Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: EasyOCR
EasyOCR clearly comes out ahead of Tesseract on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | ai tool |
| Company | Tesseract OCR Project | Jaided AI |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsAI & Machine LearningEducation & EdTechHR & Recruiting | DevelopmentData & Analytics |
| Categories | ai-document-processing | ai-document-processing |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
EasyOCR
open source
open source
custom
| Feature | tesseract | easyocr |
|---|---|---|
| 100+ Languages Support | ||
| 80+ Languages Support | ||
| Apache 2.0 License | ||
| Accuracy Improvement (>99%) | ||
| Command Line Program | ||
| Custom Language Training | ||
| Ocr Engine | ||
| Deep Learning Models (Craft/Crnn) | ||
| Unicode (Utf-8) Support | ||
| Layout And Table Recognition | ||
| On-Premise Or Api/Cloud Solution | ||
| Optimization For Cpu/Gpu/Mobile/Embedded | ||
| Python Library | ||
| Self-Hosted | ||
| Semi-Automated Labeling Tool | ||
| Signature Detection/Comparison | ||
| Tailor-Made Plan |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, EasyOCR comes out ahead overall, though Tesseract can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Tesseract and EasyOCR offer a free tier.
