Gemini Flash vs Qianfan OCR
Qianfan OCR is cheaper per page; Gemini Flash is faster.
Gemini Flashgoogle/gemini-flash | Qianfan OCRbaidu/qianfan-ocr | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Vision model | OCR API |
| Price | 3 credits / page | 1 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $3.00 | $1.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.6 s / page | 2.0 s / page |
| Best for | Handwriting and mixed layouts | Chinese documents |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images |
| Languages | 100+ languages | Chinese, English and more |
| Max pages per request | 1,000 | 200 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Math | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | No | 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
Gemini Flash
General vision model with strong handwriting and layout understanding at a low price.
Gemini Flash detailsQianfan OCR
Baidu's OCR-tuned vision model. Strong on Chinese documents and tables.
Qianfan OCR detailsTry both on your own file
Run the file once with each model and compare the output.
Result
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Use one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "google/gemini-flash",
"fallbacks": ["baidu/qianfan-ocr"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}