Best OCR API Software in 2026
26 ocr api software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
26ranked
10free plans on this page
$0.01/molowest paid tier
3 Oct 2026last checked
#2 PaddleOCR Runner-up · 8.7 Free plan · Free
#3 Tesseract OCR Also great · 8.7 Free plan · Free- Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 30 /mo
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
- Table extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$30/mofirst paid tier About OCR.spaceVisit site - Free plan AndroidiOS
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
- Table extraction
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxmacOSself-hostedWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Structure extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan apiself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
- Table extraction
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free trial apiWeb
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$0.01/mofirst paid tier About Amazon Textract AnalyzeExpenseVisit site - Free trial apiextensionWeb
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
- Table extraction
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$1,916/mofirst paid tier About Handwriting OCRVisit site - Free trial LinuxmacOSself-hostedWindows
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Table extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan LinuxmacOSRecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms
- Free plan LinuxWindowsmacOS
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free trial Web
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 8.99 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$8.99/mofirst paid tier About PDF.coVisit site - Free plan LinuxmacOS
- Free plan
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 500 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WebWindowsiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 28 /mo
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan WindowsLinuxmacOS
- Free plan
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 49 /mo
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Table extraction
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms -
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WebWindowsmacOSLinux
- Structure extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WebiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WebWindowsmacOSLinuxiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WebWindowsLinuxiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WebWindowsmacOSLinuxiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms -
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms
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Questions about this list
Which ocr api software is ranked first on The Geeks Club?
OCR.space is ranked #1 of 26 with a score of 9.2. PaddleOCR is second and Tesseract OCR third.
How many of these have a free plan?
10 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Amazon Textract AnalyzeExpense has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.01/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on. Paid placements never change a rank.