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Cloudmersive OCR API

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What it is

Cloudmersive OCR API converts scanned documents and photos of documents or receipts into text using deep-learning OCR. It lists support for more than 90 languages, including English, simplified and traditional Chinese, French, Spanish, German, and Italian. For document and receipt photos, the API can locate the item and correct skew or rotation before recognition. Receipt extraction can return business name, address, phone number, total, and date. Image and photo endpoints offer Basic, Normal, and Advanced recognition modes; an OCR task may consume multiple API calls, including when processing a multipage PDF. The free tier costs nothing and includes 600 calls monthly, one call per second, and a 3.5 MB maximum file size. Using a free-tier key with OCR endpoints requires adding a credit card, and the free tier allows one simultaneous request. Paid plans start at $19.99 a month. Deployment options include public cloud, dedicated managed instances, private cloud, on-premises, PaaS, and government cloud. Cloudmersive says its stateless APIs do not retain payload data after a transaction and its endpoints use HTTPS with TLS 1.2 or later.

Spec sheet

Purpose
Deep Learning OCR APIs convert scanned documents and photos of documents or receipts into text.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Deployment
Cloudmersive describes public cloud, dedicated managed instances, private cloud, on-premises, PaaS, and government cloud deployment options.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Security
Cloudmersive says its stateless APIs do not retain payload data after a transaction and its endpoints use HTTPS with TLS 1.2 or later.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Headquarters
Pleasanton, California, United StatesRead 23 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Founded
The About page says Cloudmersive was founded by experienced engineers, product, and business people from Silicon Valley, but gives no founding year.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Call accounting
API requests may consume different call volumes depending on operation complexity, and OCR requests may orchestrate multiple calls, such as OCR on a multipage PDF.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Client libraries
The OCR page lists client libraries for C#, Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, .NET Core, Ruby, and Objective-C, plus a Drupal client link.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Company and headquarters
Cloudmersive, LLC describes itself as based in Pleasanton, California, and its site lists an address at 4695 Chabot Drive, Suite 200, Pleasanton, California 94588, United States.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Compliance and regions
The security page describes GDPR and CCPA support and in-region deployment options for North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia Pacific.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Concurrency limit
The pricing FAQ says free-tier plans are limited to one simultaneous request at a time.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Free tier requirements
The API reference says using a free-tier key with OCR endpoints requires adding a credit card to the account for security reasons.Read 30 Sep 2026 · api.cloudmersive.com
Languages
The product page states support for 90+ languages, including English, simplified and traditional Chinese, French, Spanish, German, and Italian.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Photo preprocessing
For document and receipt photos, the API can find the document or receipt, then deskew and derotate images to prepare them for OCR.Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Receipt extraction
Receipt OCR extracts business data from receipt photos; the API reference lists business name, address, phone number, total, and date among its outputs.Read 30 Sep 2026 · api.cloudmersive.com
Recognition modes
Image and photo OCR endpoints offer Basic, Normal, and Advanced recognition modes; the reference says Normal uses 26–30 API calls and Advanced uses 28–30 API calls.Read 30 Sep 2026 · api.cloudmersive.com

Plans and prices

Free Tier Free $0.00/Month 600 Calls/Month · 1 Calls/Second · 3.5 MB Maximum File Size · Access to All APIs · Evaluation plan. No expiration. Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Basic $19.99 a month $19.99/Month 10,000 Calls/Month · 2 Calls/Second · 1 GB Maximum File Size · Access to All APIs Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Business $49.99 a month $49.99/Month 25,000 Calls/Month · 2 Calls/Second · 1 GB Maximum File Size · Access to All APIs Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Business Premier $99.99 a month $99.99/Month 50,000 Calls/Month · 3 Calls/Second · 1 GB Maximum File Size · Access to All APIs Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Business Advantage $199.99 a month $199.99/Month 100,000 Calls/Month · 4 Calls/Second · 2 GB Maximum File Size · Access to All APIs Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Medium Business $499.99 a month $499.99/Month 250,000 Calls/Month · 5 Calls/Second · 2 GB Maximum File Size · Access to All APIs Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Medium Business Premier $699.99 a month $699.99/Month 350,000 Calls/Month · 5 Calls/Second · 2 GB Maximum File Size · Access to All APIs Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Enterprise Priced on request Contact Us Unlimited* Calls/Month · Unlimited* Calls/Second · Unlimited Maximum File Size · Access to All APIs · Customizable API Analytics Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com
Medium Business Advantage Priced on request Contact Us 500,000 Calls/Month · 6 Calls/Second · 2 GB Maximum File Size · Access to All APIs Read 30 Sep 2026 · cloudmersive.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Supports more than 90 languages.
  • Can correct skew and rotation in document photos.
  • Receipt extraction returns business details.
  • Offers cloud, private, and on-premises deployments.

Limits

  • Free tier requires a credit card for OCR endpoints.
  • Free tier permits one simultaneous request.
  • Free tier limits files to 3.5 MB.
  • OCR operations may consume multiple API calls.

Who it suits

It suits developers needing OCR through an API for scanned documents, document photos, or receipts. Deployment options include cloud and on-premises environments.

Verdict

Cloudmersive OCR API documents recognition modes, receipt fields, deployment options, and call limits. Check the free-tier credit-card requirement and request limits against expected use.

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