Reducto Parse vs Chandra
Chandra is cheaper per page; Chandra is faster; only Reducto Parse supports confidence; only Chandra supports math, handwriting, multilingual.
Reducto Parsereducto/parse | Chandradatalab/chandra | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 20 credits / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $20.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 4.0 s / page | 2.0 s / page |
| Best for | High-stakes complex documents | Complex layouts and handwriting |
| Inputs | PDF, images, DOCX | PDF, images |
| Languages | 50+ languages | 40+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | No | ✓ Yes |
| Math | No | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | No |
| Forms | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Multilingual | No | ✓ 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
Reducto Parse
High-accuracy parsing for complex financial and legal documents, with citations.
Reducto Parse detailsChandra
Datalab's OCR model that keeps layout and handles forms, tables and handwriting.
Chandra detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "reducto/parse",
"fallbacks": ["datalab/chandra"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}