LlamaIndex Launches Extract Turbo: VLM Document Extraction 3-5x Faster
llama_index · x · 2026-09-04
LlamaIndex cofounder Jerry Liu announced Extract Turbo, billed as the fastest VLM-powered document extraction solution — 3-5x faster than all comparable OCR solutions, including its own other LlamaParse tiers, at equal or higher accuracy.
- Roughly 4x faster than the Cost Effective tier, with a median latency of 3.7 seconds per page
- Processes pages in parallel, so latency stays nearly flat as document size grows
- Available in beta today, with a detailed technical breakdown published by the team
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