OCRmyPDF vs RapidOCR
RapidOCR is faster; only RapidOCR supports bounding boxes, confidence.
OCRmyPDFocrmypdf/ocrmypdf | RapidOCRrapidai/rapidocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Open source | Open source |
| Price | 1 credit / page | 1 credit / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.0 s / page | 0.6 s / page |
| Best for | Searchable PDFs from scans | Lightweight OCR on CPU or edge |
| Inputs | PDF, images | images |
| Languages | 100+ languages (via Tesseract) | Chinese, English and more |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 100 |
| Tables | No | No |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | No | No |
| Bounding boxes | No | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ 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
OCRmyPDF
Command-line tool that adds a searchable text layer to scanned PDFs, using Tesseract.
OCRmyPDF detailsRapidOCR
PaddleOCR models packaged for ONNX Runtime and other engines. Easy to deploy without Paddle.
RapidOCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "ocrmypdf/ocrmypdf",
"fallbacks": ["rapidai/rapidocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}