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OCR.space API

Low-cost OCR API with a large free tier. Returns text, word boxes and searchable PDFs.

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Model ID
ocrspace/ocr-space
Type
OCR API
Price
1 credit / page ($1.00 per 1,000 pages)
Typical speed
1.5 s / page
Inputs
PDF, images
Languages
20+ languages
Max pages per request
100
Output
Markdown, JSON with positions
Supports
TablesBounding boxesMultilingual
curl https://api.ocrrouter.ai/v1/ocr \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OCRROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "ocrspace/ocr-space",
    "file_url": "https://example.com/invoice.pdf",
    "format": "markdown"
  }'
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OCR.space pricing

OCR.space costs 1 credits per page. One dollar buys 1,000 credits, so 1,000 pages cost $1.00. You only pay for pages that return a result.

New accounts get 200 free credits, enough for about 200 pages with this model. See pricing for credit packs.

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