Mistral OCR 3
Mistral OCR 3 Online for Lower-Cost Markdown OCR
Mistral OCR 3 is the cost-sensitive choice for PDFs and images that need accurate text, markdown, and table extraction. Pick OCR 3 for bulk conversion, searchable archives, and everyday document parsing when you do not need OCR 4 layout metadata.
Billing note: recognition is charged by processed page, not by uploaded file. OCR 3 uses 1 credit per processed page.
OCR 3 advantage
Lower-cost markdown OCR
1 credit / page
You need many pages converted with lower credit usage
Markdown, text, tables
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Why use OCR 3?
Lower cost per processed page
OCR 3 uses 1 credit per processed page on this site, so it is the practical choice for bulk uploads and cost-sensitive OCR runs.
Clean document-to-markdown output
Use OCR 3 when the main goal is turning PDFs, screenshots, scans, and images into readable markdown text and table output.
Good for everyday extraction
It works well for invoices, receipts, reports, notes, and archive documents where you need text and tables more than layout coordinates.
Best when OCR 4 metadata is optional
Choose OCR 3 when bounding boxes, block labels, and confidence scores are not required by your downstream workflow.
OCR 3 vs OCR 4: which one should you use?
OCR 3 wins when lower credit usage and clean markdown matter most. OCR 4 wins when the document pipeline needs layout-aware metadata, source regions, or confidence-based review.
| Use case | OCR 3 | OCR 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Budget-sensitive bulk OCR | Best fit: 1 credit / page | More metadata with higher credit usage |
| Markdown and text extraction | Strong everyday choice | Also strong, with richer structure |
| Table reconstruction | Good fit for markdown tables | Better when tables need layout context |
| Bounding boxes, labels, confidence | Not the main reason to choose it | Best fit for layout-aware workflows |