Qianfan OCR vs RapidOCR
RapidOCR is faster; only Qianfan OCR supports tables, math, handwriting; only RapidOCR supports bounding boxes, confidence.
Qianfan OCRbaidu/qianfan-ocr | RapidOCRrapidai/rapidocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 1 credit / page | 1 credit / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Typical speed | 2.0 s / page | 0.6 s / page |
| Best for | Chinese documents | Lightweight OCR on CPU or edge |
| Inputs | PDF, images | images |
| Languages | Chinese, English and more | Chinese, English and more |
| Max pages per request | 200 | 100 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | No | ✓ 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
Qianfan OCR
Baidu's OCR-tuned vision model. Strong on Chinese documents and tables.
Qianfan 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": "baidu/qianfan-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["rapidai/rapidocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}