EasyOCR vs TrOCR
EasyOCR is faster; only EasyOCR supports bounding boxes, confidence, multilingual; only TrOCR supports handwriting.
EasyOCRjaided/easyocr | TrOCRmicrosoft/trocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Open source | Open source |
| Price | 1 credit / page | 1 credit / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Typical speed | 0.9 s / page | 1.2 s / page |
| Best for | Quick scripts and scene text | Handwritten text lines |
| Inputs | images | images |
| Languages | 80+ languages | English |
| Max pages per request | 100 | 100 |
| Tables | No | No |
| Handwriting | No | ✓ Yes |
| Math | No | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | No |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | No |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | No |
| 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 detailsTrOCR
Transformer text recognition model. Reads single text lines, including handwriting.
TrOCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "jaided/easyocr",
"fallbacks": ["microsoft/trocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}