Apryse OCR SDK vs Calamari OCR
Apryse OCR SDK
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| Figure | Apryse OCR SDK | Calamari OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · OCR API Software | 8.2 (#10) | 7.4 (#24) |
| Input formats | Supported inputs include JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, other common image formats, and PDFs containing raster images. | The documentation lists Plain files, PageXML, Abbyy, and HDF5 dataset formats. |
| Purpose | Apryse OCR turns scanned images and image-based PDFs into searchable PDFs or structured text with position data. | Calamari is a line-based OCR engine based on OCRopy and Kraken, written in Python 3. |
| Support | Apryse says trial users can get free technical support from the SDK developers and customers can contact developers and solution engineers for technical support. | The project links users to its documentation for further installation and usage instructions. |
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Apryse OCR SDK
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Calamari OCR
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