Which is cheaper, LlamaParse or Marker?

LlamaParse. LlamaParse is 5 credits / page and Marker is 14 credits / page.

Which is more accurate?

It depends on the document. LlamaParse is strongest at rag ingestion, and Marker at books and research papers. Run a few of your own files through both and compare the output.

Yes. Put one as model and the other in fallbacks. If the first fails, the second reads the page, and you pay only for the one that answered.

LlamaParse vs Marker

LlamaParse is cheaper per page; Marker is faster.

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	LlamaParse`llamaindex/llamaparse`	Marker`datalab/marker`
Type	OCR API	OCR API
Price	5 credits / page	14 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages	$5.00	$14.00
Typical speed	3.0 s / page	2.5 s / page
Best for	RAG ingestion	Books and research papers
Inputs	PDF, images, DOCX	PDF, images, DOCX
Languages	80+ languages	90+ languages
Max pages per request	1,000	1,000
Tables	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Handwriting	No	No
Math	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Bounding boxes	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Confidence	No	No
Forms	No	No
Multilingual	✓ Yes	✓ 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

LlamaParse

Document parser built for RAG pipelines, with several quality tiers.

LlamaParse details

Marker

Hosted version of the open-source Marker and Surya models. Strong on books and papers.

Marker details

Use one, fall back to the other

Request body

{
  "model": "llamaindex/llamaparse",
  "fallbacks": ["datalab/marker"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

Questions

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