GPT vs Donut
Donut is cheaper per page; Donut is faster; only GPT supports tables, handwriting, math, multilingual; only Donut supports forms.
GPTopenai/gpt | Donutnaver/donut | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Vision model | Open source |
| Price | 11 credits / page | 1 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $11.00 | $1.00 |
| Typical speed | 2.4 s / page | 1.0 s / page |
| Best for | Messy scans, custom instructions | Receipt and form fields after fine-tuning |
| Inputs | PDF, images | images |
| Languages | 50+ languages | English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean |
| Max pages per request | 100 | 100 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | No | No |
| Confidence | No | No |
| Forms | No | ✓ Yes |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | No |
| On OCRRouter | Available | Coming soon |
Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.
What each one is
Donut
OCR-free document understanding model. Fine-tuned for receipts, forms and document Q&A.
Donut detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "openai/gpt",
"fallbacks": ["naver/donut"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}