GPT vs OCRmyPDF
OCRmyPDF is cheaper per page; OCRmyPDF is faster; only GPT supports tables, handwriting, math.
GPTopenai/gpt | OCRmyPDFocrmypdf/ocrmypdf | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Searchable PDFs from scans |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 50+ languages | 100+ languages (via Tesseract) |
| Max pages per request | 100 | 1,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | No | No |
| Confidence | No | No |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| 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
OCRmyPDF
Command-line tool that adds a searchable text layer to scanned PDFs, using Tesseract.
OCRmyPDF detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "openai/gpt",
"fallbacks": ["ocrmypdf/ocrmypdf"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}