FreeOCR.AI converts photos, scans, and screenshots into editable text through OCR.
Alternatives to PaddleOCR
PaddleOCR combines document and image OCR with handwriting recognition, table and structure extraction, and Word export. Its tools can convert complex PDFs and document images to Markdown or JSON, while PP-OCRv6 supports 50 languages and PaddleOCR-VL supports 109. It is free, supports Android and iOS, and can also be used online or through an API. Deployment documentation covers local, browser, service, C++, mobile, and other environments. A switch may suit you better if…
Tesseract OCR is a free, open-source engine that recognizes text in images.
Open-Capture captures documents, extracts information with OCR and AI, and exports results to management software.
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ScanScan
ScanScan, also known as Baimiao, extracts text from images and scans documents.
AndroidiOSWebmacOS7.7CN¥30 one-time - 5
Prizmo
Prizmo scans and edits documents and business cards on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, then uses optical character recognition to make their contents readable as text.
Free planiOSmacOS7.7Free plan - 6
Tungsten OmniPage
Tungsten OmniPage converts paper documents, PDFs, and images into editable, searchable files for sharing.
APILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.6€99 one-time - 7

docTR
docTR is a free deep-learning OCR library from docTR, founded in 2021, for document automation and research.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.5Free plan - 8
Surya
Surya is a 650M-parameter OCR model for recognizing text, analyzing page layout and reading order, and identifying tables.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.3From $400 a month - 9
Avidemux
Free planOpen sourceWebLinuxmacOSWindows7.3Free plan - 10
Readiris PDF
Readiris PDF is desktop software for turning documents into searchable PDFs and exporting content to Word.
macOSWindows7.2 - 11
NewOCR
NewOCR is a web OCR service that converts scanned documents and images into editable text, with a REST API for file-based requests.
Free planWebAPI7.2$0.50 one-time - 12
OCRFeeder
OCRFeeder is a Linux application for analyzing document layouts and recognizing text in images.
Free planLinux7.1Free plan - 13
OCRmyPDF
OCRmyPDF is free software that adds searchable text to scanned PDF files while preserving the original document as much as possible.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.1Free plan - 14

DocuOCR
DocuOCR is a web service that extracts text and structured data from invoices, contracts, receipts, forms, statements, IDs, and other documents.
Web7.1From $24 a month - 15
i2OCR
i2OCR extracts text from images and scanned PDF documents in a web browser, with no installation required.
Free planWeb7.0Free plan - 16
ChronoScan
Free planAPIWindows7.0€245 one-time - 17
OnlineOCR
OnlineOCR is a web OCR service that turns scanned PDFs, faxes, photographs, and camera images into editable or searchable documents.
WebAPI6.9 - 18
EasyOCR
EasyOCR is a Python library for extracting text from images, including natural-scene text and dense documents.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows6.9Free plan - 19
OCR4all
OCR4all is free, open-source software for recognizing historical printed and handwritten material.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.9Free plan - 20

Captika
Free planWindows6.9$515 one-time - 21
PaperSurvey.io
WebAPI6.9From $200 a year - 22
Scribe OCR
Scribe OCR recognizes text in images and helps turn scanned material into digitized documents.
Free planWebSelf-hosted6.8Free plan - 23
PDFify
PDFify is a macOS desktop app for combining pages from files, clipboard contents, screenshots, emails, webpages, scans, and iPhone or iPad pages into PDFs.
Free planmacOS6.8Free plan - 24
Easy Screen OCR
Easy Screen OCR is a macOS app that turns text in screenshots and images into editable text.
Free planmacOS6.8From $19.99 a year - 25

ABBYY Screenshot Reader
ABBYY Screenshot Reader is a Windows desktop app that captures screen content and converts text and tables into editable formats, or saves the capture as an image.
Windows6.7$9.99 one-time - 26
Asprise OCR SDK
Asprise OCR SDK is a developer toolkit that extracts text and barcode information from images and scanned documents for use in applications.
LinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows6.7$5,998 one-time - 27

ABBYY FineReader PDF
iOSmacOSWindows6.6 - 28
Transym TOCR
Windows6.6£60 one-time - 29
GNU Ocrad
GNU Ocrad is an OCR program and library for turning images into text.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted6.5Free plan - 30
gImageReader
gImageReader is a free desktop OCR front end to Tesseract for Linux and Windows.
Free planLinuxWindows6.5Free plan

