Gemini Flash vs Adobe Acrobat OCR
Gemini Flash is cheaper per page; Gemini Flash is faster; only Gemini Flash supports tables, handwriting, math.
Gemini Flashgoogle/gemini-flash | Adobe Acrobat OCRadobe/acrobat-ocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Vision model | OCR API |
| Price | 3 credits / page | 14 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $3.00 | $14.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.6 s / page | 2.0 s / page |
| Best for | Handwriting and mixed layouts | Searchable PDFs in Acrobat |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | Major European and Asian languages |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | No | No |
| Confidence | No | No |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| On OCRRouter | Available | 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
Gemini Flash
General vision model with strong handwriting and layout understanding at a low price.
Gemini Flash detailsAdobe Acrobat OCR
OCR built into Acrobat desktop. Adobe PDF Services API also offers OCR. Price is an estimate.
Adobe Acrobat OCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/gemini-flash",
"fallbacks": ["adobe/acrobat-ocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}