Azure Document Intelligence vs Chunkr
Chunkr is cheaper per page; Azure Document Intelligence is faster; only Azure Document Intelligence supports forms, handwriting, confidence; only Chunkr supports math.
Azure Document Intelligenceazure/document-intelligence | Chunkrchunkr/chunkr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 15 credits / page | 14 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $15.00 | $14.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.5 s / page | 3.0 s / page |
| Best for | Enterprise forms and IDs | Layout-aware chunks for RAG |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images, DOCX |
| Languages | 300+ languages | Multilingual |
| Max pages per request | 2,000 | 1,000 |
| 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
Azure Document Intelligence
Azure layout model with tables, selection marks and prebuilt invoice and ID readers.
Azure Document Intelligence detailsChunkr
Document parsing API that segments and chunks pages for RAG. Self-hostable version available.
Chunkr detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "azure/document-intelligence",
"fallbacks": ["chunkr/chunkr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}