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GPT vs ABBYY FineReader

GPT is cheaper per page; ABBYY FineReader is faster; only GPT supports handwriting, math; only ABBYY FineReader supports bounding boxes.

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GPTopenai/gptABBYY FineReaderabbyy/finereader
TypeVision modelOCR API
Price11 credits / page14 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$11.00$14.00
Typical speed2.4 s / page2.0 s / page
Best forMessy scans, custom instructionsOffice scans to Word and PDF
InputsPDF, imagesPDF, images
Languages50+ languages190+ languages
Max pages per request1001,000
Tables✓ Yes✓ Yes
Handwriting✓ YesNo
Math✓ YesNo
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

ABBYY FineReader

Long-standing desktop OCR software. ABBYY also sells OCR SDKs and a cloud API. Price is an estimate.

ABBYY FineReader details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body
{
  "model": "openai/gpt",
  "fallbacks": ["abbyy/finereader"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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