Mistral OCR vs Unstructured
Mistral OCR is cheaper per page; Mistral OCR is faster; only Mistral OCR supports math.
Mistral OCRmistral/mistral-ocr | Unstructuredunstructured/unstructured | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 6 credits / page | 20 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $6.00 | $20.00 |
| Typical speed | 0.9 s / page | 3.0 s / page |
| Best for | High-volume PDF to Markdown | Mixed file types into RAG |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images, DOCX |
| Languages | 100+ languages | Multilingual |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| 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 detailsUnstructured
Document ETL for RAG. Partitions many file types into typed elements; open-source library too.
Unstructured detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "mistral/mistral-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["unstructured/unstructured"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}