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PaddleOCR vs DeepSeek-OCR

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OCR & Document AI · verified 13 Aug 2026

PaddleOCRBaiducurrent
DeepSeek-OCRDeepSeekcurrent
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SpecificationPaddleOCRDeepSeek-OCR
SummaryThe classical workhorse, still widely deployed.Compresses pages into far fewer vision tokens.
OmniDocBench~82~92
Open weightsYesYes
HandlesText, tables, receiptsDense text, tables
LicenceApache 2.0MIT
KindClassical engineVision language model
CategoryOCR & Document AIOCR & Document AI
OfficialBaidu ↗DeepSeek ↗

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PaddleOCR

  • Runs on CPU and mobile
  • Predates the VLM approach and still ships in production

Best for on-device and offline recognition.

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DeepSeek-OCR

  • Treats the page image as compressed context
  • Notable for cost per page rather than raw accuracy

Best for long documents on a budget.

Full spec sheet →