Reducto Parse vs dots.ocr
Dots.ocr is cheaper per page; dots.ocr is faster; only Reducto Parse supports forms, confidence; only dots.ocr supports math, multilingual.
Reducto Parsereducto/parse | dots.ocrrednote/dots-ocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 20 credits / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $20.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 4.0 s / page | 1.5 s / page |
| Best for | High-stakes complex documents | Multilingual document parsing |
| Inputs | PDF, images, DOCX | PDF, images |
| Languages | 50+ languages | 100+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | No | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | No |
| Forms | ✓ Yes | No |
| Multilingual | No | ✓ Yes |
| On OCRRouter | Coming soon | 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
Reducto Parse
High-accuracy parsing for complex financial and legal documents, with citations.
Reducto Parse detailsdots.ocr
Single vision model from rednote that does layout detection and content recognition together.
dots.ocr detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "reducto/parse",
"fallbacks": ["rednote/dots-ocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}