How Extend’s scores are calculated
The full audit trail, recomputed from the verdict data at build time through the same code that produced the leaderboard: verdict × quality × story weight per cell, cells sum to dimension scores, dimensions blend into the PA Score. Every number on the product page is reproducible from this page alone; for why the formula looks like this, see the methodology.
verdict factors: full ×1.0 · partial ×0.6 · disputed ×0.3 · none ×0.0 · n/a excluded from both sides · cell points = weight × quality × factor · cell max = weight × 10
PA Score33/100
Agent-ready 58.2 × 0.30 = 17.46
API quality 18.3 × 0.20 = 3.66
Openness 15.7 × 0.20 = 3.14
Built-in AI 34.0 × 0.15 = 5.10
Automation 24.7 × 0.15 = 3.70
(17.46 + 3.66 + 3.14 + 5.10 + 3.70) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 33.06 ÷ 1.00 = 33.1
Scores are stored to 1 decimal; the product page’s pills round to whole numbers for display. Each dimension below shows the stories, verdicts, and cited evidence behind its number.
Agent-ready58.2/100×0.30 of the PA blend
Outside-in: can YOUR agent reach and drive this product — API, MCP, CLI, headless runs, agent docs.
Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsweight 2
2 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.extend.ai/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.extend.ai/llms.txt # Extend > Extend is a platform for building, iterating on, evaluating, and deploying AI-powered document processing in”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/agent-quickstart“Agent Quickstart | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/mcp“Using Extend via MCP | Extend Documentation”
Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2
2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai“pip install extend-ai”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/cli“CLI | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/sdks“SDKs | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-quickstart“API Quickstart | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/general/async-processing.md#sync-vs-async“Every processing endpoint in Extend (extract, classify, split, parse, and edit) supports both a synchronous and asynchronous mode.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/general/test-environment-guide.md“Runs made with a test API key never touch production data and never fire production webhooks”
- [probe] https://docs.extend.ai/cli“official CLI documented at https://docs.extend.ai/cli”
Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/mcp“Using Extend via MCP | Extend Documentation”
- [probe] https://docs.extend.ai/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.extend.ai/mcp”
Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3
3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/mcp“Using Extend via MCP | Extend Documentation”
- [probe] https://docs.extend.ai/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.extend.ai/mcp”
Use an official CLIweight 2
2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/cli“CLI | Extend Documentation”
- [probe] https://docs.extend.ai/cli“official CLI documented at https://docs.extend.ai/cli”
Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3
3 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 27.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-reference/authentication“Authenticate a request”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/sdks“SDKs | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-quickstart“API Quickstart | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-reference/endpoints/file/upload-file.md“This endpoint accepts file contents and registers them as a File in Extend, which can be used for running workflows, creating evaluation set items, parsing, etc.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/general/async-processing.md#sync-vs-async“Every processing endpoint in Extend (extract, classify, split, parse, and edit) supports both a synchronous and asynchronous mode.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/cli“CLI | Extend Documentation”
- [community] https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/items/45529628“We've been using Extend for over a year and have been super happy with the product and accuracy of the data extraction.”
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Build against official SDKsweight 2
2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai“pip install extend-ai”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/sdks“SDKs | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-quickstart“API Quickstart | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-reference/authentication“Authenticate a request”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-reference/endpoints/file/upload-file.md“This endpoint accepts file contents and registers them as a File in Extend, which can be used for running workflows, creating evaluation set items, parsing, etc.”
Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2
2 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 14.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/webhooks/configuration“Webhook Configuration | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/general/test-environment-guide.md“Runs made with a test API key never touch production data and never fire production webhooks”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/general/async-processing“Async Processing | Extend Documentation”
Agent-ready = 122.2 ÷ 210 × 100 = 58.2
API quality18.3/100×0.20 of the PA blend
The programmable surface once an agent is there — machine-readable spec, interactive docs, sandbox, versioning discipline.
Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2
2 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 4.8 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-reference/authentication“Authenticate a request”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-quickstart“API Quickstart | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-reference/endpoints/file/upload-file.md“This endpoint accepts file contents and registers them as a File in Extend, which can be used for running workflows, creating evaluation set items, parsing, etc.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/sdks“SDKs | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/cli“CLI | Extend Documentation”
Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)weight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1
1 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 8.0 of 10 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/general/test-environment-guide.md“Runs made with a test API key never touch production data and never fire production webhooks”
Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/evaluation/processors.md#versioning“the thing you version and iterate on in Extend Studio, and the unit you evaluate and optimize”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/workflows/workflow-versioning.md“A workflow has one editable draft and any number of immutable deployed versions.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/model-versioning/overview.md“Base model versions are Extend's underlying model releases, selected with the baseVersion config field.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-reference/authentication“Authenticate a request”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-quickstart“API Quickstart | Extend Documentation”
API quality = 12.8 ÷ 70 × 100 = 18.3
Openness15.7/100×0.20 of the PA blend
Can you leave, inspect, or self-host — data export, open source, portability.
Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIweight 2
2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/cli“CLI | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/mcp“Using Extend via MCP | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/sdks“SDKs | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/api-quickstart“API Quickstart | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/agent-quickstart“Agent Quickstart | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/evaluation/processors.md“you save that config once as a processor, give it a stable id, and reference it from then on”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/evaluation/processors.md#versioning“the thing you version and iterate on in Extend Studio, and the unit you evaluate and optimize”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/evaluation/overview.md“Evaluation sets let you test the accuracy of your document processors reliably and repeatedly.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/workflows/workflow-versioning.md“A workflow has one editable draft and any number of immutable deployed versions.”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai/pricing“Composer & Review Agent”
Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/security/data-handling“Data handling, Zero Data retention: "We maintain automatic data-retention policies that vary in default length by billing tier and can be configured to fit your policy. We also support zero data retention options." — including ZDR with AI subprocessors, configurable at the workspace level.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/security/data-handling“Data Handling | Extend Documentation”
Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Self-host the core productweight 3
3 (weight) × 3 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 5.4 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai/pricing“BYOC (your VPC) and Hybrid deployments”
Openness = 12.6 ÷ 80 × 100 = 15.7
Built-in AI34.0/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Inside-out: how agentic the product itself is for its users — built-in assistants, autonomous features.
Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 2
2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/extraction/confidence-scores.md“Use them to trust high-confidence values automatically and route the rest to human review.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/extraction/response-format.md#citations“plus per-field confidence scores and citations that point back to the exact spot on the page”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai/pricing“Agentic OCR”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai“Parse, extract, and split your hardest documents with unmatched accuracy. Ship reliable document agents in minutes, not months.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/extraction/confidence-scores“Confidence Scores | Extend Documentation”
Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2
2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai/pricing“Workflows”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/webhooks/configuration“Webhook Configuration | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/general/async-processing“Async Processing | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/general/async-processing.md#sync-vs-async“Every processing endpoint in Extend (extract, classify, split, parse, and edit) supports both a synchronous and asynchronous mode.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/workflows/workflow-versioning.md“A workflow has one editable draft and any number of immutable deployed versions.”
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3
3 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 9.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai/pricing“Composer & Review Agent”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai/pricing“Agentic OCR”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai/pricing“Agent form filling”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/agent-quickstart“Agent Quickstart | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai“Ship reliable document agents in minutes, not months.”
Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2
2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/mcp“Using Extend via MCP | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/agent-quickstart“Agent Quickstart | Extend Documentation”
- [probe] https://docs.extend.ai/mcp“official MCP server documented at https://docs.extend.ai/mcp”
- [probe] https://docs.extend.ai/cli“official CLI documented at https://docs.extend.ai/cli”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/cli“CLI | Extend Documentation”
Built-in AI = 30.6 ÷ 90 × 100 = 34.0
Automation24.7/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Depth of automation primitives — rules, scheduling, bulk operations, webhooks.
Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2
2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/extraction/multifile.md#citations-and-file-provenance“Multifile extraction lets you run a single extraction over a collection of files with a shared context.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/general/async-processing.md#sync-vs-async“Every processing endpoint in Extend (extract, classify, split, parse, and edit) supports both a synchronous and asynchronous mode.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/evaluation/running-evaluation-sets.md#matcher-type-extractors-only“An evaluation set run scores one processor version against every item in an evaluation set and returns aggregate metrics”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/general/async-processing“Async Processing | Extend Documentation”
Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3
3 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 9.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/webhooks/configuration“Webhook Configuration | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai/pricing“Workflows”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/general/async-processing.md#sync-vs-async“Every processing endpoint in Extend (extract, classify, split, parse, and edit) supports both a synchronous and asynchronous mode.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/workflows/workflow-versioning.md“A workflow has one editable draft and any number of immutable deployed versions.”
Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai/pricing“Workflows”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/webhooks/configuration“Webhook Configuration | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/general/async-processing“Async Processing | Extend Documentation”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/workflows/workflow-versioning.md“A workflow has one editable draft and any number of immutable deployed versions.”
Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1
1 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.6 of 10 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/evaluation/processors.md#versioning“the thing you version and iterate on in Extend Studio, and the unit you evaluate and optimize”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/workflows/workflow-versioning.md“A workflow has one editable draft and any number of immutable deployed versions.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/evaluation/overview.md“Evaluation sets let you test the accuracy of your document processors reliably and repeatedly.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/evaluation/running-evaluation-sets.md#matcher-type-extractors-only“An evaluation set run scores one processor version against every item in an evaluation set and returns aggregate metrics”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.extend.ai/evaluation/processors.md“you save that config once as a processor, give it a stable id, and reference it from then on”
- [claimed-docs] https://www.extend.ai/pricing“Composer & Review Agent”
Automation = 19.8 ÷ 80 × 100 = 24.7