Mistral OCR vs Adobe Acrobat OCR
Mistral OCR is cheaper per page; Mistral OCR is faster; only Mistral OCR supports tables, math, bounding boxes.
Mistral OCRmistral/mistral-ocr | Adobe Acrobat OCRadobe/acrobat-ocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 6 credits / page | 14 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $6.00 | $14.00 |
| Typical speed | 0.9 s / page | 2.0 s / page |
| Best for | High-volume PDF to Markdown | Searchable PDFs in Acrobat |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | Major European and Asian languages |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | No |
| Confidence | No | No |
| 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
Mistral OCR
Fast document OCR that returns clean Markdown with tables and embedded images.
Mistral OCR detailsAdobe Acrobat OCR
OCR built into Acrobat desktop. Adobe PDF Services API also offers OCR. Price is an estimate.
Adobe Acrobat OCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "mistral/mistral-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["adobe/acrobat-ocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}