Claude vs Google Document AI
Google Document AI is cheaper per page; Google Document AI is faster; only Claude supports math; only Google Document AI supports forms, bounding boxes, confidence.
Claudeanthropic/claude | Google Document AIgoogle/document-ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Vision model | OCR API |
| Price | 14 credits / page | 3 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $14.00 | $3.00 |
| Typical speed | 2.6 s / page | 1.4 s / page |
| Best for | Long dense documents | Multilingual scans |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 50+ languages | 200+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 100 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | No | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | No | ✓ Yes |
| 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
Google Document AI
Google Cloud OCR with layout parsing and specialised processors.
Google Document AI 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": "anthropic/claude",
"fallbacks": ["google/document-ai"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}