Unlimited OCR vs RapidOCR
RapidOCR is cheaper per page; RapidOCR is faster; only Unlimited OCR supports tables, math; only RapidOCR supports confidence.
Unlimited OCRbaidu/unlimited-ocr | RapidOCRrapidai/rapidocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Open source | Open source |
| Price | 2 credits / page | 1 credit / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $2.00 | $1.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.2 s / page | 0.6 s / page |
| Best for | Books and very long documents | Lightweight OCR on CPU or edge |
| Inputs | PDF, images | images |
| Languages | 30+ languages | Chinese, English and more |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 100 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ 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
Unlimited OCR
Open-source model from Baidu that reads hundreds of pages in one pass with flat memory use.
Unlimited OCR detailsRapidOCR
PaddleOCR models packaged for ONNX Runtime and other engines. Easy to deploy without Paddle.
RapidOCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "baidu/unlimited-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["rapidai/rapidocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}