Google Document AI vs dots.ocr
Dots.ocr is cheaper per page; Google Document AI is faster; only Google Document AI supports forms, handwriting, confidence; only dots.ocr supports math.
Google Document AIgoogle/document-ai | dots.ocrrednote/dots-ocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 3 credits / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $3.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.4 s / page | 1.5 s / page |
| Best for | Multilingual scans | Multilingual document parsing |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 200+ languages | 100+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | No | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | No |
| Forms | ✓ Yes | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| On OCRRouter | Available | 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 Document AI
Google Cloud OCR with layout parsing and specialised processors.
Google Document AI detailsdots.ocr
Single vision model from rednote that does layout detection and content recognition together.
dots.ocr detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/document-ai",
"fallbacks": ["rednote/dots-ocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}