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Best Tesseract OCR Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from OCR API software ranked against Tesseract OCR on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    OCR.space Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $30/mo6.8
    Tesseract OCR vs OCR.space
  2. 3
    docTR Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.6
    Tesseract OCR vs docTR
  3. 4
    EasyOCR Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Tesseract OCR vs EasyOCR
  4. 5
    OCRmyPDF Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Tesseract OCR vs OCRmyPDF
  5. 6
    PaddleOCR Free plan AndroidiOS Free6.5
    Tesseract OCR vs PaddleOCR
  6. 7
    Veryfi Invoices OCR API Free plan AndroidapiiOSWeb $500/mo6.5
    Tesseract OCR vs Veryfi Invoices OCR API
  7. 8
    Amazon Textract AnalyzeExpense Free trial apiWeb $0.01/mo6.4
    Tesseract OCR vs Amazon Textract AnalyzeExpense
  8. 9
    API4AI OCR Free plan api Free6.3
    Tesseract OCR vs API4AI OCR
  9. 10
    ocrs LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin 5.6
    Tesseract OCR vs ocrs
  10. 11
    Kraken apiLinuxMac 5.5
    Tesseract OCR vs Kraken
  11. 12
    Calamari OCR apiLinuxself-hosted 5.4
    Tesseract OCR vs Calamari OCR
  12. 13
    Mistral OCR apiself-hostedWeb $4/mo5.4
    Tesseract OCR vs Mistral OCR
  13. 14
    Regula Document Reader SDK Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted 5.3
    Tesseract OCR vs Regula Document Reader SDK
  14. 15
    Asprise OCR SDK Free trial LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.2
    Tesseract OCR vs Asprise OCR SDK
  15. 16
    Dynamsoft Label Recognizer WebWinMacLinuxiOS 5.2
    Tesseract OCR vs Dynamsoft Label Recognizer
  16. 17
    Surya LinuxMac 5.2
    Tesseract OCR vs Surya
  17. 18
    Apryse OCR SDK Free trial LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.1
    Tesseract OCR vs Apryse OCR SDK
  18. 19
    Microblink BlinkID WebWinMacLinuxiOS 5.1
    Tesseract OCR vs Microblink BlinkID
  19. 20
    Scanbot Data Capture SDK WebWinLinuxiOSAndroid 5.1
    Tesseract OCR vs Scanbot Data Capture SDK
  20. 21
    Anyline OCR SDK WebWiniOSAndroid 5.0
    Tesseract OCR vs Anyline OCR SDK

Tesseract OCR alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1OCR.space6.8Free plan$30/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3docTR6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4EasyOCR6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5OCRmyPDF6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
6PaddleOCR6.5Free planFreeAndroid, iOS
7Veryfi Invoices OCR API6.5Free plan$500/moAndroid, API, iOS, Web
8Amazon Textract AnalyzeExpense6.4No$0.01/moAPI, Web
9API4AI OCR6.3Free planFreeAPI
10ocrs5.6No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11Kraken5.5No—API, Linux, Mac
12Calamari OCR5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted
13Mistral OCR5.4No$4/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
14Regula Document Reader SDK5.3No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15Asprise OCR SDK5.2No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
16Dynamsoft Label Recognizer5.2No—Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android
17Surya5.2No—Linux, Mac
18Apryse OCR SDK5.1No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
19Microblink BlinkID5.1No—Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android
20Scanbot Data Capture SDK5.1No—Web, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
21Anyline OCR SDK5.0No—Web, Windows, iOS, Android
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Questions about Tesseract OCR alternatives

What is the best alternative to Tesseract OCR?

OCR.space, number 1 in OCR API software with a score of 6.8 out of 10. The others here: docTR, EasyOCR, OCRmyPDF and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Tesseract OCR?

OCR.space is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 7 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.