Base64.ai vs Mistral OCR
Base64.ai
base64.ai
Mistral OCR
mistral.aiSide by side
| Figure | Base64.ai | Mistral OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.01/mo | $4/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · AI OCR Software | 8.3 (#10) | 7.3 (#22) |
| Founded | 2020 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, United States | Paris, France |
| Support | The pricing page lists enablement and SLA support for 1 cent OCR, and dedicated implementation support, customer success, premium support, and professional services for Enterprise. | Mistral’s Enterprise APIs include premium support and system-level SLAs. |
Plans
Base64.ai
- 1 cent OCR$0.01 a month
- Advanced Add-onsPriced on request
- Document AIPriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
Mistral OCR
- OCR 4.1 API$4 a month
- OCR 4.1 API$4, paid once
- Document AI$5, paid once
In their own words
Base64.ai
Base64.ai processes documents through an API by identifying document types, applying models, extracting fields, and returning labeled JSON. It accepts PDFs, images, DOCX, and other document formats; the company says its processing covers structured and unstructured documents, images, and multimedia in more than 50 formats. The homepage demo names PDF, PNG, JPG, TIFF, and DOCX. Base64 lists more than 3,000 pretrained document models, plus Custom Model Builder, Question & Answer, and Taxonomy capabilities. Its integrations page advertises over 400 prebuilt integrations and API access in 27 programming languages and libraries, including connections for AWS, Microsoft Azure, Salesforce, Google Cloud, Snowflake, and Databricks. Deployment options include cloud, on-premises, air-gapped, and hybrid setups. Base64 lists ISO 27001, ISO 20243, SOC 2 Type 1 and 2, and HIPAA certifications, and says it is GDPR compliant. Plans are annual from 1,000 pages monthly; a free start is available.
Mistral OCR
Mistral OCR has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.