Obsidian Bases vs Kreuzberg Document Extractor

Obsidian Bases

By Steph Ango (Kepano / Obsidian)

Create database views over your Obsidian notes to track projects, tasks, and reading lists.

Kreuzberg Document Extractor

By Productivity and Collaboration

Pull text, tables, and data from 90+ file types—PDFs, Office docs, images, and more.

Obsidian Bases

• Creates table, card, list, or map views of your notes based on filters you set
• Lets you group and sort notes by any property (status, date, tags, folders)
• Calculates fields automatically like days until deadline or price totals
• Shows summaries like averages, sums, and counts across your filtered notes
• Works with your existing Obsidian notes without changing how you write them

Kreuzberg Document Extractor

• Extracts text, tables, metadata, and images from 90+ file formats including PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, emails, and HTML
• Runs OCR on scanned PDFs and photos so AI can read text from images or receipts
• Processes batches of files at once—upload a folder of contracts and get all the data out
• Outputs clean Markdown or JSON for easy reading and further AI processing
• Handles password-protected PDFs and multi-language documents

Reach for Obsidian Bases when…

• You're managing projects or tasks in Obsidian and want a cleaner view than scattered notes
• You need to track reading lists, book notes, or research with custom filters and groupings
• You want to see calculated info like "days overdue" or "total budget" without manual updates
• You're organizing lots of notes and need different views (table vs cards) for different contexts

Reach for Kreuzberg Document Extractor when…

• You need AI to read contracts, invoices, or research papers and pull out key info
• You're processing receipts, scanned documents, or photos with text and need OCR
• You want to bulk-extract data from a folder of mixed file types (PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets)
• You're building a knowledge base and need to ingest documents automatically