Google Document AI vs Nanonets-OCR
Nanonets-OCR is cheaper per page; Google Document AI is faster; only Google Document AI supports handwriting, bounding boxes, confidence; only Nanonets-OCR supports math.
Google Document AIgoogle/document-ai | Nanonets-OCRnanonets/nanonets-ocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 3 credits / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $3.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.4 s / page | 1.8 s / page |
| Best for | Multilingual scans | Markdown with semantic tags |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 200+ languages | Multilingual |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | No | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | No |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | No |
| Forms | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| 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 detailsNanonets-OCR
Open image-to-Markdown model that tags tables, equations, signatures, watermarks and checkboxes.
Nanonets-OCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/document-ai",
"fallbacks": ["nanonets/nanonets-ocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}