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dots.ocr vs Chunkr

Dots.ocr is cheaper per page; dots.ocr is faster.

dots.ocrrednote/dots-ocrChunkrchunkr/chunkr
TypeOpen sourceOCR API
Price2 credits / page14 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$2.00$14.00
Typical speed1.5 s / page3.0 s / page
Best forMultilingual document parsingLayout-aware chunks for RAG
InputsPDF, imagesPDF, images, DOCX
Languages100+ languagesMultilingual
Max pages per request5001,000
Tables✓ Yes✓ Yes
HandwritingNoNo
Math✓ Yes✓ Yes
Bounding boxes✓ Yes✓ Yes
ConfidenceNoNo
FormsNoNo
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

dots.ocr

Single vision model from rednote that does layout detection and content recognition together.

dots.ocr details

Chunkr

Document parsing API that segments and chunks pages for RAG. Self-hostable version available.

Chunkr details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body
{
  "model": "rednote/dots-ocr",
  "fallbacks": ["chunkr/chunkr"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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