Mistral OCR vs Gemini Flash
Gemini Flash is cheaper per page; Mistral OCR is faster; only Mistral OCR supports bounding boxes; only Gemini Flash supports handwriting.
Mistral OCRmistral/mistral-ocr | Gemini Flashgoogle/gemini-flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Vision model |
| Price | 6 credits / page | 3 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $6.00 | $3.00 |
| Typical speed | 0.9 s / page | 1.6 s / page |
| Best for | High-volume PDF to Markdown | Handwriting and mixed layouts |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | 100+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | No | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | No |
| Confidence | No | No |
| Forms | No | No |
| 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 detailsGemini Flash
General vision model with strong handwriting and layout understanding at a low price.
Gemini Flash detailsTry both on your own file
Run the file once with each model and compare the output.
结果
识别出的 Markdown 或 JSON 会显示在这里。
Use one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "mistral/mistral-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["google/gemini-flash"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}