Mathpix Convert vs Google Cloud Vision OCR
Google Cloud Vision OCR is cheaper per page; Google Cloud Vision OCR is faster; only Mathpix Convert supports math, tables; only Google Cloud Vision OCR supports multilingual.
Mathpix Convertmathpix/convert | Google Cloud Vision OCRgoogle/cloud-vision | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 7 credits / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $7.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.5 s / page | 1.0 s / page |
| Best for | Math and scientific papers | Photos and simple scans |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 30+ languages | 100+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 2,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | No | ✓ 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
Mathpix Convert
Specialist for math, science papers and handwritten formulas. Outputs LaTeX.
Mathpix Convert detailsGoogle Cloud Vision OCR
Google Cloud's image OCR with text and document text detection, word boxes and confidence.
Google Cloud Vision OCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "mathpix/convert",
"fallbacks": ["google/cloud-vision"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}Questions
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