RapidOCR alternatives
Models that cover what RapidOCR 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.
Baidu's classic open-source text detection and recognition pipeline. Light enough to run on CPU.
Python OCR library with a simple API. Returns text lines with boxes and confidence.
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 RapidOCR does not support. Model IDs: paddle/paddleocr-vl, zai/glm-ocr, paddle/paddleocr, jaided/easyocr, azure/document-intelligence, google/document-ai.