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GLM-OCR vs Chunkr

GLM-OCR is cheaper per page; GLM-OCR is faster; only GLM-OCR supports confidence.

GLM-OCRzai/glm-ocrChunkrchunkr/chunkr
TypeOpen sourceOCR API
Price2 credits / page14 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$2.00$14.00
Typical speed1.3 s / page3.0 s / page
Best forLow-cost general documentsLayout-aware chunks for RAG
InputsPDF, imagesPDF, images, DOCX
Languages100+ languagesMultilingual
Max pages per request5001,000
Tables✓ Yes✓ Yes
HandwritingNoNo
Math✓ Yes✓ Yes
Bounding boxes✓ Yes✓ Yes
Confidence✓ YesNo
FormsNoNo
Multilingual✓ Yes✓ Yes
On OCRRouterAvailableComing soon

Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.

What each one is

GLM-OCR

Small open-source OCR model from Z.ai with layout regions. MIT licensed.

GLM-OCR details

Chunkr

Document parsing API that segments and chunks pages for RAG. Self-hostable version available.

Chunkr details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body
{
  "model": "zai/glm-ocr",
  "fallbacks": ["chunkr/chunkr"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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