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EasyOCR vs Chunkr

EasyOCR is cheaper per page; EasyOCR is faster; only EasyOCR supports confidence; only Chunkr supports tables, math.

EasyOCRjaided/easyocrChunkrchunkr/chunkr
TypeOpen sourceOCR API
Price1 credit / page14 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$1.00$14.00
Typical speed0.9 s / page3.0 s / page
Best forQuick scripts and scene textLayout-aware chunks for RAG
InputsimagesPDF, images, DOCX
Languages80+ languagesMultilingual
Max pages per request1001,000
TablesNo✓ Yes
HandwritingNoNo
MathNo✓ Yes
Bounding boxes✓ Yes✓ Yes
Confidence✓ YesNo
FormsNoNo
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

EasyOCR

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

EasyOCR details

Chunkr

Document parsing API that segments and chunks pages for RAG. Self-hostable version available.

Chunkr details

Use one, fall back to the other

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

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