Which is cheaper, Docling or MonkeyOCR?

They cost the same here: 2 credits / page.

Which is more accurate?

It depends on the document. Docling is strongest at structured export for rag, and MonkeyOCR at chinese and english pdfs. Run a few of your own files through both and compare the output.

Yes. Put one as model and the other in fallbacks. If the first fails, the second reads the page, and you pay only for the one that answered.

Docling vs MonkeyOCR

MonkeyOCR is faster.

Get API key All models

	Docling`ibm/docling`	MonkeyOCR`monkeyocr/monkeyocr`
Type	Open source	Open source
Price	2 credits / page	2 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages	$2.00	$2.00
Typical speed	2.2 s / page	1.5 s / page
Best for	Structured export for RAG	Chinese and English PDFs
Inputs	PDF, images, DOCX	PDF, images
Languages	Latin scripts, CJK	Chinese, English
Max pages per request	500	500
Tables	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Handwriting	No	No
Math	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Bounding boxes	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Confidence	No	No
Forms	No	No
Multilingual	No	No
On OCRRouter	Coming soon	Coming soon

Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.

What each one is

Docling

IBM's open-source document converter with a structured document model.

Docling details

MonkeyOCR

Open-source document parser that splits work into structure, recognition and relation steps.

MonkeyOCR details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body

{
  "model": "ibm/docling",
  "fallbacks": ["monkeyocr/monkeyocr"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

Questions

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