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LlamaParse vs Nanonets-OCR

Nanonets-OCR is cheaper per page; Nanonets-OCR is faster; only LlamaParse supports bounding boxes; only Nanonets-OCR supports forms.

LlamaParsellamaindex/llamaparseNanonets-OCRnanonets/nanonets-ocr
TypeOCR APIOpen source
Price5 credits / page2 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$5.00$2.00
Typical speed3.0 s / page1.8 s / page
Best forRAG ingestionMarkdown with semantic tags
InputsPDF, images, DOCXPDF, images
Languages80+ languagesMultilingual
Max pages per request1,000500
Tables✓ Yes✓ Yes
HandwritingNoNo
Math✓ Yes✓ Yes
Bounding boxes✓ YesNo
ConfidenceNoNo
FormsNo✓ Yes
Multilingual✓ Yes✓ Yes
On OCRRouterComing soonComing soon

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

What each one is

LlamaParse

Document parser built for RAG pipelines, with several quality tiers.

LlamaParse 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": "llamaindex/llamaparse",
  "fallbacks": ["nanonets/nanonets-ocr"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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