Google Document AI vs Chunkr
Google Document AI is cheaper per page; Google Document AI is faster; only Google Document AI supports forms, handwriting, confidence; only Chunkr supports math.
Google Document AIgoogle/document-ai | Chunkrchunkr/chunkr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 3 credits / page | 14 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $3.00 | $14.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.4 s / page | 3.0 s / page |
| Best for | Multilingual scans | Layout-aware chunks for RAG |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images, DOCX |
| Languages | 200+ languages | Multilingual |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 1,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | No | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | No |
| Forms | ✓ Yes | 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
Google Document AI
Google Cloud OCR with layout parsing and specialised processors.
Google Document AI detailsChunkr
Document parsing API that segments and chunks pages for RAG. Self-hostable version available.
Chunkr detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/document-ai",
"fallbacks": ["chunkr/chunkr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}