Google Document AI vs Surya
Surya is cheaper per page; Google Document AI is faster; only Google Document AI supports forms, handwriting, confidence.
Google Document AIgoogle/document-ai | Suryadatalab/surya | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1.5 s / page |
| Best for | Multilingual scans | Layout and line-level OCR |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 200+ languages | 90+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | No | No |
| 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 detailsSurya
Open-source OCR toolkit with line detection, layout analysis, reading order and tables.
Surya detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/document-ai",
"fallbacks": ["datalab/surya"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}