Gemini Flash vs Google Document AI
Google Document AI is faster; only Gemini Flash supports math; only Google Document AI supports forms, bounding boxes, confidence.
Gemini Flashgoogle/gemini-flash | Google Document AIgoogle/document-ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Vision model | OCR API |
| Price | 3 credits / page | 3 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.6 s / page | 1.4 s / page |
| Best for | Handwriting and mixed layouts | Multilingual scans |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | 200+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | No | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | No | ✓ Yes |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| On OCRRouter | Available | Available |
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 detailsGoogle Document AI
Google Cloud OCR with layout parsing and specialised processors.
Google Document AI detailsTry both on your own file
Run the file once with each model and compare the output.
Result
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Use one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/gemini-flash",
"fallbacks": ["google/document-ai"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}