Gemini Flash vs Google Cloud Vision OCR
Google Cloud Vision OCR is cheaper per page; Google Cloud Vision OCR is faster; only Gemini Flash supports tables, math; only Google Cloud Vision OCR supports bounding boxes, confidence.
Gemini Flashgoogle/gemini-flash | Google Cloud Vision OCRgoogle/cloud-vision | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Vision model | OCR API |
| Price | 3 credits / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $3.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.6 s / page | 1.0 s / page |
| Best for | Handwriting and mixed layouts | Photos and simple scans |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | 100+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | No | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | No | 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
Gemini Flash
General vision model with strong handwriting and layout understanding at a low price.
Gemini Flash 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/gemini-flash",
"fallbacks": ["google/cloud-vision"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}Questions
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