OCRmyPDF vs Nougat
OCRmyPDF is cheaper per page; OCRmyPDF is faster; only OCRmyPDF supports multilingual; only Nougat supports tables, math.
OCRmyPDFocrmypdf/ocrmypdf | Nougatmeta/nougat | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Open source | Open source |
| Price | 1 credit / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.0 s / page | 3.0 s / page |
| Best for | Searchable PDFs from scans | arXiv-style papers |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages (via Tesseract) | Mainly English |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 200 |
| Tables | No | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | No | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | No | No |
| Confidence | No | No |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | No |
| 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
OCRmyPDF
Command-line tool that adds a searchable text layer to scanned PDFs, using Tesseract.
OCRmyPDF detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "ocrmypdf/ocrmypdf",
"fallbacks": ["meta/nougat"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}