Turn your documents
into a live database
Metadata Views extract structured data from PDFs, contracts, invoices, images, and handwritten documents. Describe what you want, and AI builds a sortable, filterable spreadsheet from your files. No templates, no OCR rules, no manual data entry.
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See Metadata Views in action
Watch how to extract structured data from any document in minutes.
Extract what other tools can't even see
Traditional IDP tools need rigid templates and only handle clearly printed fields. Metadata Views extracts structured data, handwritten notes, and even subjective judgments that require reading between the lines.
Reads like a human
Pulls handwritten data, inferred judgments, and loosely structured fields — not just perfectly formatted values.
Every file type
PDFs, images, Word docs, spreadsheets, presentations, scanned pages. If Fastio can read it, Views can extract from it.
Incremental by design
Add new columns without reprocessing. Re-extract specific fields on demand when files change.
Contract values, sentiment scores, handwritten totals, or property features. If a human could read it, AI can extract it.
The end of templated extraction
Three tired workflows that Views quietly retires.
Traditional IDP tools
- Rigid per-document templates
- Breaks on new layouts
- Weeks to onboard a doc type
Manual spreadsheets
- Data-entry bottleneck
- Silent human error
- Stale the day you finish
Custom scripts
- OCR + regex duct tape
- Maintenance burden
- Brittle on edge cases
Views replace all three — with one sentence of description.
Describe it. AI finds the files.
Name your View and describe the content it should cover. AI scans your workspace, ranks candidates, and shows you what it found before anything else happens.
Describe things like
No tagging, no folders, no manual assignment. Gemini 2.5 Pro reads your files and classifies them.
AI designs your schema
Don't know what fields to extract? AI analyzes your matched files and suggests columns with types, descriptions, and real example values from your data. Edit, add, or remove anything before extraction.
- 7 field types: Text, Integer, Decimal, Boolean, URL, JSON, Date & Time
- Example values from your actual files, not generic placeholders
- Refine suggestions with one click if the first pass isn't right
You control the schema. AI just gives you a head start.
From a folder of listings to a sortable database
A real estate brokerage drops a folder of property listings into Fastio. One View later, every listing is a queryable row.
A folder of PDFs, scanned flyers, and agent-written markdown files. Some have clean tables, some are handwritten MLS sheets, some are photos of printed listings. There's no easy way to answer "show me every 3-bedroom listing under $500k with a pool."
"Real estate listings." That's the whole prompt. AI finds 251 matching files, suggests 9 columns, and extracts everything into a sortable grid. One handwritten field — listing agent — gets added manually.
Now sortable, filterable, and ready for workflows.
Same pattern works for contracts, claims, receipts, research papers, or any other document type.
Your data, fully queryable
Extracted data isn't useful if you can't work with it. Sort, filter, and query across every field — then click any row to open the original document behind it. Your files become a live database, but you never lose the source.
Filter builder for any field
Toggle and reorder columns
Edit and re-extract inline
Questions your data can now answer
Four steps, no setup
From a messy folder to a queryable database in minutes.
Describe what you want
Name your View and write a one-sentence description. That's the whole setup.
AI finds the files
Gemini 2.5 Pro scans your workspace and returns candidate matches for you to approve.
AI designs your schema
Typed columns with example values pulled from your real files. Accept, tweak, or rewrite.
Query your data
Sort, filter, edit inline, and re-extract single fields on demand. Your files are now a database.
Built for every industry's documents
Teams across legal, insurance, media, and finance use Metadata Views to turn manual review processes into searchable knowledge.
Legal & Contracts
Extract effective dates, counterparties, renewal terms, and payment amounts from every agreement.
Insurance & Claims
Pull policy numbers, coverage limits, and expiration dates across your entire book.
Media & Creative
Tag thousands of photos with subjects, settings, brand mentions, and visual descriptions.
Finance & Accounting
Extract line items, totals, vendor names, and payment terms from invoices.
Built for AI agents too
The MCP server exposes Views programmatically. Agents can create schemas, match files, trigger extraction, and query results without a human in the loop.
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preview-matchAI-match files against a description -
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extract-allAsync batch extraction with job polling
Pair with Ripley for conversational Q&A over extracted fields, or trigger workflows automatically when new files land.
Start extracting on the free plan
Every plan includes Metadata Views. Start with 10 custom columns per View on free through Pro, or 50 on Business. No credit card required to begin.
Free to start
Create Views and extract data on the free plan. Upgrade when you need more columns or higher file caps.
Your data stays yours
Extracted data lives in your workspace. No shared models, no leaked training data.
Extraction in seconds
Per-file extraction typically completes in seconds. Batch jobs run async with real-time progress.
Your files already have the answers. Make them queryable.
Create your first View in under a minute. 50 GB free, no credit card required.