Azure Document Intelligence vs EasyOCR
EasyOCR is cheaper per page; EasyOCR is faster; only Azure Document Intelligence supports tables, forms, handwriting.
Azure Document Intelligenceazure/document-intelligence | EasyOCRjaided/easyocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 15 credits / page | 1 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $15.00 | $1.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.5 s / page | 0.9 s / page |
| Best for | Enterprise forms and IDs | Quick scripts and scene text |
| Inputs | PDF, images | images |
| Languages | 300+ languages | 80+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 2,000 | 100 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| 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
Azure Document Intelligence
Azure layout model with tables, selection marks and prebuilt invoice and ID readers.
Azure Document Intelligence detailsEasyOCR
Python OCR library with a simple API. Returns text lines with boxes and confidence.
EasyOCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "azure/document-intelligence",
"fallbacks": ["jaided/easyocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}Questions
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