Google Document AI vs RapidOCR
RapidOCR is cheaper per page; RapidOCR is faster; only Google Document AI supports tables, forms, handwriting.
Google Document AIgoogle/document-ai | RapidOCRrapidai/rapidocr | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.6 s / page |
| Best for | Multilingual scans | Lightweight OCR on CPU or edge |
| Inputs | PDF, images | images |
| Languages | 200+ languages | Chinese, English and more |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 100 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | No | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| 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 detailsRapidOCR
PaddleOCR models packaged for ONNX Runtime and other engines. Easy to deploy without Paddle.
RapidOCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/document-ai",
"fallbacks": ["rapidai/rapidocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}