Mistral OCR vs Kraken
Kraken is cheaper per page; Mistral OCR is faster; only Mistral OCR supports tables, math; only Kraken supports handwriting.
Mistral OCRmistral/mistral-ocr | Krakenkraken/kraken | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 6 credits / page | 1 credit / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $6.00 | $1.00 |
| Typical speed | 0.9 s / page | 1.5 s / page |
| Best for | High-volume PDF to Markdown | Historical documents and manuscripts |
| Inputs | PDF, images | images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | Many scripts, incl. right-to-left |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | No | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| 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 detailsKraken
OCR engine for historical documents and manuscripts, with trainable models for unusual scripts.
Kraken detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "mistral/mistral-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["kraken/kraken"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}