Marker vs Google Document AI
Google Document AI is cheaper per page; Google Document AI is faster; only Marker supports math; only Google Document AI supports forms, handwriting, confidence.
Markerdatalab/marker | Google Document AIgoogle/document-ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 14 credits / page | 3 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $14.00 | $3.00 |
| Typical speed | 2.5 s / page | 1.4 s / page |
| Best for | Books and research papers | Multilingual scans |
| Inputs | PDF, images, DOCX | PDF, images |
| Languages | 90+ 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 | Coming soon | Available |
Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.
What each one is
Marker
Hosted version of the open-source Marker and Surya models. Strong on books and papers.
Marker detailsGoogle Document AI
Google Cloud OCR with layout parsing and specialised processors.
Google Document AI detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "datalab/marker",
"fallbacks": ["google/document-ai"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}