Mistral OCR vs Mathpix Convert
Mistral OCR is cheaper per page; Mistral OCR is faster; only Mistral OCR supports multilingual; only Mathpix Convert supports handwriting, confidence.
Mistral OCRmistral/mistral-ocr | Mathpix Convertmathpix/convert | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 6 credits / page | 7 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $6.00 | $7.00 |
| Typical speed | 0.9 s / page | 1.5 s / page |
| Best for | High-volume PDF to Markdown | Math and scientific papers |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | 30+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | No | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | No | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | No |
| On OCRRouter | Available | 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
Mistral OCR
Fast document OCR that returns clean Markdown with tables and embedded images.
Mistral OCR detailsMathpix Convert
Specialist for math, science papers and handwritten formulas. Outputs LaTeX.
Mathpix Convert detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "mistral/mistral-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["mathpix/convert"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}