Google Cloud Vision OCR vs ABBYY FineReader
Google Cloud Vision OCR is cheaper per page; Google Cloud Vision OCR is faster; only Google Cloud Vision OCR supports handwriting, confidence; only ABBYY FineReader supports tables.
Google Cloud Vision OCRgoogle/cloud-vision | ABBYY FineReaderabbyy/finereader | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Office scans to Word and PDF |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | 190+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 2,000 | 1,000 |
| Tables | No | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | No | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| 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 detailsABBYY FineReader
Long-standing desktop OCR software. ABBYY also sells OCR SDKs and a cloud API. Price is an estimate.
ABBYY FineReader detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/cloud-vision",
"fallbacks": ["abbyy/finereader"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}Questions
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