# ABBYY vs EasyOCR

| Attribute | ABBYY | EasyOCR |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 49.2 (55% (medium)) | 48.9 (28% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 671 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 30,065 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"ABBYY provides document processing and process analysis solutions designed to extract data from documents and optimize business workflows across various formats and languages. It is indexed under OCR Tools.","source":"https://www.abbyy.com","question":"What is ABBYY?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to ABBYY. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.abbyy.com","question":"What platforms does ABBYY support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for ABBYY, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.abbyy.com","question":"Can ABBYY be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for ABBYY. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as ABBYY not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.abbyy.com/de/company/trust/","question":"What security certifications does ABBYY have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source OCR toolkit that detects and reads text from images in 80+ languages, supporting multiple writing systems including Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Devanagari, and Cyrillic. Provides both command-line and programmatic interfaces, with GPU acceleration and options to train on custom datasets. It is indexed under OCR Tools.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What is EasyOCR?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"EasyOCR is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Is EasyOCR free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"EasyOCR supports Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does EasyOCR support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. EasyOCR is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/jaidedai/EasyOCR","question":"Is EasyOCR open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | ABBYY provides document processing and process analysis solutions designed to extract data from documents and optimize business workflows across various formats and languages. | A ready-to-use OCR library that recognizes text in 80+ languages including Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Devanagari, and Cyrillic scripts. It features automated model downloading and supports processing images from files, URLs, or as programmatic objects. |
| features.capabilities | `{"on_premise_available":true}` | `{"open_source":true,"layout_analysis":true,"gpu_acceleration":true,"on_premise_available":true,"handwriting_recognition":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"ServiceNow","native":true}]` | - |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"summary":"Free tier available","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.abbyy.com","retrievedAt":"2026-09-28T13:49:08.562Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T21:26:35.223Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 36 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.7.2","date":"2024-09-24T11:24:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.7.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.7.1","date":"2023-09-04T11:53:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.7.0","date":"2023-05-25T09:11:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.6.2","date":"2022-09-15T11:34:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.6.1","date":"2022-09-01T08:23:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.6.0","date":"2022-08-24T03:50:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.5.0","date":"2022-06-02T03:32:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.4.2","date":"2022-04-09T07:42:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.4.1","date":"2021-09-11T09:36:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.4","date":"2021-06-29T09:44:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.3.2","date":"2021-05-30T08:55:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.3.1","date":"2021-04-24T01:05:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.3","date":"2021-03-21T09:44:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.2.5","date":"2021-02-23T00:29:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.2.4","date":"2021-02-07T11:38:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/1.2.3","date":"2021-02-01T02:26:39Z","type":"stable","version":"1.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/1.2.2","date":"2021-01-05T13:48:55Z","type":"stable","version":"1.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.2","date":"2020-11-17T05:17:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/1.1.10","date":"2020-10-14T06:14:54Z","type":"stable","version":"1.1.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/JaidedAI/EasyOCR/releases/tag/v1.1.8","date":"2020-08-23T04:44:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.8"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | - | https://github.com/security |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=easyocr&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (OCR Tools)

| Capability | ABBYY | EasyOCR |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Handwriting recognition | - | ✓ |
| Table extraction | - | - |
| Form key value extraction | - | - |
| Id document mrz | - | - |
| Language breadth | - | - |
| Layout analysis | - | ✓ |
| Searchable PDF output | - | - |
| Historical degraded text | - | - |
| GPU acceleration | - | ✓ |
| On premise available | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | - | ✓ |
| SOC2 | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:46:50.443Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*