* * * GOOGLE VISION ALTERNATIVE * * *
A Google Vision OCR Alternative.
Cloud Vision's DOCUMENT_TEXT_DETECTION returns word boxes and confidence scores at $1.50 per 1,000 pages — then you reassemble the document yourself. PennyOCR returns the assembled document: markdown with tables in reading order, at $0.75, behind one endpoint and one API key.
START FREE — 100 PAGES
$0.75 / 1,000 PAGES
1,333 PAGES PER DOLLAR · NO CREDIT CARD
01 / TRY IT
ONE ENDPOINT.
POST a file, get JSON back — the extracted text, per page and joined. PDF, PNG, JPEG, WebP or TIFF.
curl https://api.pennyocr.com/v1/ocr \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PENNYOCR_API_KEY" \
-F "file=@scanned.pdf"
# $0.75 per 1,000 pages, first 100 free02 / USE CASES
WHY PEOPLE SWITCH.
NO REASSEMBLY
Vision gives you geometry; you write the reading-order logic. We ship the text already in order, tables as tables.
HALF THE PRICE
$0.75 vs $1.50 per 1,000 pages, list. Free tier: 100/month forever vs 1,000 units/month.
TWO-MINUTE SETUP
No GCP project, billing account or service-account JSON. Email code, API key, curl.
WHEN VISION WINS
You need bounding boxes, or labels/faces/landmarks in the same call, or you're deep in GCP. Then stay.
03 / PRICE CHECK
HALF THE PRICE OF THE BIG CLOUDS.
Per 1,000 pages, public list prices, first tier.
PENNYOCR$0.75
AWS TEXTRACT$1.50
GOOGLE CLOUD VISION$1.50
AZURE DOC INTELLIGENCE$1.50
YOU KEEP50%
SEE THE FULL COMPARISON?
There's a detailed side-by-side at pennyocr.com/vs/pennyocr-vs-google-cloud-vision — prices, free tiers, outputs and when each fits.
HOW HARD IS MIGRATION?
If you consume Vision's fullTextAnnotation.text, one multipart POST replaces the whole client — and you can delete your reading-order code.
IS HANDWRITING SUPPORTED?
Yes — the VLM reads cursive and messy print that classic engines return as noise. Test yours free.
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