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PaddleOCR (PP-OCR) API

Baidu's classic open-source text detection and recognition pipeline. Light enough to run on CPU.

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Model ID
paddle/paddleocr
Type
Open source
Price
1 credit / page ($1.00 per 1,000 pages)
Typical speed
0.7 s / page
Inputs
PDF, images
Languages
80+ languages
Max pages per request
500
Output
Markdown, JSON with positions
License
Apache-2.0
Supports
Bounding boxesConfidenceMultilingual
curl https://api.ocrrouter.ai/v1/ocr \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OCRROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "paddle/paddleocr",
    "file_url": "https://example.com/invoice.pdf",
    "format": "markdown"
  }'
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PaddleOCR (PP-OCR) pricing

PaddleOCR (PP-OCR) 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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