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OCR is yesterday. Our LLMs understand documents – extract text, recognize structure, deliver bounding boxes. Markdown output for RAG-ready data.
Classic OCR is dead.
Document Intelligence from 1 cent.
No subscription. No base fee. You only pay what you use – 3 tiers for every need.
Basic
Fast text recognition
- LLM-based text recognition
- 139 languages + auto-detection
- Markdown output
- Confidence scores
- No bounding boxes
- No searchable PDF
Best for: Fast text extraction, emails, simple documents
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Bounding Boxes + QR/barcode
- Everything from Basic
- Bounding Boxes (pixel-accurate)
- QR & barcode detection
- No table detection
- No layout analysis
- No searchable PDF
Best for: Coordinate-based workflows, redaction, QR scanning
Test nowUltra
Full document intelligence
- Everything from Premium
- Table detection (structured)
- Layout detection + reading order
- Searchable PDF (sandwich PDF)
- Handwriting recognition
- Full document intelligence
Best for: Invoices, contracts, legacy archives, searchable PDFs
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{
"text": "Rechnung #2024-0847",
"bbox": [112, 84, 186, 32],
"confidence": 1.0
} Structured result
Markdown + Bounding Boxes + Searchable PDF
How we compare
Prices based on publicly available data. Typical entry-level pricing per page.
OCR reimagined: LLM + Bounding Boxes
Classic OCR delivers only text. Our LLMs understand the document – recognize layout, tables, hierarchies and deliver exact coordinates for every element. Perfect for RAG, compliance and verification.
Classic OCR is dead.
Anyone still relying on rule-based, dumb character recognition risks catastrophic errors in AI pipelines, accounting and compliance.
Accounting & Finance
A misrecognized "8" instead of "3" in an invoice amount can cause thousands of dollars in damage. Classic OCR has no context – it guesses.
$ 8,340.00$ 3,340.00Compliance & Legal
Wrong IBAN numbers, confused contract data, incorrect tax IDs – a single OCR error can lead to fines and legal disputes.
DE89 3704 0044 O532DE89 3704 0044 0532AI & AI-IDP Pipelines
Garbage In, Garbage Out. If your AI pipeline is fed with faulty OCR text, all subsequent decisions are worthless. LLMs cannot turn garbage into gold.
Healthcare & Medicine
Confused dosages, wrong patient data, incorrect findings – in the medical field, faulty OCR can be life-threatening.
Dosage: 15mgDosage: 1.5mgCutting costs on OCR means cutting in the wrong place.
Classic OCR blindly recognizes characters – without context, without understanding, without quality assurance. LLM-based OCR understands the document, recognizes connections and corrects errors automatically. The price difference? Pennies. The quality difference? Worlds apart.
What PaperOffice AI-OCR
can do
LLM + Bounding Boxes
Other LLMs deliver only text. We deliver exact coordinates for every recognized element – the foundation for searchable PDF and redaction.
Searchable PDF
Original scan + invisible LLM text layer = searchable, copyable, archivable. Nobody else can do this.
Redaction possible
Thanks to bounding boxes: precise redaction for GDPR & compliance. Discover PII Redaction →
QR & Barcode
Automatic detection of QR codes, barcodes, DataMatrix – ideal for invoices, delivery notes, labels.
Table Recognition
Recognizes complex tables with rows, columns, merged cells and exports them structured.
Layout Detection
Header, footer, columns, paragraphs, lists – complete document structure is recognized.
Handwriting
Handwritten notes, signatures, annotations are reliably recognized and extracted.
Structured Markdown
Perfect for RAG pipelines: hierarchies, tables, lists – everything cleanly structured.
139 Languages
From Arabic to Chinese. Automatic detection, multi-language mix in one document.
Why OCR without bounding boxes
is worthless
Many LLMs and OCR systems deliver only "flowing text" – without coordinates. That's like a book without page numbers: useless for professional applications.
Without Bounding Boxes
Other providers"John Smith, IBAN: DE89370400440532013000, Amount: 1,250.00 EUR" Where does this info come from? Which position? Which page?
- No traceability – where does the data come from?
- No redaction possible – what should be redacted?
- No searchable PDFs – text floats in nowhere
- No human-in-the-loop – user can't verify
- No validation – does the value match the field?
With Bounding Boxes
PaperOffice AI-OCR{
"text": "DE89...",
"label": "IBAN",
"bbox": [120, 340, 380, 365],
"page": 1,
"confidence": 1.0
} Exact position, field type, page, confidence!
- 100% traceable – click the value, see the original
- Precise redaction – automatically redact IBAN
- Real searchable PDFs – text lies exactly over the image
- Human-in-the-loop – user clicks, sees, verifies, confirms
- Automatic validation – field type matches the value
Impossible without bounding boxes:
Every format. Every source.
Scanned PDFs
Scanned documents, also multi-page
Image Files
PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, WebP
Word / Office
DOCX, XLSX, PPTX with images
URLs & HTML
Screenshots of websites
139 Languages.
One API.
Automatic language detection, manual language selection or multi-language mix – all in one document.
Searchable PDF from analog documents –
nobody else can do this.
Why? Other LLMs (GPT-4V, Claude, Gemini) can read text, but cannot deliver reliable bounding boxes. Without exact coordinates → no invisible text layer → no searchable PDF.
Only we create LLM-based searchable PDFs from scanned documents – searchable, copyable, archive-compliant.
What is AI-OCR used for?
Digitize invoice archives
Transform thousands of scanned invoices into searchable archives. Every invoice is indexed and findable.
Contract management
Digitize legacy contracts, extract clauses, create searchable PDFs for compliance.
Unlock legacy archives
Transform old file archives into searchable knowledge bases. Archive GoBD-compliant.
Compliance & Audit
Digitize documents audit-proof. Bounding boxes enable proof for every extracted value.
RAG Pipelines
Convert documents to structured markdown – perfect as input for LLM-based systems.
GDPR Anonymization
With bounding boxes: precise redaction of personal data. Learn more →
Every format. Every use case.
Markdown
Structured output for RAG, LLMs and documentation.
JSON
With bounding boxes, confidence scores and metadata.
Sandwich PDF
Original + invisible text layer for archives.
Plain Text
Pure text for simple processing.
One API call. Everything you need.
This is what the 'complete' mode returns – the most comprehensive OCR response available anywhere.
{
"ocr_text": "Rechnung Nr. RE-2024-0847...",
"ocr_markdown": "# Rechnung\n| Pos | Artikel | Preis |\n...",
"bounding_boxes": [
{ "text": "RE-2024-0847", "bbox": [112, 84, 186, 32],
"confidence": 1.0, "page": 1 }
],
"table_data": [
{ "rows": 5, "cols": 4, "cells": [...] }
],
"layout_data": [
{ "type": "Header", "bbox": [0, 0, 595, 120] },
{ "type": "Table", "bbox": [40, 200, 555, 450] }
],
"language": "de",
"qr_barcode": [
{ "type": "QR", "data": "https://...", "bbox": [...] }
],
"summary": "Rechnung der Telekom AG über 1.234,56€",
"searchable_pdf": "base64://...",
"pages_processed": 3,
"processing_time_ms": 2847
} OCR Text
Complete extracted text with reading order preserved.
Structured Markdown
Headlines, tables, lists – perfect for RAG pipelines.
Bounding Boxes
Pixel-perfect coordinates for every text element.
Table Data
Structured table extraction with rows, columns, cells.
Layout Analysis
Header, Footer, Table, Image – complete document structure.
QR & Barcode
Auto-detection of QR, barcodes, DataMatrix with decoded data.
Searchable PDF
Invisible text layer over original – archive-ready.
Handwriting Recognition
Handwritten notes and signatures reliably extracted.
API-First. Integration in minutes.
No credit card. No cancellation. No strings attached. Just start and test. RESTful API with OpenAPI 3.0, Webhooks, and complete Postman Collection.
# OCR with Bounding Boxes
curl -X POST https://api.paperoffice.ai/v1/ocr \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
-F "file=@document.pdf" \
-F "mode=complete"
# Response
{
"confidence_avg": 1.0,
"markdown": "# Rechnung\n**Vendor:** ...",
"bounding_boxes": [
{"text": "Rechnung", "bbox": [112, 84, 186, 32]}
],
"searchable_pdf": "base64...",
"layout": ["Header", "Table", "Footer"]
} Your data. Our responsibility.
EU Datacenter
100% own infrastructure in the EU. No US cloud.
End-to-end Encryption
AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit.
Certified
GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA.
Automatic Deletion
Documents are deleted immediately after processing.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Customer Success Stories
Discover how businesses transformed their processes with PaperOffice AI.
Measurable Customer Success
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