Qianfan OCR vs Chandra
Qianfan OCR is cheaper per page; only Chandra supports forms, bounding boxes.
Qianfan OCRbaidu/qianfan-ocr | Chandradatalab/chandra | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 1 credit / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 2.0 s / page | 2.0 s / page |
| Best for | Chinese documents | Complex layouts and handwriting |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | Chinese, English and more | 40+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 200 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | No | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | No |
| Forms | No | ✓ Yes |
| 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
Qianfan OCR
Baidu's OCR-tuned vision model. Strong on Chinese documents and tables.
Qianfan OCR detailsChandra
Datalab's OCR model that keeps layout and handles forms, tables and handwriting.
Chandra detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "baidu/qianfan-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["datalab/chandra"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}