Google Document AI vs Google Cloud Vision OCR
Google Cloud Vision OCR is cheaper per page; Google Cloud Vision OCR is faster; only Google Document AI supports tables, forms.
Google Document AIgoogle/document-ai | Google Cloud Vision OCRgoogle/cloud-vision | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 3 credits / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $3.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.4 s / page | 1.0 s / page |
| Best for | Multilingual scans | Photos and simple scans |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 200+ languages | 100+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 2,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Math | No | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| 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 detailsGoogle Cloud Vision OCR
Google Cloud's image OCR with text and document text detection, word boxes and confidence.
Google Cloud Vision OCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/document-ai",
"fallbacks": ["google/cloud-vision"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}Questions
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