Parseur vs PHP MIME Mail Parser

Parseur extracts structured data from PDFs, emails, scans and other documents, then sends it to business tools. Documents can be submitted by email, REST API or drag-and-drop in the web app. Extraction options include Vision AI, Text AI and template parsing, and an engine can be selected for each document. Its OCR supports more than 200 languages and preprocesses scanned documents. Parseur can format and validate extracted fields, with optional Python post-processing for custom logic. Listed integrations include Zapier, Make, Power Automate, n8n and webhooks; exports include Google Sheets, Excel, CSV and JSON. The maker names accounts payable, logistics, human resources and real estate leads as use cases. The free tier allows up to 20 pages per month, one user and 90-day document retention; advanced post-processing is not included. The maker says data is EU-hosted, not used to train AI models serving other customers, and retention can be configured per mailbox down to one day. The site lists paid plans from $49/mo, though displayed Base, Scale and Enterprise tiers have no fixed prices shown.

PHP MIME Mail Parser is a PHP library for reading MIME email, built around the mailparse extension. It can handle mail forwarded from Postfix, read.eml messages, support webmail creation, and store email information in a database. Messages may be provided by file path, raw MIME text, PHP file resource, or stream such as stdin. The parser returns headers as raw text or an array with character-set conversion, and can extract addresses and subject. For message content, it retrieves text and HTML bodies, including HTML with embedded content such as images. It can list and save attachments, include or omit inline attachments, and apply a strategy for duplicate filenames. Installation is recommended through Composer as php-mime-mail-parser/php-mime-mail-parser. It requires PHP 8.2 or later and the mailparse extension; listed supported PHP versions are 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5. The library supports Linux, macOS, Windows, and self-hosted use, and is released under the MIT license. Pricing is free.