Mistral OCR vs RapidOCR
RapidOCR is cheaper per page; RapidOCR is faster; only Mistral OCR supports tables, math; only RapidOCR supports confidence.
Mistral OCRmistral/mistral-ocr | RapidOCRrapidai/rapidocr | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.6 s / page |
| Best for | High-volume PDF to Markdown | Lightweight OCR on CPU or edge |
| Inputs | PDF, images | images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | Chinese, English and more |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 100 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ 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
Mistral OCR
Fast document OCR that returns clean Markdown with tables and embedded images.
Mistral OCR detailsRapidOCR
PaddleOCR models packaged for ONNX Runtime and other engines. Easy to deploy without Paddle.
RapidOCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "mistral/mistral-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["rapidai/rapidocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}