Caddi and ABBYY both read documents, but they stop at very different places. ABBYY is document intelligence with deep OCR heritage, part of intelligent document processing: products like FlexiCapture and Vantage extract structured data, then hand it off. Caddi reads the document and finishes the workflow it lives in. ABBYY suits high-accuracy extraction from known document types; Caddi suits ops teams in law and finance that want the whole job done, live in days.
The basics
What is ABBYY?
A document intelligence platform with deep OCR heritage. Products like FlexiCapture and Vantage extract structured data using templates and trained ML, built for high-accuracy extraction from known document types.
What is Caddi?
The deterministic AI automation platform for ops and admin teams. Ops teams teach Caddi their workflows over a screen share, and then Caddi runs them reliably hundreds of times a week.
The fundamental difference
ABBYY extracts: it uses templates and trained ML to turn a document into structured fields and then stops at "structured data out", leaving a person or a downstream system to move that data onward and finish the work. Standing it up means building templates for each document type and training ML, then maintaining them as formats drift. Caddi reads varied PDFs and inboxes natively, with no per-field templates and no model training, and then automates the whole workflow the document lives in, intake, decisions, and writing to the system of record, set up by recording the task once.
What it takes to stand one up
The extraction-silo lifecycle and the Caddi lifecycle look nothing alike. Toggle between the two to compare how each is built, how it runs, and where the work actually finishes.
- 1Record the task on a screen-shareA non-technical teammate walks through the workflow once, no templates, no training.
- 2Caddi reads documents nativelyVaried PDFs and shared inboxes are handled out of the box, no per-field templates.
- 3Caddi writes deterministic code over APIsIt runs the whole workflow: intake, decisions, and writing to the system of record.
- 4Caddi maintains itUpkeep and edge cases are handled for you, often with automations live in days.
Caddi vs. ABBYY at a glance
| ABBYY | Caddi | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Intelligent document processing (capture/IDP) | Whole-workflow automation |
| What it delivers | Structured data out | The finished workflow |
| How it's set up | Build templates, train ML | Record the task once on a screen-share |
| Document handling | OCR, templates, trained ML | Native reading of varied PDFs & inboxes |
| After extraction | Human or downstream system finishes it | Caddi finishes it over APIs |
| Who owns it | Capture / OCR specialists | Non-technical ops staff |
| Maintenance | Retune templates as formats drift | Built & maintained by Caddi |
| Best fit | High-accuracy extraction, known types | Law & finance back office |
How they score where it counts
ABBYY is a mature document intelligence platform with deep OCR heritage and strong extraction accuracy on known document types. Caddi trades some of that template-tuned accuracy for finishing the whole workflow, native document handling with no training, and a done-for-you model built for regulated ops.
When ABBYY is the right call
ABBYY is a strong fit when the job is purely high-accuracy extraction from known document types, you have the team to build templates and tune OCR and ML, and the extracted data feeds an existing downstream system that already finishes the work.
When Caddi is the right call
Caddi is the better fit if the people who own the process are non-technical, if your highest-value work is document- and inbox-heavy and needs to be finished, not just extracted (intake, filing, PDF → system of record, triage), if you want it set up by recording once instead of building templates and training ML, and if you need automations live in days with SOC 2 compliance and audit trails built in.
Which fits your situation?
Caddi
Caddi reads the document and runs the rest of the workflow over APIs, so the work actually gets done.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Caddi and ABBYY?
ABBYY is document intelligence with deep OCR heritage: products like FlexiCapture and Vantage extract structured data using templates and trained ML, then hand it off to an existing downstream system. It stops at structured data out. Caddi reads documents natively, with no per-field templates or model training, and automates the whole workflow the document lives in. ABBYY is built for high-accuracy extraction from known document types; Caddi is built for non-technical ops teams in law and finance.
Is Caddi a good ABBYY alternative?
Yes, especially when the goal is to finish the work the document triggers rather than just extract its fields. ABBYY gets you accurate structured data out, then a downstream system or person finishes the job. Caddi reads varied PDFs and inboxes natively with no templates, then runs the rest of the workflow over APIs, set up by recording the task once.
Does Caddi require templates and OCR tuning like ABBYY?
No. ABBYY's accuracy depends on configuring templates and training ML for each document type, then maintaining them as formats drift. With Caddi, a non-technical teammate records the workflow once and Caddi reads documents natively, so there are no templates to build and no models to train.
When should I use ABBYY instead of Caddi?
ABBYY can be the right choice when the job is purely high-accuracy extraction from known document types feeding an existing downstream system, and you have the team to configure templates and tune OCR. Caddi is the better fit when a non-technical team needs the whole workflow automated, not just the extraction step.