EasyOCR vs Typhoon OCR
EasyOCR is cheaper per page; EasyOCR is faster; only EasyOCR supports bounding boxes, confidence; only Typhoon OCR supports tables.
EasyOCRjaided/easyocr | Typhoon OCRtyphoon/typhoon-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 | 1.8 s / page |
| Best for | Quick scripts and scene text | Thai documents |
| Inputs | images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 80+ languages | Thai, English |
| Max pages per request | 100 | 500 |
| Tables | No | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | No | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | No |
| 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 detailsTyphoon OCR
Open vision model tuned for Thai and English documents, with Markdown output.
Typhoon OCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "jaided/easyocr",
"fallbacks": ["typhoon/typhoon-ocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}