ structurally: what it costs, what happens to your documents, and what privacy costs. Facts, with sources.

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No account needed for the demo · Figures verified July 2026 · sources linked below

Zerodoc, in short

Entry tier, per month

2,000 pages · £19

Mindee: ≈500 credits · €44 (annual billing)

Your documents, after we respond

Never stored

processed in memory, gone the instant we reply — Mindee: 12h by default

Free tier, every month

200 pages

free forever — Mindee: 14-day trial only

Is Zerodoc a good alternative to Mindee?

Zerodoc is a zero-retention Mindee alternative for UK and EU invoice extraction. It gives you 200 pages free every month, forever — Mindee gives a 14-day trial. Zerodoc paid plans start at £19 for 2,000 pages against Mindee’s €44 for roughly 500 credits: about 4× the volume for less money, billed in pages rather than credits. Zerodoc also never stores your documents.

Who this comparison is for

Teams extracting UK and EU invoices who want typed JSON from one endpoint, not a platform.
Anyone for whom “stored for hours by default” is a problem — client documents, regulated data, a GDPR reviewer who reads the DPA.
Indie developers and small teams a €44/month floor prices out — or who want 200 pages a month free, forever.
Not for you if: you need receipts, IDs or passports today, or custom-trained models. Mindee is the better fit — see the bottom line.

What your money buys

The entry tiers side by side, then the full sheet. Mindee credits ≈ pages for standard extraction.

Zerodoc: 4× the included pages at entry

Zerodoc Starter · £19/mo

≈0.95p per page, fully used · 2.5p/page beyond the allowance

Mindee Starter · €44/mo (annual)

≈7.5p per credit (€0.088) at the minimum volume · €0.044/credit beyond

Free tierZerodoc — 200 pages/mo, free foreverMindee — 14-day trial only

Mindee Starter shown at its minimum volume (6,000 credits/year ≈ 500/mo; larger volumes selectable) per mindee.com/pricing and docs.mindee.com, July 2026; pence equivalent at July 2026 exchange rates.

Zerodoc and Mindee pricing compared
	Zerodoc	Mindee (July 2026)	Why it matters
Plans
Free tier	200 pages/month, free forever — no card	14-day trial (200 pages), then paid²	Dev and staging environments keep working after week two.
Entry tier	£19/mo — 2,000 pages (Starter)	€44/mo (annual billing) at the minimum volume of 6,000 credits/year, ≈500/mo¹	Four times the pages for roughly half the price at entry.
Mid tier	£89/mo — 10,000 pages (Pro)	€116/mo (annual billing) — a feature tier; credit volume bought separately¹	Our tiers change the volume; theirs also gate features like residency.
High tier	£299/mo — 40,000 pages (Business)	Enterprise — custom pricing, 500,000+ credits/year²	A published price is a price you can plan against.
Unit economics
Overage	£0.025/page, flat on every plan	€0.044/credit, flat¹	Neither punishes bursts — parity on structure, ours is cheaper.
Billing unit	Pages. One number, no multipliers	Credits, bought in annual volumes²	Units you can predict are units you can budget.
Effective entry cost / page	≈0.95p per page (Starter, fully used)	≈€0.088 (≈7.5p) per credit at the minimum volume¹	The number that actually goes in your spreadsheet.

Effective entry cost assumes the allowance is fully used; Mindee’s per-credit rate falls at larger annual volumes. Both figures footnote their assumptions — always check the current pricing pages.

Retention and privacy, line by line

Zerodoc and Mindee retention and privacy compared
	Zerodoc	Mindee (July 2026)	Why it matters
What happens to your documents
Retention after the response	None — processed in RAM, buffer zeroed. No storage code path exists	Extracted data stored 12h by default, configurable 1–24h³	Retention is breach surface. A window that never opens cannot leak.
Zero retention as the default	The only mode, on every plan	“Delete when fetched” is an opt-in toggle, disabled by default³	Defaults are what actually ships to production.
Async processing window	Same guarantee — nothing is stored on any path	Their DPA permits up to 7 days for async jobs⁴	A DPIA has to assume the DPA ceiling, not the dashboard setting.
Original file written to disk	Never	Never, per their docs³	Genuine parity — credit where it is due.
Residency & proof
EU data residency	Every plan, including free	Localization is a Pro-tier feature; the default zone is “No Preference” — EU or US²	Residency you have to configure is residency you might not have.
Machine-readable proof	Every response carries `retention: { stored: false }`	Policy-based; no per-response retention attestation	Auditors accept evidence faster than promises.
Your data & their platform
Confidence scores	Every plan, every field, always on	All plans — opt-in per model or call, null unless activated²	Both fine here; theirs needs switching on before you can automate with it.
Your data & their R&D	Nothing is retained, so there is nothing to reuse	Shared models not trained on your data; DPA permits pseudonymized reuse for R&D⁴	Read the DPA line before procurement does.

Sources, verified July 2026: ¹ mindee.com/pricing · ² plans docs · ³ data-processing policies · ⁴ DPA.

The bottom line

Choose Mindee if you need many document types, custom-trained models, or platform features like RAG today. Choose Zerodoc if your documents are sensitive enough that “stored for hours by default” is a problem, if you want EU-only processing on every plan rather than a Pro-tier setting, or if a €44/month floor for ~500 pages prices out your project. We do UK/EU invoices, excellently and privately — that focus is the product.

Choose Mindee if…

You need many document types today — receipts, IDs, passports, custom models
You want platform features: classification chaining, RAG, a large SDK surface

Choose Zerodoc if…

Extracted data being stored for hours by default is a problem for you
You want guaranteed EU processing on every plan — not a Pro-tier setting with a "No Preference" default
A €44/month floor for ~500 pages/month prices out your project
You process UK/EU invoices and want depth, not breadth

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Common questions

Is Zerodoc a good Mindee alternative?

For UK and EU invoices, yes: same one-request JSON API, roughly 4× the pages per pound, and documents that are never stored rather than kept 12 hours by default. Migration is an endpoint swap and a field rename, and the free tier lets you check accuracy on your own invoices first. If you need receipts, IDs or custom-trained models today, Mindee’s breadth is the better fit — see “When is Mindee the better choice?” below.

Can Zerodoc really not store my documents?

Yes — structurally, not as a policy. Documents are processed in memory on a single stateless EU server and the buffer is zeroed when the response is sent; no storage code path exists to misconfigure. Every response attests it: retention: { stored: false }. How the guarantee is enforced is documented on the security page.

How do Mindee credits map to Zerodoc pages?

For standard extraction a Mindee credit corresponds to roughly one page. Zerodoc bills flat per page on every plan — 2,000 pages for £19, £0.025/page beyond your allowance — so a like-for-like volume comparison is straightforward: count your monthly pages.

How long does a migration actually take?

Both APIs take a document and return structured JSON, so the work is one endpoint swap and a field rename — the response shape is in the API reference. There is no SDK to install and no async job to poll. Most integrations switch in an afternoon, and the free tier means you can verify accuracy on your own invoices before touching production.

When is Mindee the better choice?

Honestly: when you need breadth today. Many document types (receipts, IDs, passports), custom-trained models, platform features like RAG — those are real Mindee strengths. Zerodoc trades that breadth for depth on UK/EU invoices with a structural privacy guarantee.

Where exactly is my document processed?

On a single stateless server in the EU — one machine you can point to on a map, named in our DPA with the rest of the (short) sub-processor list. Processing never touches a US-jurisdiction provider.

Is the free tier really free?

200 pages every month, forever — no card, no trial expiry, and the same zero-retention guarantee as every paid plan.

Mindee is a trademark of its owner. Zerodoc is not affiliated with or endorsed by Mindee. Comparison compiled July 2026 from public materials; if anything here is out of date, tell us at [email protected] and we’ll correct it.