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Azure Document Intelligence vs OCR.space

OCR.space is cheaper per page; only Azure Document Intelligence supports forms, handwriting, confidence.

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Azure Document Intelligenceazure/document-intelligenceOCR.spaceocrspace/ocr-space
TypeOCR APIOCR API
Price15 credits / page1 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$15.00$1.00
Typical speed1.5 s / page1.5 s / page
Best forEnterprise forms and IDsCheap simple OCR
InputsPDF, imagesPDF, images
Languages300+ languages20+ languages
Max pages per request2,000100
Tables✓ Yes✓ Yes
Handwriting✓ YesNo
MathNoNo
Bounding boxes✓ Yes✓ Yes
Confidence✓ YesNo
Forms✓ YesNo
Multilingual✓ Yes✓ Yes
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Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.

What each one is

Azure Document Intelligence

Azure layout model with tables, selection marks and prebuilt invoice and ID readers.

Azure Document Intelligence details

OCR.space

Low-cost OCR API with a large free tier. Returns text, word boxes and searchable PDFs.

OCR.space details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body
{
  "model": "azure/document-intelligence",
  "fallbacks": ["ocrspace/ocr-space"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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