EasyOCR vs dots.ocr
EasyOCR is cheaper per page; EasyOCR is faster; only EasyOCR supports confidence; only dots.ocr supports tables, math.
EasyOCRjaided/easyocr | dots.ocrrednote/dots-ocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Open source | Open source |
| Price | 1 credit / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 0.9 s / page | 1.5 s / page |
| Best for | Quick scripts and scene text | Multilingual document parsing |
| Inputs | images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 80+ languages | 100+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 100 | 500 |
| Tables | No | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | No | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | 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
EasyOCR
Python OCR library with a simple API. Returns text lines with boxes and confidence.
EasyOCR detailsdots.ocr
Single vision model from rednote that does layout detection and content recognition together.
dots.ocr detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "jaided/easyocr",
"fallbacks": ["rednote/dots-ocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}