Match the OCR tier to the document
Raw text extraction is cheap; structured parsing costs more but can replace a pile of cleanup code. Price the structured route on the document parsing calculator.
What extracting text from images or PDFs costs per month.
Raw text extraction is cheap; structured parsing costs more but can replace a pile of cleanup code. Price the structured route on the document parsing calculator.
Free OCR API cost calculator โ pages or images processed per month and per-page price to your OCR bill.
Per page or per image, usually quoted per 1,000. Simple printed-text extraction is the cheapest tier; handwriting recognition, layout retention and table extraction move you to pricier tiers.
If you just need raw text, plain OCR is cheapest. If you need structured fields (invoices, forms, tables), a document-parsing API costs more per page but saves heavy post-processing โ compare the total, not just the OCR rate.
Cost at different volumes:
| Volume | Monthly | Yearly |
|---|