Mistral OCR vs Tesseract OCR
| Mistral OCR | Tesseract OCR | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | $4/mo | Free |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, self-hosted, Web | Android, api, iOS, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Windows |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Structure extraction | Yes | Yes |
| Handwriting OCR | Yes | — |
| Table extraction | Yes | — |
| Asynchronous processing | Yes | — |
| Maximum file size | 512 MB | — |
| SDK languages | Python, TypeScript | C, C++ |
Both are listed in Best OCR API Software. On Everything Xiaomi, Tesseract OCR scores higher on our published basis.