Rossum is built for enterprises that need end-to-end AP automation with ERP integrations, AI agents, and approval workflows. If you have a dedicated IT team, a six-figure automation budget, and months to implement—Rossum delivers. But if you need to extract data from documents without spending $18,000 a year and waiting weeks for onboarding, Rossum is solving a different problem than the one you have.
The gap between what Rossum offers and what most teams actually need is where the frustration starts. You came for document extraction. You got an enterprise platform with annual contracts, add-on pricing for ERP integrations, and a setup process that reviewers describe as “tedious and frustrating.” For teams processing a few hundred to a few thousand documents per month, that’s not automation—it’s overhead.
Lido is the strongest Rossum alternative for teams that need accurate document extraction without enterprise complexity. Lido uses layout-agnostic AI that reads any document format on the first upload—no templates, no model training, no weeks of implementation. ACS Industries processes 400 purchase orders per week across every vendor format with 99.5–100% accuracy, paying a fraction of what Rossum’s Starter plan costs.
Rossum is a full-stack enterprise IDP platform. Lido is a focused document extraction tool that gets data out of documents and into spreadsheets or ERPs fast. The comparison comes down to whether you need the enterprise stack or just the extraction.
Rossum raised $100M in Series A funding and built an impressive enterprise platform. But the same things that make it powerful for large organizations—deep ERP integrations, AI agents, compliance certifications—make it impractical for teams that just need to get data out of documents.
The price excludes most businesses. Rossum’s Starter plan begins at $18,000 per year. That’s before you add ERP integrations, onboarding plans, or scale beyond the base volume. G2 and Capterra reviewers consistently flag pricing as the top concern: “Rossum pricing increased exorbitantly.” “High cost, which can be prohibitive for small and medium businesses.” “Better, more cost-appropriate solutions now exist on the market.” For context, Lido’s Standard plan costs $348 per year—you could run Lido for over 50 years for the cost of one year on Rossum.
Setup takes weeks, not minutes. Enterprise onboarding is part of Rossum’s DNA. They offer “Premier” and “Signature” onboarding plans, and case studies describe onboarding timelines of three months for shared service centers. Reviewers confirm: “The initial setup procedure is tedious and frustrating.” “Can be challenging to set up, especially for those without a background in technology.” For teams that need to start extracting data this week, not this quarter, that timeline is a dealbreaker.
Accuracy gaps on real-world documents. Rossum markets 98% accuracy and “100% touchless processing.” Real user experiences tell a different story. Reviewers report the software “occasionally fails to accurately extract data from specific kinds of documents” and struggles with “intricate formatting or unusual layouts.” A competitor benchmark measured Rossum at 82% accuracy on diverse documents. And despite claiming support for 276 languages, users note it “does not handle different languages well.”
You’re locked in for a year. Rossum requires a minimum one-year contract. If the platform doesn’t meet your needs after month two, you’re paying for ten more months. There’s no monthly option and no way to scale down gracefully. Lido is month-to-month with a 50-page free trial—you know whether it works before you spend a dollar.
Rossum holds a 4.5/5 on G2 and solid ratings on Capterra. The platform genuinely delivers for large enterprises with the budget and IT resources to implement it fully. But the complaints cluster around specific issues that matter most for smaller teams evaluating alternatives.
On pricing: “Rossum pricing increased exorbitantly and the team acted in unethical and potentially illegal ways.” “High cost, which can be prohibitive for small and medium businesses.” “Better, more cost-appropriate solutions now exist on the market.” “In some cases, hiring a freelancer may be a more cost-effective solution.” Pricing is the single most frequent complaint across review platforms.
On setup complexity: “The software can be challenging to set up, especially for those without a background in technology.” “The initial setup procedure is tedious and frustrating.” “Configuration pages for extensions are not very intuitive.” “Long-drawn training process involving multiple steps and significant work hours.” The enterprise setup that delivers power for large organizations creates friction for everyone else.
On accuracy: “The software occasionally fails to accurately extract data from specific kinds of documents.” “Getting the software to recognize and extract data from documents with intricate formatting or unusual layouts has proven difficult.” Reports of inaccuracy on documents exceeding 3 pages suggest the engine is optimized for standard transactional documents, not diverse or complex formats.
On language support: Despite marketing 276-language support, reviewers note Rossum “does not handle different languages well” and that “it may be challenging to get desired results if working with documents in a language other than English.”
To be fair: Rossum’s enterprise customers—Bosch, Siemens, Panasonic, Flexport—are real, and the platform delivers genuine value at that scale. The AI agents and approval workflow features are sophisticated. The problems surface when teams without enterprise budgets or IT departments try to use it for straightforward document extraction.
The results below come from teams that chose Lido’s focused extraction approach over enterprise IDP platforms. The pattern: once you strip away the enterprise overhead and focus on getting data out of documents accurately, the time-to-value drops from months to minutes.
ACS Industries (Manufacturing, 1,000+ employees) processes 400 purchase orders per week across every format—PDFs, spreadsheets, images, and plain-text emails. Each vendor sends a different layout. With Lido: 30 hours saved per week on manual data entry, 99.5–100% accuracy on typed documents, and they avoided hiring an additional FTE. They previously used UiPath and found Lido’s approach faster and more accurate without the configuration overhead.
ACS Industries “Thanks to Lido, we’re processing ~400 weekly POs automatically with complete accuracy.”
Soldier Field / ASM Global (Events, 1,000+ employees) handles 1,000 vendor invoices per month, each in a different format. They tried ChatGPT and Power Automate before switching to Lido. What used to take 20 hours per week now takes 30 seconds per invoice. Setup took 15 minutes—not the weeks or months an enterprise platform would require.
Soldier Field / ASM Global “What used to take us 20 hours each week now takes just 30 seconds per invoice.”
Relay (Healthcare, 50–200 employees) processes 16,000+ Medicaid claims every 1–2 months, each running 700+ pages. With Lido: 100+ hours saved per week, 500% increase in team capacity, 98% reduction in human error. The team was up and running in under one week—a fraction of the onboarding timeline enterprise IDP platforms require.
Relay “Lido turned a process that used to take weeks or months into just hours.”
TOK Commercial (Real Estate, 51–200 employees) manages 400 properties with 150 multi-page vendor documents monthly. Lido extracts fields from any vendor format and auto-assigns GL codes using AI. Result: 85% increase in AP team capacity and one FTE hire avoided.
TOK Commercial “I explore a lot of solutions for our accounting needs, but none are as easy or effective as Lido.”
This is the starkest difference between the two platforms. Rossum is priced for enterprise procurement. Lido is priced for teams that want to start now.
Rossum’s pricing. Starter plan at $18,000/year ($1,500/month). Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate tiers at custom pricing. ERP integrations (SAP, Coupa, Workday, Oracle) are add-ons with additional cost. “Signature” onboarding plans for Enterprise are an additional cost. One-year minimum contract. 14-day free trial only.
Lido’s pricing. $29/month for 100 pages and 1 user. $7,000/year for 42,000 pages and up to 10 users. Enterprise pricing from $30,000/year for higher volumes, dedicated support, and custom integrations. Free trial: 50 pages, no credit card required. Month-to-month—no annual commitment.
The math. A team processing 3,000 pages per month would exceed Rossum’s Starter tier and move into custom Business pricing—likely $25,000–50,000+ per year depending on integrations and volume. That same team on Lido’s Scale plan pays $7,000/year for 42,000 pages (3,500/month) with up to 10 users included. Even at Lido’s Enterprise level ($30,000/year), you’re getting dedicated support, custom integrations, and unlimited users—at or below Rossum’s base pricing.
What Rossum charges for, you may not need. Rossum’s pricing includes AI agents, approval workflows, vendor communication automation, and deep ERP orchestration. These are genuinely valuable for large AP departments processing tens of thousands of invoices through SAP or Workday. But if your primary need is getting data out of documents accurately and into a spreadsheet or your existing system, you’re paying for infrastructure you’ll never use.
Rossum is a well-funded, well-built enterprise platform, and for certain organizations it’s the right tool.
You need full AP workflow automation. If your goal isn’t just extracting data from documents but automating the entire accounts payable workflow—approval routing, vendor communication, exception handling, policy enforcement—Rossum’s AI agents and workflow engine are genuinely sophisticated. This goes beyond what extraction-focused tools provide.
You require deep ERP integration. Rossum has pre-built connectors for SAP, Coupa, Workday, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics. If your AP workflow depends on bidirectional ERP integration with complex business rules, Rossum’s enterprise connectors may save you custom development work.
You’re a large enterprise with IT support. Rossum’s security certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II), sandbox environments, SSO, and compliance features serve organizations with strict procurement and security requirements. If you need to clear enterprise IT review before deploying any tool, Rossum is built for that process.
Comparing other document extraction tools? See how Lido compares to Nanonets, Parseur, DocuClipper, and Super.AI.
The fastest way to evaluate is to test with the documents you’d otherwise need Rossum’s enterprise setup to process.
Step 1. Sign up for the free trial at lido.app. No credit card required. You get 50 pages to test—compared to Rossum’s 14-day trial that requires sales engagement for anything beyond basic testing.
Step 2. Upload a mixed batch—invoices from multiple vendors, in different formats, including scanned or handwritten documents if that’s part of your workflow. Describe the fields you need in plain English.
Step 3. Compare the results and the timeline. Note how long it took to get structured output from Lido versus how long Rossum’s onboarding process would take. If Lido handles your documents accurately in minutes, the question becomes whether you need Rossum’s enterprise workflow features—or just the extraction.
Most teams see results within 5 minutes of their first upload. If the extraction is what you need, you’ll know before Rossum’s sales team has finished scheduling your onboarding kickoff call.
Lido is the best Rossum alternative for teams that need accurate document extraction without enterprise pricing or complexity. Lido starts at $29/month with no annual contract, works on any document format without templates, and delivers results in minutes instead of the weeks or months Rossum’s enterprise onboarding requires. ACS Industries processes 400 purchase orders per week with 99.5–100% accuracy.
The most common reasons are Rossum’s pricing ($18,000/year minimum), complex setup process (weeks to months for enterprise onboarding), one-year contract lock-in, and accuracy issues with complex or non-English documents. G2 and Capterra reviewers describe the pricing as “prohibitive for small and medium businesses” and the setup as “tedious and frustrating.”
Lido starts at $29/month for 100 pages. Rossum starts at $18,000/year ($1,500/month). Lido’s Scale plan is $7,000/year for 42,000 pages with up to 10 users. Rossum’s Business and Enterprise tiers are custom-priced and require ERP integration add-ons at additional cost. Lido is month-to-month; Rossum requires a one-year minimum contract.
Rossum markets itself as template-free using its proprietary Aurora AI engine. However, reviewers report that custom model training is “long-drawn involving multiple steps and significant work hours,” and accuracy drops on documents with intricate formatting or unusual layouts. Lido’s template-free approach works on the first upload—describe what you need in plain English and extract immediately, with no training period.
Lido delivers 99.5–100% accuracy on typed documents and handles handwriting, scanned documents, and complex layouts. Rossum claims 98% accuracy, but a competitor benchmark measured 82% on diverse documents, and reviewers report struggles with intricate formatting and non-English languages. Lido processes 1,000+ page documents natively, while Rossum users report accuracy issues on documents exceeding 3 pages.
Lido replaces Rossum’s document extraction and data output capabilities. For teams whose primary need is getting structured data out of invoices, POs, and receipts, Lido handles that at a fraction of the cost. For teams that need Rossum’s full AP workflow—approval routing, vendor communication, AI agents, and deep SAP/Coupa integration—those features go beyond what Lido provides. Most teams we talk to need the extraction, not the enterprise workflow.
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