Azure Document Intelligence vs GLM-OCR
GLM-OCR is cheaper per page; GLM-OCR is faster; only Azure Document Intelligence supports forms, handwriting; only GLM-OCR supports math.
Azure Document Intelligenceazure/document-intelligence | GLM-OCRzai/glm-ocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 15 credits / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $15.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.5 s / page | 1.3 s / page |
| Best for | Enterprise forms and IDs | Low-cost general documents |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 300+ languages | 100+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 2,000 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | No | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | ✓ Yes | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| On OCRRouter | Available | Available |
Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.
What each one is
Azure Document Intelligence
Azure layout model with tables, selection marks and prebuilt invoice and ID readers.
Azure Document Intelligence detailsTry both on your own file
Run the file once with each model and compare the output.
Result
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Use one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "azure/document-intelligence",
"fallbacks": ["zai/glm-ocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}Questions
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