Google Cloud Vision OCR vs OCR.space
OCR.space is cheaper per page; Google Cloud Vision OCR is faster; only Google Cloud Vision OCR supports handwriting, confidence; only OCR.space supports tables.
Google Cloud Vision OCRgoogle/cloud-vision | OCR.spaceocrspace/ocr-space | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 2 credits / page | 1 credit / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $2.00 | $1.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.0 s / page | 1.5 s / page |
| Best for | Photos and simple scans | Cheap simple OCR |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | 20+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 2,000 | 100 |
| 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 detailsOCR.space
Low-cost OCR API with a large free tier. Returns text, word boxes and searchable PDFs.
OCR.space detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/cloud-vision",
"fallbacks": ["ocrspace/ocr-space"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}