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EasyOCR vs Nanonets-OCR

EasyOCR is cheaper per page; EasyOCR is faster; only EasyOCR supports bounding boxes, confidence; only Nanonets-OCR supports tables, math, forms.

EasyOCRjaided/easyocrNanonets-OCRnanonets/nanonets-ocr
TypeOpen sourceOpen source
Price1 credit / page2 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$1.00$2.00
Typical speed0.9 s / page1.8 s / page
Best forQuick scripts and scene textMarkdown with semantic tags
InputsimagesPDF, images
Languages80+ languagesMultilingual
Max pages per request100500
TablesNo✓ Yes
HandwritingNoNo
MathNo✓ Yes
Bounding boxes✓ YesNo
Confidence✓ YesNo
FormsNo✓ Yes
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

EasyOCR

Python OCR library with a simple API. Returns text lines with boxes and confidence.

EasyOCR details

Nanonets-OCR

Open image-to-Markdown model that tags tables, equations, signatures, watermarks and checkboxes.

Nanonets-OCR details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body
{
  "model": "jaided/easyocr",
  "fallbacks": ["nanonets/nanonets-ocr"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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