Chandra API
Datalab's OCR model that keeps layout and handles forms, tables and handwriting.
- Model ID
- datalab/chandra
- Type
- Open source
- Price
- 2 credits / page ($2.00 per 1,000 pages)
- Typical speed
- 2.0 s / page
- Inputs
- PDF, images
- Languages
- 40+ languages
- Max pages per request
- 500
- Output
- Markdown, JSON with positions
- Supports
- TablesMathHandwritingFormsBounding boxesMultilingual
curl https://api.ocrrouter.ai/v1/ocr \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OCRROUTER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "datalab/chandra",
"file_url": "https://example.com/invoice.pdf",
"format": "markdown"
}'Chandra is not connected yet. The price below is an estimate. You can call the models that are live today with the same request.
Chandra speed and reliability
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Chandra pricing
Chandra costs 2 credits per page. One dollar buys 1,000 credits, so 1,000 pages cost $2.00. You only pay for pages that return a result.
New accounts get 200 free credits, enough for about 100 pages with this model. See pricing for credit packs.
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