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GPT vs Adobe Acrobat OCR

GPT is cheaper per page; Adobe Acrobat OCR is faster; only GPT supports tables, handwriting, math.

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GPTopenai/gptAdobe Acrobat OCRadobe/acrobat-ocr
TypeVision modelOCR API
Price11 credits / page14 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$11.00$14.00
Typical speed2.4 s / page2.0 s / page
Best forMessy scans, custom instructionsSearchable PDFs in Acrobat
InputsPDF, imagesPDF, images
Languages50+ languagesMajor European and Asian languages
Max pages per request1001,000
Tables✓ YesNo
Handwriting✓ YesNo
Math✓ YesNo
Bounding boxesNoNo
ConfidenceNoNo
FormsNoNo
Multilingual✓ Yes✓ Yes
On OCRRouterAvailableComing soon

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

What each one is

GPT

General vision model. Good at messy scans and following extraction instructions.

GPT details

Adobe Acrobat OCR

OCR built into Acrobat desktop. Adobe PDF Services API also offers OCR. Price is an estimate.

Adobe Acrobat OCR details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body
{
  "model": "openai/gpt",
  "fallbacks": ["adobe/acrobat-ocr"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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