Mistral OCR vs Google Document AI
Google Document AI is cheaper per page; Mistral OCR is faster; only Mistral OCR supports math; only Google Document AI supports forms, handwriting, confidence.
Mistral OCRmistral/mistral-ocr | Google Document AIgoogle/document-ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 6 credits / page | 3 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $6.00 | $3.00 |
| Typical speed | 0.9 s / page | 1.4 s / page |
| Best for | High-volume PDF to Markdown | Multilingual scans |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | 200+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | No | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | No | ✓ Yes |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| On OCRRouter | Available | Available |
Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.
What each one is
Mistral OCR
Fast document OCR that returns clean Markdown with tables and embedded images.
Mistral OCR detailsGoogle Document AI
Google Cloud OCR with layout parsing and specialised processors.
Google Document AI detailsTry both on your own file
Run the file once with each model and compare the output.
ප්රතිඵලය
ඔබගේ Markdown හෝ JSON මෙහි දිස්වේ.
Use one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "mistral/mistral-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["google/document-ai"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}