> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.abbyy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# ABBYY Vantage

> ABBYY Vantage is a cloud-hosted intelligent document processing (IDP) platform that extracts structured data from invoices, contracts, and more.

ABBYY Vantage is a cloud-hosted IDP platform. It uses AI-powered skills to extract structured data from invoices, purchase orders, receipts, contracts, and hundreds of other document types — then delivers that data to your systems via API or ready-made connectors.

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  <Card title="Get Started" icon="rocket" href="/vantage/getting-started/overview">
    Process your first document via the API or the web UI.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API Reference" icon="rectangle-terminal" href="/vantage/developer/api-introduction">
    Authenticate, upload, extract, and integrate with the REST API.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Skill Catalog" icon="book" href="/vantage/documentation/skill-catalog/skill-catalog">
    Browse 100+ pre-trained skills or build your own.
  </Card>

  <Card title="How-to guides" icon="graduation-cap" href="/vantage/how-to/introduction">
    Step-by-step tutorials for common workflows.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## How it works

<Steps>
  <Step title="Choose a skill">
    Pick a pre-trained skill from the [Skill Catalog](/vantage/documentation/skill-catalog/skill-catalog) — or [create your own](/vantage/documentation/skill-catalog/create-skill) for custom document types.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Submit documents">
    Upload documents through the [web UI](/vantage/getting-started/ui), the [REST API](/vantage/getting-started/api), or a connector to your automation platform.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and export">
    Vantage extracts fields automatically. Operators can verify results in [Manual Review](/vantage/documentation/skill-designer/process/manual-review), then export structured JSON, XML, or push data to downstream systems.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What you can build

| Use case                  | Skills to use                                              |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Invoice processing**    | Invoice skill, Purchase Order skill                        |
| **Expense management**    | Receipt skill, Expense Report process skill                |
| **Logistics & shipping**  | Bill of Lading, Air Waybill, Delivery Note skills          |
| **Identity verification** | ID Document skill, Passport skill                          |
| **Contract analysis**     | Advanced Designer with custom unstructured document skills |
| **Mailroom automation**   | Classification skill + document skills + process skill     |

<Callout type="tip">
  Browse the [ABBYY Marketplace](https://www.abbyy.com/marketplace/) for additional skills and connectors from ABBYY and partners.
</Callout>

## Key capabilities

* **Pre-trained skills** — production-ready models for common document types, pre-configured with validation rules
* **Custom skills** — low-code designer to train models for any document type using your own samples
* **Human-in-the-loop** — built-in Manual Review for operators to verify and correct extracted data
* **Continuous learning** — uptrain skills with feedback to improve accuracy over time
* **Multi-format support** — PDFs, images, Office documents across 200+ languages
* **API-first** — REST API for integration with any system; connectors for automation platforms and AI agents

## On-premises deployment

Need to run Vantage on your own infrastructure? See [Vantage Private Cloud](/vantage/private-cloud/introduction) for self-hosted deployment with full control over data residency and compliance.