Mathpix Convert vs Granite Docling
Granite Docling is cheaper per page; only Mathpix Convert supports handwriting, confidence.
Mathpix Convertmathpix/convert | Granite Doclingibm/granite-docling | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 7 credits / page | 1 credit / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $7.00 | $1.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.5 s / page | 1.5 s / page |
| Best for | Math and scientific papers | Small-model document conversion |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 30+ languages | English, experimental CJK and Arabic |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | No |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | No | No |
| 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
Mathpix Convert
Specialist for math, science papers and handwritten formulas. Outputs LaTeX.
Mathpix Convert detailsGranite Docling
Compact IBM vision model that converts pages to DocTags for the Docling pipeline.
Granite Docling detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "mathpix/convert",
"fallbacks": ["ibm/granite-docling"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}