Parse
POST /parsePDF or imageelements + markdown
open-weight hosted, from
Compare OCR prices$1/ 1,000 pages
Models & pricing
Per-model page rates for all ten hosted engines. New accounts get $10 in free credits. Open-weight hosted models start at $1 per 1,000 pages.
$10 free creditsFrom $1 / 1,000 pages10 hosted models
Parse, Extract, Lineage
Extract
POST /extractparse + JSON schematyped JSON
no per-document fee
Extraction APIPer tokenat your chosen model’s rate
Lineage
grounding: "field"extracted fieldsource region + history
with every grounded extract
Explore lineage$0included
Credits and page rates
Parse meters pages at the retail rate of your ocr_model. Extraction adds LLM token costs at the rate of the llm_model you select.
free credits
$10
At signup. About 10,000 pages on open-weight models.
pay per page
$1/ 1,000 pages
On open-weight models. Cloud OCR bills at its own page rate.
extraction
Per token
Billed on the tokens of the llm_model you pick.
- $10 free credits to start
- Open-weight hosted from $1 / 1,000 pages
- Per-model page rates in the catalog below
- Option surcharges on
GET /models/ocr - Extraction billed per LLM token
10 hosted OCR models
Default option page rates below. Live prices and option surcharges publish on GET /models/ocr.
Model
Price / 1,000 pages
Output
Open weightsServed on OpenParser GPUs
- PaddleOCR-VL 1.6paddleocr-vl-1.6Baidu / Paddle$1Markdown + boxes. General documents at the lowest page price.
- GLM-OCRglm-ocrZ.ai$1Markdown + boxes. Tables and formulas at the lowest page price.
Cloud OCR APIsMistral, Azure, Google, and AWS through the same request
- Mistral OCR 4.1mistral-ocr-4-1Mistral$4.60Markdown + boxes. Complex, visually rich docs when quality matters more than price.
- Mistral OCR 3mistral-ocr-3Mistral$2.30Markdown. Clean markdown without bounding-box regions.
- Azure DI Layoutazure-di-layoutMicrosoft Azure$11.50Markdown + boxes. Microsoft-centric deployments and layout-heavy enterprise PDFs.
- Azure DI Readazure-di-readMicrosoft Azure$1.73Plain text + boxes. Search and indexing in Microsoft environments.
- Google Enterprise Document OCRgoogle-docai-ocrGoogle Cloud$1.73Markdown + boxes. Google Cloud deployments needing structured OCR.
- AWS Textract Detectaws-textract-detectAWS$1.73Plain text + boxes. Low-cost text detection for AWS-native pipelines.
- AWS Textract Layoutaws-textract-layoutAWS$4.60Markdown + boxes. Headings, sections, and layout-aware reading order on AWS.
- AWS Textract Tables + Layoutaws-textract-tables-layoutAWS$17.25Markdown + tables + boxes. Forms and financial docs with important tables in AWS.
Need EU-only processing or a self-hosted deployment? Available on request.EU processing
Pricing & billing FAQ
Credits, per-model page rates, option surcharges, extraction billing, and switching models.
How does OpenParser billing work?
Parse requests meter pages at the retail rate of the ocr_model you select. Credits deduct from your account balance as you use the API. New accounts start with $10 in free credits, about 10,000 pages on open-weight hosted models at $1 per 1,000 pages. There are no minimums or per-seat fees.
Do all OCR models cost the same?
No. Each ocr_model publishes its own page rate. Open-weight hosted models like paddleocr-vl-1.6 and glm-ocr start at $1 per 1,000 pages. Mistral, Azure, Google, and AWS Textract models list higher rates in the catalog table and on GET /models/ocr.
What are option surcharges?
Some models expose optional controls, for example layout depth or table handling. GET /models/ocr lists each model's option controls and any surcharge they add to the base page price. The catalog table shows default-option retail rates.
Is extraction included in parse pricing?
No. Parse meters pages at the OCR model rate. Extract meters LLM tokens at the rate of whichever llm_model you pick. You can parse without extracting, or extract from a file-backed graph produced by any ocr_model.
How do free credits work?
New accounts receive $10 in free credits at signup. Credits apply to parse and extract usage until the balance is exhausted. At $1 per 1,000 pages on open-weight hosted models, that covers roughly 10,000 parsed pages before you add payment.
Can I switch models without changing my integration?
Yes. Change ocr_model on POST /parse, /parse/async, or /parse/batch. Endpoints, auth, jobs API, and the output shape stay the same. Only the per-page rate changes to match the model you route to.
Studio
Create an API key
Create a key in Studio, pick an ocr_model, and POST /parse. New accounts start with $10 in free credits.