PDF Extraction Tool Comparison | Tool | Speed | Layout Quality | Tables | Images | Best For | |------|-------|----------------|--------|--------|----------| | PyMuPDF (fitz) | Very fast | Good | Basic | Yes | Bulk text extraction | | pdfplumber | Slow | Excellent | Very good | Yes | Tables + coordinates | | Docling | Medium | Excellent (layout model) | Excellent | Yes | Structured docs, RAG | | LlamaParse | Slow (API) | Excellent (LLM) | Excellent | Yes | Complex layouts, forms | | Marker | Medium (GPU) | Excellent | Very good | Yes | PDF to markdown | | pypdf | Fast | Poor | No | No | Simple…