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Best AI model for OCR / Document Parsing (2026)
Reading text out of images, PDFs, and scanned documents. Ranked from 346 live models on the OpenRouter catalog, weighted for vision input, structured output, context window.
| # | Model | Score | In / 1M | Out / 1M | Context | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Plusqwen/qwen3.6-plus | 131 | $0.33 | $1.95 | 1,000,000 | Try → |
| 2 | xAI: Grok 4.20x-ai/grok-4.20 | 131 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 2,000,000 | Try → |
| 3 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nanoopenai/gpt-5.4-nano | 131 | $0.20 | $1.25 | 400,000 | Try → |
| 4 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Miniopenai/gpt-5.4-mini | 131 | $0.75 | $4.50 | 400,000 | Try → |
| 5 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4openai/gpt-5.4 | 131 | $2.50 | $15.00 | 1,050,000 | Try → |
| 6 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Previewgoogle/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview | 131 | $0.25 | $1.50 | 1,048,576 | Try → |
| 7 | Qwen: Qwen3.5-Flashqwen/qwen3.5-flash-02-23 | 131 | $0.07 | $0.26 | 1,000,000 | Try → |
| 8 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Toolsgoogle/gemini-3.1-pro-preview-customtools | 131 | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1,048,576 | Try → |
| 9 | OpenAI: GPT-5.3-Codexopenai/gpt-5.3-codex | 131 | $1.75 | $14.00 | 400,000 | Try → |
| 10 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Previewgoogle/gemini-3.1-pro-preview | 131 | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1,048,576 | Try → |
| 11 | Qwen: Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15qwen/qwen3.5-plus-02-15 | 131 | $0.26 | $1.56 | 1,000,000 | Try → |
| 12 | Google: Gemini 3 Flash Previewgoogle/gemini-3-flash-preview | 131 | $0.50 | $3.00 | 1,048,576 | Try → |
| 13 | OpenAI: GPT-5.2openai/gpt-5.2 | 131 | $1.75 | $14.00 | 400,000 | Try → |
| 14 | xAI: Grok 4.1 Fastx-ai/grok-4.1-fast | 131 | $0.20 | $0.50 | 2,000,000 | Try → |
| 15 | OpenAI: GPT-5.1openai/gpt-5.1 | 131 | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400,000 | Try → |
How we ranked these
For OCR / Document Parsing, we weight models on vision input, structured output, context window. Higher means better. Scores combine OpenRouter's model metadata (context length, modality support, tool calling, structured output, reasoning capability) with public pricing. See full methodology →
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