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LlamaParse vs dots.ocr

Dots.ocr is cheaper per page; dots.ocr is faster.

LlamaParsellamaindex/llamaparsedots.ocrrednote/dots-ocr
TypeOCR APIOpen source
Price5 credits / page2 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$5.00$2.00
Typical speed3.0 s / page1.5 s / page
Best forRAG ingestionMultilingual document parsing
InputsPDF, images, DOCXPDF, images
Languages80+ languages100+ languages
Max pages per request1,000500
Tables✓ Yes✓ Yes
HandwritingNoNo
Math✓ Yes✓ Yes
Bounding boxes✓ Yes✓ Yes
ConfidenceNoNo
FormsNoNo
Multilingual✓ Yes✓ Yes
On OCRRouterComing soonComing soon

Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.

What each one is

LlamaParse

Document parser built for RAG pipelines, with several quality tiers.

LlamaParse details

dots.ocr

Single vision model from rednote that does layout detection and content recognition together.

dots.ocr details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body
{
  "model": "llamaindex/llamaparse",
  "fallbacks": ["rednote/dots-ocr"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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