* * * OCR API PRICING * * *
OCR API Pricing, Compared.
Every OCR API bills per page — the only real question is the number. Here's the math at public list prices, first tier, so you don't have to build the spreadsheet: we're $0.75 per 1,000 pages, the big three are $1.50.
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=@invoice.pdf"
# $0.75 per 1,000 pages, first 100 free02 / USE CASES
THE MATH AT VOLUME.
10,000 PAGES / MO
PennyOCR $7.50 · AWS/Google/Azure $15.00. Free tier covers your first 100 either way here.
100,000 PAGES / MO
PennyOCR $75 · the big clouds $150. That's a nice dinner, monthly, forever.
1,000,000 PAGES / MO
PennyOCR $750 · the big clouds $1,500. At this volume the difference funds an engineer's laptop every quarter.
BILLING MODEL
Pure metered: pages × $0.00075. No seats, no minimums, no platform fee, no committed-use math.
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%
ARE THE COMPETITOR PRICES ACCURATE?
They're the public list prices per 1,000 pages at the first tier for basic text detection, for comparison. Volume discounts exist at the clouds — at much higher volumes and with committed use.
DOES PENNYOCR HAVE VOLUME DISCOUNTS?
The list price is already the discount. Doing something truly huge? Email [email protected] and we'll talk.
WHAT'S FREE?
100 pages every month, no credit card. Enough to benchmark us against whatever you use today.
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