PaddleOCR (PP-OCR) alternatives
Models that cover what PaddleOCR (PP-OCR) does, closest first. All of them take the same request, so trying one is a one-word change.
Open-source document model from Baidu. Excellent on Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Small open-source OCR model from Z.ai with layout regions. MIT licensed.
Python OCR library with a simple API. Returns text lines with boxes and confidence.
PaddleOCR models packaged for ONNX Runtime and other engines. Easy to deploy without Paddle.
Azure layout model with tables, selection marks and prebuilt invoice and ID readers.
Google Cloud OCR with layout parsing and specialised processors.
Dashed tags are things PaddleOCR (PP-OCR) does not support. Model IDs: paddle/paddleocr-vl, zai/glm-ocr, jaided/easyocr, rapidai/rapidocr, azure/document-intelligence, google/document-ai.