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Azure Document Intelligence vs ABBYY FineReader

ABBYY FineReader is cheaper per page; Azure Document Intelligence is faster; only Azure Document Intelligence supports forms, handwriting, confidence.

Azure Document Intelligenceazure/document-intelligenceABBYY FineReaderabbyy/finereader
TypeOCR APIOCR API
Price15 credits / page14 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$15.00$14.00
Typical speed1.5 s / page2.0 s / page
Best forEnterprise forms and IDsOffice scans to Word and PDF
InputsPDF, imagesPDF, images
Languages300+ languages190+ languages
Max pages per request2,0001,000
Tables✓ Yes✓ Yes
Handwriting✓ YesNo
MathNoNo
Bounding boxes✓ Yes✓ Yes
Confidence✓ YesNo
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

ABBYY FineReader

Long-standing desktop OCR software. ABBYY also sells OCR SDKs and a cloud API. Price is an estimate.

ABBYY FineReader details

Use one, fall back to the other

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

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