Mistral OCR vs Chandra
Chandra is cheaper per page; Mistral OCR is faster; only Chandra supports handwriting, forms.
Mistral OCRmistral/mistral-ocr | Chandradatalab/chandra | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 6 credits / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $6.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 0.9 s / page | 2.0 s / page |
| Best for | High-volume PDF to Markdown | Complex layouts and handwriting |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | 40+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | No | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | No |
| Forms | No | ✓ Yes |
| 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
Mistral OCR
Fast document OCR that returns clean Markdown with tables and embedded images.
Mistral OCR detailsChandra
Datalab's OCR model that keeps layout and handles forms, tables and handwriting.
Chandra detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "mistral/mistral-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["datalab/chandra"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}