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GPT vs dots.ocr

Dots.ocr is cheaper per page; dots.ocr is faster; only GPT supports handwriting; only dots.ocr supports bounding boxes.

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GPTopenai/gptdots.ocrrednote/dots-ocr
TypeVision modelOpen source
Price11 credits / page2 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$11.00$2.00
Typical speed2.4 s / page1.5 s / page
Best forMessy scans, custom instructionsMultilingual document parsing
InputsPDF, imagesPDF, images
Languages50+ languages100+ languages
Max pages per request100500
Tables✓ Yes✓ Yes
Handwriting✓ YesNo
Math✓ Yes✓ Yes
Bounding boxesNo✓ Yes
ConfidenceNoNo
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

GPT

General vision model. Good at messy scans and following extraction instructions.

GPT details

dots.ocr

Single vision model from rednote that does layout detection and content recognition together.

dots.ocr details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body
{
  "model": "openai/gpt",
  "fallbacks": ["rednote/dots-ocr"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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