Which is cheaper, GPT or OCR.space?

OCR.space. GPT is 11 credits / page and OCR.space is 1 credit / page.

Which is more accurate?

It depends on the document. GPT is strongest at messy scans, custom instructions, and OCR.space at cheap simple ocr. Run a few of your own files through both and compare the output.

Yes. Put one as model and the other in fallbacks. If the first fails, the second reads the page, and you pay only for the one that answered.

GPT vs OCR.space

OCR.space is cheaper per page; OCR.space is faster; only GPT supports handwriting, math; only OCR.space supports bounding boxes.

Get API key All models

	GPT`openai/gpt`	OCR.space`ocrspace/ocr-space`
Type	Vision model	OCR API
Price	11 credits / page	1 credit / page
Per 1,000 pages	$11.00	$1.00
Typical speed	2.4 s / page	1.5 s / page
Best for	Messy scans, custom instructions	Cheap simple OCR
Inputs	PDF, images	PDF, images
Languages	50+ languages	20+ languages
Max pages per request	100	100
Tables	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Handwriting	✓ Yes	No
Math	✓ Yes	No
Bounding boxes	No	✓ Yes
Confidence	No	No
Forms	No	No
Multilingual	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
On OCRRouter	Available	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

GPT

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

GPT details

OCR.space

Low-cost OCR API with a large free tier. Returns text, word boxes and searchable PDFs.

OCR.space details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body

{
  "model": "openai/gpt",
  "fallbacks": ["ocrspace/ocr-space"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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