Google Cloud Vision OCR vs Adobe Acrobat OCR
Google Cloud Vision OCR is cheaper per page; Google Cloud Vision OCR is faster; only Google Cloud Vision OCR supports handwriting, bounding boxes, confidence.
Google Cloud Vision OCRgoogle/cloud-vision | Adobe Acrobat OCRadobe/acrobat-ocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 2 credits / page | 14 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $2.00 | $14.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.0 s / page | 2.0 s / page |
| Best for | Photos and simple scans | Searchable PDFs in Acrobat |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | Major European and Asian languages |
| Max pages per request | 2,000 | 1,000 |
| Tables | No | No |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | No | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | No |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | No |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| On OCRRouter | Coming soon | 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
Google Cloud Vision OCR
Google Cloud's image OCR with text and document text detection, word boxes and confidence.
Google Cloud Vision OCR detailsAdobe Acrobat OCR
OCR built into Acrobat desktop. Adobe PDF Services API also offers OCR. Price is an estimate.
Adobe Acrobat OCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/cloud-vision",
"fallbacks": ["adobe/acrobat-ocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}Questions
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