Reducto Parse vs RapidOCR
RapidOCR is cheaper per page; RapidOCR is faster; only Reducto Parse supports tables, forms; only RapidOCR supports multilingual.
Reducto Parsereducto/parse | RapidOCRrapidai/rapidocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 20 credits / page | 1 credit / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $20.00 | $1.00 |
| Typical speed | 4.0 s / page | 0.6 s / page |
| Best for | High-stakes complex documents | Lightweight OCR on CPU or edge |
| Inputs | PDF, images, DOCX | images |
| Languages | 50+ languages | Chinese, English and more |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 100 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | No | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | ✓ Yes | No |
| 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 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": "reducto/parse",
"fallbacks": ["rapidai/rapidocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}