GOT-OCR 2.0 vs Google Cloud Vision OCR
GOT-OCR 2.0 is cheaper per page; Google Cloud Vision OCR is faster; only GOT-OCR 2.0 supports tables, math; only Google Cloud Vision OCR supports handwriting, confidence, multilingual.
GOT-OCR 2.0stepfun/got-ocr-2 | Google Cloud Vision OCRgoogle/cloud-vision | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Open source | OCR API |
| Price | 1 credit / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.5 s / page | 1.0 s / page |
| Best for | Formatted text, formulas and charts | Photos and simple scans |
| Inputs | images | PDF, images |
| Languages | Chinese, English | 100+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 100 | 2,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | No | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | No | ✓ 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
GOT-OCR 2.0
Unified OCR model that reads plain text, tables, formulas, sheet music and charts.
GOT-OCR 2.0 detailsGoogle Cloud Vision OCR
Google Cloud's image OCR with text and document text detection, word boxes and confidence.
Google Cloud Vision OCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "stepfun/got-ocr-2",
"fallbacks": ["google/cloud-vision"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}Questions
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