olmOCR
olmOCR is Allen AI’s open PDF-to-text toolkit: drop a PDF on the playground (or run the repo on your GPUs) and get reading-order text with tables and equations.
OUR TAKE
Pick olmOCR for researchers who will clone olmOCR or poke the demo. You bring the GPU.
Good fit
Researchers who will clone olmOCR or poke the demo.
Poor fit
AP teams who need Forms $50 / 1k (AWS Textract).
Self-host
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · github.com/allenai/olmocr
OUR TAKE
Pick olmOCR for researchers who will clone olmOCR or poke the demo. You bring the GPU. for production.
Good fit
Researchers who will clone olmOCR or poke the demo.
Poor fit
AP teams who need Forms $50 / 1k (AWS Textract).
Self-host
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · github.com/allenai/olmocr
What it costs
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · github.com/allenai/olmocr
Self-host
Apache-2.0. You pay GPU
$0
Hosted demo
Not published by the vendor
Not published by the vendor
~$178 / million pages
Not published by the vendor
Not published by the vendor
Checked 2026-10-28·github.com/allenai/olmocr
Before you pay
Good fit
Researchers who will clone olmOCR or poke the demo.
Poor fit
AP teams who need Forms $50 / 1k (AWS Textract).
Watch out
You bring the GPU. for production.
Instead, try
MinerU if hosted Pro $9.90 / mo when you do not want to own GPUs; PaddleOCR if Apache VL Parse Document demo
Compare olmOCR with
Limits, in full
- 01
You bring the GPU. for production.
- 02
English-centric. on the current fine-tune.
- 03
A toolkit, not Textract Lending
If olmOCR isn't it
Why: Apache VL Parse Document demo.
Free· open source,Apache-2.0
The Space can be slowChecked 2026-10-28·github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR
vs olmOCR
Why: MIT local parse.
Free· open source,MIT
You bring hardwareChecked 2026-10-28·github.com/docling-project/docling
vs olmOCRLimits & alternatives3 limits · MinerU, PaddleOCR, Docling instead
Limits, in full
- 01
You bring the GPU. for production.
- 02
English-centric. on the current fine-tune.
- 03
A toolkit, not Textract Lending
If olmOCR isn't it
Why: Apache VL Parse Document demo.
Free· open source,Apache-2.0
The Space can be slowChecked 2026-10-28·github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR
vs olmOCRWhy: MIT local parse.
Free· open source,MIT
You bring hardwareChecked 2026-10-28·github.com/docling-project/docling
vs olmOCR