Google Document AI vs GOT-OCR 2.0
GOT-OCR 2.0 is cheaper per page; Google Document AI is faster; only Google Document AI supports forms, handwriting, confidence, multilingual; only GOT-OCR 2.0 supports math.
Google Document AIgoogle/document-ai | GOT-OCR 2.0stepfun/got-ocr-2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 3 credits / page | 1 credit / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $3.00 | $1.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.4 s / page | 1.5 s / page |
| Best for | Multilingual scans | Formatted text, formulas and charts |
| Inputs | PDF, images | images |
| Languages | 200+ languages | Chinese, English |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 100 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | No | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | No |
| Forms | ✓ Yes | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | No |
| 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 detailsGOT-OCR 2.0
Unified OCR model that reads plain text, tables, formulas, sheet music and charts.
GOT-OCR 2.0 detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/document-ai",
"fallbacks": ["stepfun/got-ocr-2"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}