dots.ocr vs Unstructured
Dots.ocr is cheaper per page; dots.ocr is faster; only dots.ocr supports math.
dots.ocrrednote/dots-ocr | Unstructuredunstructured/unstructured | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Open source | OCR API |
| Price | 2 credits / page | 20 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $2.00 | $20.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.5 s / page | 3.0 s / page |
| Best for | Multilingual document parsing | Mixed file types into RAG |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images, DOCX |
| Languages | 100+ languages | Multilingual |
| Max pages per request | 500 | 1,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | No |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| On OCRRouter | Coming soon | 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
dots.ocr
Single vision model from rednote that does layout detection and content recognition together.
dots.ocr 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": "rednote/dots-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["unstructured/unstructured"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}