OCR.space
FreemiumLiveLast verified 24 Sept 2026
Extracts text and optional word positions from images and PDFs in 27 languages; can output searchable PDFs.
Example request
curl -s "https://api.ocr.space/parse/imageurl?apikey=$API_KEY&url=https://dl.a9t9.com/ocr/solarcell.jpg"
Free tier, in plain English
A free key by email gives 25,000 calls a month, capped at 500 a day per IP, with 1 MB files and 3-page PDFs. Paid plans start at $30 a month for bigger files and no daily cap.