Mistral OCR vs Reducto Parse
Mistral OCR is cheaper per page; Mistral OCR is faster; only Mistral OCR supports math, multilingual; only Reducto Parse supports forms, confidence.
Mistral OCRmistral/mistral-ocr | Reducto Parsereducto/parse | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 6 credits / page | 20 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $6.00 | $20.00 |
| Typical speed | 0.9 s / page | 4.0 s / page |
| Best for | High-volume PDF to Markdown | High-stakes complex documents |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images, DOCX |
| Languages | 100+ languages | 50+ languages |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | No | No |
| Math | ✓ Yes | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | No | ✓ Yes |
| Forms | No | ✓ Yes |
| 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 detailsReducto Parse
High-accuracy parsing for complex financial and legal documents, with citations.
Reducto Parse detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "mistral/mistral-ocr",
"fallbacks": ["reducto/parse"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}