Free OCR API, online OCR and searchable PDF (Sandwich PDF) Service. Web API to extract text from images and convert scans to searchable PDF. Free OCR software as a hosted service and as download.
| Website | ocr.space |
Facilities and features
- Free plan
- API
- GDPR
What stands out
The product automatically deletes all uploaded files and extracted text immediately after processing.
“Data Privacy & Security: All uploaded files and extracted text are automatically deleted immediately after OCR processing is complete.”Ocr.space, own website
The product ensures data privacy by locating all OCR servers exclusively within the European Union.
“EU Data Protection & GDPR Compliance: All OCR servers are located exclusively within the European Union .”Ocr.space, own website
Worth knowing
The free tier imposes a file size limit of 5MB per document.
“The free tier has a file size limit of 5MB per document.”Ocr.space, own website
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How Ocr.space ranks
#10 in OCR software with a free plan
How the score is made up: Evidence on its own site 20; How complete its published information is 12; Fit to this ranking's criteria 40; Buying information on its own site 8.
“The OCR.space Online OCR service converts images and PDF documents into editable text files using Optical Character Recognition (OCR).”Ocr.space, own website
“Our Online OCR service is free to use with no registration required.”Ocr.space, own website
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Questions about Ocr.space
Where does Ocr.space rank?
Ocr.space is ranked #10 in OCR software with a free plan (Lister Score 80.0).
What are the best alternatives to Ocr.space?
The closest alternatives on Lister are Foxit PDF Editor (#1 in OCR software with a free plan), PDF Archive (#2 in OCR software with a free plan) and ILovePDF (#3 in OCR software with a free plan).
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