The deterministic document platform
Nutrient is the deterministic document infrastructure enterprises run their highest-stakes workflows on: replayable output, clear exceptions, and full audit trails on the messy, regulated documents where AI alone breaks. Use any AI model, your own, or none, and keep every document inside your environment.
THE TRUST GAP
Reading a document is where it begins. AI can summarize, classify, and extract. Enterprise workflows can’t act on a guess. When you need to trust the output in a regulated, audited, high-stakes workflow, Nutrient prevents your project from stalling.
~40%
of document AI projects underperform their ROI projections
60–80%
of enterprise data is unstructured
70%
cite trust and data quality as barriers to scaling AI
WHY IT BREAKS AT SCALE
AI made implementing open source faster and more accessible. But true enterprise workflows are defined by the last mile of the most difficult documents with the smallest margin for error: provable extraction, compliance, reliability, and rendering fidelity. That’s what Nutrient was built for.
Data extraction
The demo
A clean invoice parses fine.
The reality
A dense table or a 200-page contract returns confident, wrong values. Nothing flags it.
WITH NUTRIENT
Nutrient returns structured data with per-field confidence and an audit trail. Identical every run.
Reliability at scale
The demo
One document is a demo.
The reality
A million a day brings exceptions, rework, and output that drifts from one run to the next.
WITH NUTRIENT
Nutrient runs deterministically at scale. Identical, auditable output on every document.
Rendering fidelity
The demo
Most viewers handle a clean PDF.
The reality
Malformed files, scans, CAD drawings, and thousand-page documents still have to render exactly, on every device.
WITH NUTRIENT
Nutrient renders on the same engine as Chrome. Pixel-accurate on the files that break open source.
Compliance and accessibility
The demo
Auto-tagging gets you started.
The reality
Auto-tags pass a checker but fail real review. PDF/UA and PDF/A aren’t optional in regulated work.
WITH NUTRIENT
Nutrient produces genuinely compliant PDF/UA and PDF/A. Accessible and audit-ready, not just tagged.
Conversion
The demo
Office to PDF looks simple.
The reality
Fonts, layout, and pagination drift between machines. The file looks right until it doesn’t.
WITH NUTRIENT
Nutrient preserves fonts, layout, and pagination exactly. The same document everywhere it opens.
Redaction
The demo
A black box over text looks redacted.
The reality
The text still sits under the box, recoverable by copy-paste. The metadata leaks with it.
WITH NUTRIENT
Nutrient truly removes the underlying data and its metadata, with an audit trail of what was redacted.
THE PLATFORM
From a raw document to a governed outcome, with agents and people working the same pipeline.
Turn any document into structured, auditable data: OCR, classification, key-value pairs, and tables.
Create, convert, and render documents at scale, with high-fidelity output.
Conditional routing, approvals, and audit trails, or keep AI out of it entirely.
Review, edit, annotate, redact, and sign in the real rendered document.
Cloud, self-hosted, or air-gapped. Embed via SDKs, APIs, or an MCP server.
WHY NUTRIENT
Reliable outputs you can audit. Governed workflows you can prove. Purpose-built interfaces bring humans into the loop at the moments where judgment matters most. Built on 20+ years of document expertise.
Handle the documents that break everything else: handwritten, scanned, exception-filled. High-fidelity, auditable output where accuracy matters most.
Confidence scoring, routing, and audit trails make every decision provable. AI in the loop, or kept out. Run any model, even private, so data never leaves your environment.
Embed high-fidelity viewers and editors in your app: Review, edit, and sign in the document, not a blurry open source viewer. No downloads, no third-party service, and documents never leave your environment.
Build your own with skills, an MCP Server, and embeddable AI Assistant for any model. Or deploy ours: approvals, data extraction, form builder, and reporting agents.
Nutrient is consistently ranked as a leader in document technology by G2 and SourceForge.
WHERE TO START
Most teams start with one of these: Extract structured data, process and generate at scale, review and sign in the real document, or automate end to end.
Turn any document into clean, auditable data. Data Extraction API and PDF-to-Markdown.
Render, convert, OCR, and generate documents server-side. Document Engine and Processor API.
Give people the real document to review, edit, and sign. Web, iOS, and Android SDKs.
Orchestrate document-heavy work with governance and human review. Workflow Automation.
EXPLORE THE PLATFORM
Embed our SDKs and cloud APIs in your own stack, or run prebuilt workflow apps and integrations — all built on the same document engine.
Embed viewing, editing, signing, and redaction in any web, mobile, or desktop app.
The same processing over a simple HTTP API or MCP server: Render, convert, OCR, and extract.
Prebuilt, no-code apps for document-heavy work, with governance and human review.
Document work inside Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, where your teams already are.
TRY IT LIVE
The same viewer our customers embed. Edit the code, drop in your own PDF, and watch it render live. This is where a person reviews what an agent produced, in the real document.
GET STARTED
Nutrient is the deterministic document platform for agents and humans. We help organizations build, automate, and govern document-centric workflows — from development to day-to-day execution. Our platform provides PDF SDKs for developers; cloud APIs for serverless document processing; workflow automation tools for business teams; and native integrations with Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and ServiceNow. Together, they make documents faster to act on, easier to govern, and more responsive to the people who rely on them.
Nutrient solves the universal tension organizations face: They want agility and scale, but they’re stuck with outdated document tools. We address critical challenges across three audiences:
For developers — Building reliable document functionality from scratch takes time and constant upkeep. Nutrient provides production-ready SDKs that embed viewing, editing, signing, redaction, and collaboration into apps — eliminating months of development work.
For IT teams — Legacy document systems create security risks, tool sprawl, and governance gaps. Nutrient delivers enterprise-grade solutions with SOC 2 Type 2-audited infrastructure, full IT control, and native platform integrations that reduce shadow IT.
For business teams — Manual document processes consume up to 30 percent of employee time and create approval bottlenecks. Nutrient Workflow automates these tasks with drag-and-drop tools, cutting process costs by 60–90 percent, while maintaining complete audit trails.
Nutrient stands apart by combining deep technical credibility with practical outcomes: faster development cycles, future-proof customizations, embedded intelligence, and the flexibility to adapt without rebuilding.
Technical foundation: Our SDKs are built on PDFium, the same rendering engine trusted by Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Dropbox. We forked and invested in it early, giving customers unmatched reliability, faster updates, and security benefits competitors can’t claim.
Complete platform: Unlike point solutions, Nutrient supports the entire document lifecycle across every user type. Whether you’re a developer embedding a viewer, an IT admin deploying SharePoint integrations, or an operations leader automating approvals — all products work together seamlessly.
AI-native architecture: Intelligence isn’t bolted on — it’s embedded across SDKs, APIs, and workflow tools. From redaction and comparison to summarization and smart approvals, our AI capabilities are available everywhere in the platform. We’re also building toward an agentic future where documents can be acted on via prompt, watched by agents, and reviewed through structured, auditable histories.
Proven at scale: We’re trusted by 15 percent of Global 500 companies, power more than 1 billion document interactions annually, and have 20+ years of industry experience. Competitors offer similar feature lists but typically rely on fragile architecture or shortcuts that break under enterprise load.
Nutrient SDKs are developer-first tools that let you embed advanced document capabilities directly into web, mobile, and desktop applications. They support the complete document lifecycle — from viewing and collaboration, to processing and finalization — across hundreds of file formats, including PDF, Microsoft Office documents, and images.
Document interaction capabilities: View documents with instant rendering, and support annotations and real-time collaboration. Create and edit dynamic documents and forms. Sign and finalize with electronic and digital signatures, redaction, and version comparison.
Document processing capabilities: Convert and generate PDFs from Office files and images; use OCR to pull text, tables, and structured data from scanned documents; and merge, split, reorganize, or compress files for any workflow.
Why developers choose Nutrient SDKs: One SDK covers the complete document lifecycle, built on PDFium — the same rendering engine used in Chrome and Android. Cross-platform support spans iOS, Android, Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Flutter, React Native, and server environments (.NET, Node.js, Java). Full UI control comes without brittle overrides, deployment options are flexible (in-browser, self-hosted, air-gapped, or hybrid), and hundreds of file formats are supported.
Nutrient SDKs are ideal for SaaS platforms, internal business tools, customer portals, compliance applications, and any app where documents are central to the user experience. They’re built for product-focused developers, engineering leaders, and technical teams needing performance, flexibility, and control. Nutrient is trusted by Dropbox, Disney, IBM, and 3,000+ companies worldwide.
Nutrient Document Web Services (DWS) provides high-performance document rendering and processing through modern, serverless APIs — designed for teams who want SDK-grade quality without managing infrastructure. DWS Viewer API delivers pixel-perfect document viewing across hundreds of formats, while DWS Processor API handles backend workloads like OCR, conversion, PDF/UA auto-tagging, watermarking, redaction, merging, splitting, and data extraction.
Why teams choose Cloud APIs: There’s zero infrastructure overhead — hosting is fully managed, SOC 2 Type 2 audited, and available in both US and EU regions. The first job is live in less than a day. Output quality matches our SDK, ensuring enterprise-grade results across PDF, Office, and image formats. Scaling is flexible — from multitenant cloud to dedicated or self-hosted infrastructure, with no code changes. APIs are agent-compatible and built for intelligent document pipelines.
Ideal for backend developers, SaaS builders, platform architects, and serverless teams — whether running headless workflows, automation platforms, or rapid prototypes.
Nutrient Workflow is a no-code platform that transforms manual, document-heavy tasks into streamlined, scalable, and auditable workflows. Unlike surface-level automation tools, Workflow is built for the reality of document-centric operations — combining process orchestration with robust, embedded document capabilities, including generation, editing, viewing, signing, approvals, and AI-powered data extraction.
How it works: A drag-and-drop builder lets you create multistep workflows with conditional logic, approvals, routing, and escalations — no coding required. Built-in document tools handle form generation, data capture, signature routing, and archiving within a single workflow. AI-powered intelligence extracts data from PDFs and forms automatically, classifies documents, and triggers smart actions based on content. It’s enterprise-ready, with complete audit trails, role-based access, policy enforcement, and compliance tracking built in.
Common use cases: Route capital expenditure and purchase requests through multistep approvals with automatic notifications. Streamline employee onboarding — form collection, background checks, document routing, and team handoffs in one flow. Automate travel and expense submissions, approvals, and reimbursement tracking with full visibility. Maintain complete audit trails for compliance and records-heavy processes.
Ideal for operations leaders, HR teams, finance departments, compliance managers, and IT administrators who need to reduce manual overhead, increase visibility, and scale operations without added headcount. Trusted in healthcare, finance, government, and enterprise environments.
Nutrient provides native, no-code integrations that bring advanced document capabilities directly into Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and ServiceNow — the platforms your teams already use every day. These aren’t external plugins or add-ons; they’re deeply embedded tools that work seamlessly within your existing systems with full IT governance and zero custom code.
Microsoft 365 integrations: View, edit, redact, annotate, and fill forms directly in SharePoint without downloading files. Trigger document workflows — including conversion, OCR, watermarking, and archiving — through Power Automate visual flows. IT teams retain centralized control over policy management, metadata tagging, and compliance enforcement across departments.
Salesforce integration: Generate, edit, redact, sign, and manage documents inside Salesforce records. Automate proposals, quotes, and contracts without leaving your CRM. Full governance keeps document access, versioning, and security controlled through Salesforce permissions.
ServiceNow integration: Connect document processing to ServiceNow workflows for ticketing, approvals, and case management. IT teams can configure advanced document features without developer resources.
Ideal for IT platform teams, compliance leaders, SharePoint and Salesforce administrators, and power users who need to enforce governance, reduce tool sprawl, and empower teams — all within trusted enterprise platforms, with no training or shadow IT required.
Nutrient brings AI natively into every layer of the platform — not as a separate system or bolt-on feature, but built directly into SDKs, APIs, and workflow tools. That means AI is available everywhere in the platform — no separate module, no external integration required.
AI capabilities across the platform: Document understanding — the AI reads layout, structure, and meaning, turning PDF, Office, and image documents into structured, searchable data. In-flow actions let you redact, compare, summarize, and extract data with a single API call — directly in apps, workflows, or business platforms. Intelligent data extraction automatically pulls text, tables, forms, and fields from scans and PDFs, formatted as clean, usable data for downstream systems. Agent-ready architecture built on MCP Server routes document tasks to any large language model with a single prompt — no custom infrastructure required.
What makes it different: Unlike competitors who integrate third-party AI or offer it as a separate module, Nutrient’s intelligence is embedded from the ground up. This means faster performance, better security, unified governance, and no integration complexity.
The agentic future: We’re building toward a world where AI agents and humans collaborate on documents; where edits are proposed by AI, reviewed by humans, and captured in structured, auditable histories; and where documents aren’t static endpoints but dynamic interfaces to action. Nutrient provides the foundation, tooling, and intelligence to make this shift real.
Yes. Nutrient is engineered for enterprise security and regulatory compliance from the ground up. We’re trusted by highly regulated industries, including finance, healthcare, government, and legal — organizations that cannot compromise on data protection or auditability.
Security certifications and standards: Nutrient is SOC 2 Type 2 audited, with independent verification of security, availability, and confidentiality controls. Regular third-party penetration testing validates the infrastructure. GDPR compliance is built in, with full data privacy controls and EU regional hosting. Security management practices are ISO 27001-aligned.
Data protection: Data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256). Choose US or EU data centers to meet data residency requirements. Document Web Services APIs process documents without persistent storage — zero data retention. Self-hosted, on-premises, and air-gapped deployment models give you full control over where data lives.
Built on trusted technology: Our SDKs are built on PDFium, the same rendering engine trusted by Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Dropbox, and other security-conscious platforms. This foundation provides continuous security updates and battle-tested reliability.
Compliance features: PDF/A archiving supports long-term document preservation. Complete audit trails log every access, modification, and approval. Role-based access control provides granular permissions and governance. Forensic-grade redaction permanently removes sensitive information.
Trusted by UBS, the Austrian government, healthcare systems managing HIPAA data, and financial institutions processing millions of secure transactions daily.
Nutrient powers mission-critical document workflows for global enterprises and innovative teams across every industry. We’re trusted by 15 percent of Global 500 companies, serve 3,000+ organizations worldwide, and process more than 1 billion document interactions annually.
Household names that trust Nutrient: Red Bull automated multilevel asset approvals across six Latin American offices, processing 236 requests with complete audit trails using Nutrient Workflow. IBM Pilotbrief empowers 34,000 pilots to view, annotate, and sign 90-page flight releases on iPad using Nutrient iOS SDK — saving minutes and money on every flight. Dropbox, Disney, DocuSign, Box, Autodesk, and UBS rely on Nutrient SDKs to power document experiences at a massive scale. The Austrian government (Digitales Amt) uses Nutrient to deliver secure, citizen-facing document services. GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) deployed Nutrient Workflow to 78,000+ users, achieving 96 percent cost reduction on document processes.
Industries we serve: Financial services, healthcare and pharmaceutical, legal and compliance, government and public sector, HR and employee operations, procurement and supply chain, education and training, manufacturing and construction, nonprofits, entertainment, and technology/SaaS.
Scale metrics: A single GSK deployment reached 78,000+ users. The platform processes more than 1 billion document interactions each year. With more than 20 years in the industry, Nutrient is consistently rated #1 for PDF SDKs on G2 and SourceForge.
Why enterprises choose Nutrient: They get proven reliability, SOC 2 Type 2-audited infrastructure, flexible deployment (cloud, on-premises, air-gapped), dedicated support teams, and a demonstrated track record in the most demanding environments.
Organizations using Nutrient achieve measurable returns across three key areas: reduced engineering costs, faster time to market, and operational efficiency gains.
For development teams: Teams see a 63 percent reduction in engineering investment compared to building document features in-house. 80 percent of customers report faster time to market by eliminating months of PDF rendering, annotation, and signing development. Ongoing maintenance costs disappear — no need to rebuild functionality, fix cross-platform bugs, or chase security updates.
For business operations: Document-heavy processes see 60–90 percent cost reduction — approval workflows, onboarding, procurement. Teams develop processes 77 percent faster with Nutrient Workflow than with traditional BPM platforms. GSK achieved a 96 percent cost reduction by replacing manual processes across 78,000 users.
For IT and platform teams: Eliminate tool sprawl as one unified platform replaces fragmented point solutions, reducing licensing costs and complexity. Reduce shadow IT with native integrations preventing unauthorized tool adoption. Scale without headcount as automation handles volume increases without adding operations staff.
Time-to-value examples: Cloud APIs go live in less than a day with serverless deployment. SDKs embed a production-ready viewer in web apps within hours, not months. Workflow has business teams launching automated approval processes in days, not quarters. Enterprise integrations deploy across SharePoint in weeks, with zero training required.
Risk mitigation value: SOC 2 Type 2-audited infrastructure reduces the risk of costly breaches and audit failures. Industry standards — HIPAA, GDPR, PDF/A — are met without custom development. Nutrient offers genuine vendor stability — 20+ years in business, backed by Insight Partners, and trusted by Global 500 companies.
Most customers see positive ROI within 3–6 months through a combination of avoided development costs, operational savings, and faster execution. The platform pays for itself — and then continues delivering value as you scale.
Nutrient provides comprehensive platform coverage and extensive file format support, ensuring your document workflows work everywhere your users are — across devices, operating systems, and deployment environments. We support hundreds of file formats, including PDF, Microsoft Office documents, and images.
Platform support: Web with modern browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari), JavaScript/TypeScript SDKs, React components, PWAs, and SPAs. Mobile with native iOS and Android SDKs, Flutter, React Native, .NET MAUI, and Xamarin. Server with .NET (Windows, Linux), Node.js, Java, Docker, and Kubernetes. Desktop with Windows (WPF, WinForms, Electron), macOS (native and Catalyst), and Linux (Electron and native).
File format support (hundreds of formats): Full document capabilities for PDF (all versions, including PDF/A for archiving) and Office documents via conversion. Viewing, conversion, and processing for Microsoft Office (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, DOC, XLS, PPT, RTF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, TIF, BMP, GIF, WebP), text formats (TXT, CSV, XML), and output formats (PDF, PDF/A, images), plus hundreds more.
Advanced processing: OCR extracts text from scanned documents and images. Form fields, barcodes, QR codes, and metadata can all be extracted and manipulated. Documents can be merged, split, and reorganized. Digital and electronic signatures and watermarking are fully supported.
Deployment flexibility: Cloud-hosted runs as fully managed SaaS on AWS, with US and EU regional options. Self-hosted deploys on-premises via Docker or direct installation. Air-gapped supports fully isolated environments with no internet connectivity required. Hybrid deployments combine cloud APIs with self-hosted SDKs to match your security requirements.
Browser and device compatibility: Nutrient works on devices from smartphones to large-format tablets, supports offline mode for mobile apps, and ensures consistent rendering across all platforms thanks to our PDFium foundation.
Yes. Nutrient is designed for seamless integration with modern technology stacks, enterprise platforms, and existing business processes. Whether you’re building from scratch or enhancing legacy systems, Nutrient adapts to your architecture — not the other way around.
Integration methods: RESTful APIs come with comprehensive OpenAPI documentation and client libraries for JavaScript, Python, .NET, Java, and Node.js. WebSocket support enables real-time collaboration, and webhook notifications power event-driven workflows.
Native platform integrations: Microsoft 365 covers SharePoint, Power Automate, and Teams. Salesforce gets embedded document tools and automation. ServiceNow connects workflow and case management. Authentication supports SAML, OAuth 2.0, Azure AD, Okta, and LDAP.
Workflow connectivity: Connect to CRM, ERP, HRIS, and database systems. Trigger external APIs and microservices from workflows. Inbound webhooks start processes from external events. Custom connectors handle proprietary systems.
Data integration: Pull data from databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle). Connect to third-party services via REST APIs. Import data in bulk from CSV or Excel files. Form submissions can populate downstream systems automatically.
Migration and coexistence: Start with one use case and expand as you see value — no big-bang migration required. Run Nutrient alongside existing tools during transition. Existing document libraries, metadata, and annotations can be imported. There’s no vendor lock-in — export documents and data in standard formats anytime.
Developer-friendly: Documentation is comprehensive, with code examples and interactive API explorers. Postman collections and sample applications are provided in multiple languages. An active developer community and support forums are available.
Enterprise IT requirements: Nutrient supports proxy and firewall configurations, custom SSL certificates, VPN and private network deployment, audit logging with SIEM integration, and SSO with major identity providers.
Common integration scenarios: Embed document viewer in existing web portals. Add signing workflow to Salesforce opportunity management. Automate document generation from ERP order data. Route scanned invoices through approval workflows. Connect SharePoint libraries to automated processing pipelines.