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PaddleOCR-VL vs GLM-OCR

The two are close on paper, so test both on your own files.

PaddleOCR-VLpaddle/paddleocr-vlGLM-OCRzai/glm-ocr
TypeOpen sourceOpen source
Price2 credits / page2 credits / page
Per 1,000 pages$2.00$2.00
Typical speed1.3 s / page1.3 s / page
Best forCJK documentsLow-cost general documents
InputsPDF, imagesPDF, images
Languages109 languages100+ languages
Max pages per request500500
Tables✓ Yes✓ Yes
HandwritingNoNo
Math✓ Yes✓ Yes
Bounding boxes✓ Yes✓ Yes
Confidence✓ Yes✓ Yes
FormsNoNo
Multilingual✓ Yes✓ Yes
On OCRRouterAvailableAvailable

Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.

What each one is

PaddleOCR-VL

Open-source document model from Baidu. Excellent on Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

PaddleOCR-VL details

GLM-OCR

Small open-source OCR model from Z.ai with layout regions. MIT licensed.

GLM-OCR details

Try 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": "paddle/paddleocr-vl",
  "fallbacks": ["zai/glm-ocr"],
  "file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}

Questions

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