Nanonets-OCR vs Adobe Acrobat OCR
Nanonets-OCR is cheaper per page; Nanonets-OCR is faster; only Nanonets-OCR supports tables, math, forms.
Nanonets-OCRnanonets/nanonets-ocr | Adobe Acrobat OCRadobe/acrobat-ocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Open source | OCR API |
| Price | 2 credits / page | 14 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $2.00 | $14.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.8 s / page | 2.0 s / page |
| Best for | Markdown with semantic tags | Searchable PDFs in Acrobat |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | Multilingual | Major European and Asian languages |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 1,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | No | No |
| Confidence | No | No |
| Forms | ✓ Yes | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| On OCRRouter | Coming soon | 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
Nanonets-OCR
Open image-to-Markdown model that tags tables, equations, signatures, watermarks and checkboxes.
Nanonets-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": "nanonets/nanonets-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["adobe/acrobat-ocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}