Google Document AI vs Unstructured
Google Document AI is cheaper per page; Google Document AI is faster; only Google Document AI supports forms, handwriting, confidence.
Google Document AIgoogle/document-ai | Unstructuredunstructured/unstructured | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 3 credits / page | 20 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $3.00 | $20.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.4 s / page | 3.0 s / page |
| Best for | Multilingual scans | Mixed file types into RAG |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images, DOCX |
| Languages | 200+ languages | Multilingual |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 1,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | No | No |
| 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 detailsUnstructured
Document ETL for RAG. Partitions many file types into typed elements; open-source library too.
Unstructured detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/document-ai",
"fallbacks": ["unstructured/unstructured"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}