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Reducto Parse vs EasyOCR

EasyOCR is cheaper per page; EasyOCR is faster; only Reducto Parse supports tables, forms; only EasyOCR supports multilingual.

Reducto Parsereducto/parseEasyOCRjaided/easyocr
TypeOCR APIOpen source
Price20 credits / page1 credit / page
Per 1,000 pages$20.00$1.00
Typical speed4.0 s / page0.9 s / page
Best forHigh-stakes complex documentsQuick scripts and scene text
InputsPDF, images, DOCXimages
Languages50+ languages80+ languages
Max pages per request1,000100
Tables✓ YesNo
HandwritingNoNo
MathNoNo
Bounding boxes✓ Yes✓ Yes
Confidence✓ Yes✓ Yes
Forms✓ YesNo
MultilingualNo✓ Yes
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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 details

EasyOCR

Python OCR library with a simple API. Returns text lines with boxes and confidence.

EasyOCR details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body
{
  "model": "reducto/parse",
  "fallbacks": ["jaided/easyocr"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

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