| Field | LlamaParse (LlamaCloud) | OCR.space |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Ongoing free tier · renewing-quota | Ongoing free tier · renewing-quota |
| What's free | Free plan: 10,000 credits/month (up to ~10,000 pages at the cheapest parse tier, as low as 1 credit/page) | 25,000 conversions/month (Engine 1 & 2) plus 1,000 Engine 3 conversions/month; max 1 MB file, PDFs up to 3 pages |
| Rate limits | 5 concurrent jobs; 1 project; 5 indexes on the free plan | 500 requests per day per IP address |
| Expires | no expiry | no expiry |
| The catch | Credit-based (1,000 credits = $1.25); premium parse modes consume more credits per page. No card required. Document parsing for RAG (LlamaIndex). | Free searchable-PDF output carries a watermark (raw text extraction is unrestricted); the free key needs only an email, no card. Commercial use permitted. |
| Credit card | not required | not required |
| Phone verification | not required | not required |
| Commercial use | allowed | allowed |
| OpenAI-compatible | no | no |
| Modalities | ocr, text | ocr, text |
| Free models (sample) | no sample | no sample |
| Official docs | www.llamaindex.ai/pricing | ocr.space/OCRAPI |
| Last verified | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 |