Pyyan / Compare / Surya vs DeepSeek-OCR
Surya vs DeepSeek-OCR
2 of 5OCR & Document AI · verified 13 Aug 2026
SuryaDatalabcurrentDeepSeek-OCRDeepSeekcurrent
| Specification | Surya | DeepSeek-OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | Fast layout and reading-order detection in 90+ languages. | Compresses pages into far fewer vision tokens. |
| OmniDocBench | ~87 | ~92 |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| Handles | Layout, reading order, tables | Dense text, tables |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Kind | Pipeline | Vision language model |
| Category | OCR & Document AI | OCR & Document AI |
| Official | Datalab ↗ | DeepSeek ↗ |
Highlighted rows are where these differ.
Surya
- Line-level detection that holds up on scans
- Pairs with a recognition model
Best for layout analysis at speed.
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.