PaddleOCR-VL vs Adobe Acrobat OCR
PaddleOCR-VL is cheaper per page; PaddleOCR-VL is faster; only PaddleOCR-VL supports tables, math, bounding boxes, confidence.
PaddleOCR-VLpaddle/paddleocr-vl | Adobe Acrobat OCRadobe/acrobat-ocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Open source | OCR API |
| Price | 2 credits / page | 14 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $2.00 | $14.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.3 s / page | 2.0 s / page |
| Best for | CJK documents | Searchable PDFs in Acrobat |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 109 languages | Major European and Asian languages |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 1,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | No |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | 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
PaddleOCR-VL
Open-source document model from Baidu. Excellent on Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
PaddleOCR-VL detailsAdobe Acrobat OCR
OCR built into Acrobat desktop. Adobe PDF Services API also offers OCR. Price is an estimate.
Adobe Acrobat OCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "paddle/paddleocr-vl",
"fallbacks": ["adobe/acrobat-ocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}