Which is cheaper, Docling or GOT-OCR 2.0?

GOT-OCR 2.0. Docling is 2 credits / page and GOT-OCR 2.0 is 1 credit / page.

Which is more accurate?

It depends on the document. Docling is strongest at structured export for rag, and GOT-OCR 2.0 at formatted text, formulas and charts. Run a few of your own files through both and compare the output.

Yes. Put one as model and the other in fallbacks. If the first fails, the second reads the page, and you pay only for the one that answered.

Docling vs GOT-OCR 2.0

GOT-OCR 2.0 is cheaper per page; GOT-OCR 2.0 is faster.

Get API key All models

	Docling`ibm/docling`	GOT-OCR 2.0`stepfun/got-ocr-2`
Type	Open source	Open source
Price	2 credits / page	1 credit / page
Per 1,000 pages	$2.00	$1.00
Typical speed	2.2 s / page	1.5 s / page
Best for	Structured export for RAG	Formatted text, formulas and charts
Inputs	PDF, images, DOCX	images
Languages	Latin scripts, CJK	Chinese, English
Max pages per request	500	100
Tables	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Handwriting	No	No
Math	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Bounding boxes	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Confidence	No	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

Docling

IBM's open-source document converter with a structured document model.

Docling details

GOT-OCR 2.0

Unified OCR model that reads plain text, tables, formulas, sheet music and charts.

GOT-OCR 2.0 details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body

{
  "model": "ibm/docling",
  "fallbacks": ["stepfun/got-ocr-2"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

Questions

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