Docling API
IBM's open-source document converter with a structured document model.
- Model ID
- ibm/docling
- Type
- Open source
- Price
- 2 credits / page ($2.00 per 1,000 pages)
- Typical speed
- 2.2 s / page
- Inputs
- PDF, images, DOCX
- Languages
- Latin scripts, CJK
- Max pages per request
- 500
- Output
- Markdown, JSON with positions
- License
- MIT
- Supports
- TablesMathBounding boxes
curl https://api.ocrrouter.ai/v1/ocr \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OCRROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "ibm/docling",
"file_url": "https://example.com/invoice.pdf",
"format": "markdown"
}'Docling is not connected yet. The price below is an estimate. You can call the models that are live today with the same request.
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Docling pricing
Docling costs 2 credits per page. One dollar buys 1,000 credits, so 1,000 pages cost $2.00. You only pay for pages that return a result.
New accounts get 200 free credits, enough for about 100 pages with this model. See pricing for credit packs.
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