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 Tesseract OCR Runner-up · 8.9 Free plan · Free
#3 PaddleOCR Also great · 8.6 Free plan · Free- Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 30 /mo
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
- Table extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$30/mofirst paid tier About OCR.spaceVisit site - Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxmacOSself-hostedWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Structure extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan AndroidiOS
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
- Table extraction
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan apiself-hostedWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
- Table extraction
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free trial LinuxmacOSself-hostedWindows
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Table extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free trial apiWeb
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$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
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$1,916/mofirst paid tier About Handwriting OCRVisit site - Free plan LinuxWindowsmacOS
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan LinuxmacOSRecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial
- Free trial Web
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 8.99 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$8.99/mofirst paid tier About PDF.coVisit site - WebWindowsiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan LinuxmacOS
- Free plan
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Web
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 28 /mo
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 500 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Free plan WindowsLinuxmacOS
- Free plan
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - WebWindowsmacOSLinuxiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - WebWindowsmacOSLinuxiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Web
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 49 /mo
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Table extraction
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - WebWindowsLinuxiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - WebWindowsmacOSLinux
- Structure extraction
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Web
- Free plan
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - WebiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Asynchronous processing
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - WindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- No
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- No
- Table extraction
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial -
- Structure extraction
- Yes
- Handwriting OCR
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial
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Questions about this list
Which ocr api software is ranked first on Specifiction?
OCR.space is ranked #1 of 26 with a score of 9.5. Tesseract OCR is second and PaddleOCR 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 what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing. Paid placements never change a rank.