Qianfan OCR vs Google Cloud Vision OCR
Qianfan OCR is cheaper per page; Google Cloud Vision OCR is faster; only Qianfan OCR supports tables, math; only Google Cloud Vision OCR supports bounding boxes, confidence.
Qianfan OCRbaidu/qianfan-ocr | Google Cloud Vision OCRgoogle/cloud-vision | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 1 credit / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 2.0 s / page | 1.0 s / page |
| Best for | Chinese documents | Photos and simple scans |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | Chinese, English and more | 100+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 200 | 2,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | No |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | No | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| On OCRRouter | Available | 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
Qianfan OCR
Baidu's OCR-tuned vision model. Strong on Chinese documents and tables.
Qianfan OCR detailsGoogle Cloud Vision OCR
Google Cloud's image OCR with text and document text detection, word boxes and confidence.
Google Cloud Vision OCR detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "baidu/qianfan-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["google/cloud-vision"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}Questions
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