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Azure Document Intelligence vs EasyOCR

EasyOCR is cheaper per page; EasyOCR is faster; only Azure Document Intelligence supports tables, forms, handwriting.

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Azure Document Intelligenceazure/document-intelligenceEasyOCRjaided/easyocr
TypeOCR APIOpen source
Price15 credits / page1 credit / page
Per 1,000 pages$15.00$1.00
Typical speed1.5 s / page0.9 s / page
Best forEnterprise forms and IDsQuick scripts and scene text
InputsPDF, imagesimages
Languages300+ languages80+ languages
Max pages per request2,000100
Tables✓ YesNo
Handwriting✓ YesNo
MathNoNo
Bounding boxes✓ Yes✓ Yes
Confidence✓ Yes✓ Yes
Forms✓ YesNo
Multilingual✓ Yes✓ Yes
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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 details

EasyOCR

Python OCR library with a simple API. Returns text lines with boxes and confidence.

EasyOCR details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body
{
  "model": "azure/document-intelligence",
  "fallbacks": ["jaided/easyocr"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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