Gemini Flash vs Azure Document Intelligence
Gemini Flash is cheaper per page; Azure Document Intelligence is faster; only Gemini Flash supports math; only Azure Document Intelligence supports forms, bounding boxes, confidence.
Gemini Flashgoogle/gemini-flash | Azure Document Intelligenceazure/document-intelligence | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Vision model | OCR API |
| Price | 3 credits / page | 15 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.6 s / page | 1.5 s / page |
| Best for | Handwriting and mixed layouts | Enterprise forms and IDs |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | 300+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | No | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | No | ✓ Yes |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| On OCRRouter | Available | Available |
Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.
What each one is
Gemini Flash
General vision model with strong handwriting and layout understanding at a low price.
Gemini Flash detailsAzure Document Intelligence
Azure layout model with tables, selection marks and prebuilt invoice and ID readers.
Azure Document Intelligence detailsTry both on your own file
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{
"model": "google/gemini-flash",
"fallbacks": ["azure/document-intelligence"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}Questions
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