# AWS Textract vs PaddleOCR

| Attribute | AWS Textract | PaddleOCR |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 40.6 (61% (medium)) | 48.9 (16% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 2 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 549 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 88,309 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | An AWS service that uses machine learning to automatically extract text, handwriting, layout elements, and data from scanned documents and images. It goes beyond basic OCR to identify and understand specific data within documents without manual configuration or setup. | PaddleOCR is an open-source OCR library that uses advanced machine learning algorithms to recognize and extract text from images and PDF documents. It offers a free cloud API service with support for large-scale batch document processing. |
| integrations.count | 6 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"},{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"AWS API Gateway"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"AWS IAM"},{"name":"Amazon Bedrock"}]` | - |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Pay-per-use model with free tier available. Specific pricing requires contacting sales.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_sgm","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:34:04.680Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free open-source with cloud API access (20,000 pages/day)","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://paddlepaddle.github.io/PaddleOCR/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T16:36:20.946Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 15 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.7.0","date":"2026-06-11T12:09:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.6.0","date":"2026-05-28T11:42:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.5.0","date":"2026-04-21T08:40:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.4.1","date":"2026-04-14T05:47:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.4.0","date":"2026-01-29T11:19:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.3.3","date":"2026-01-20T07:27:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.3.2","date":"2025-11-13T14:46:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.3.1","date":"2025-10-29T11:49:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.3.0","date":"2025-10-16T12:58:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.2.0","date":"2025-08-21T11:11:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.1.1","date":"2025-08-15T08:55:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.1.0","date":"2025-06-29T06:57:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.0.3","date":"2025-06-26T10:04:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.0.2","date":"2025-06-18T16:38:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.0.1","date":"2025-06-05T03:27:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.0.0","date":"2025-05-20T12:16:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v2.10.0","date":"2025-03-07T07:03:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v2.9.1","date":"2024-10-22T05:57:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v2.9.0","date":"2024-10-18T15:43:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v2.8.1","date":"2024-07-17T10:48:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.1"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=paddleocr&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Document AI)

| Capability | AWS Textract | PaddleOCR |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Prebuilt models | - | - |
| Custom model training | - | - |
| Table extraction | - | - |
| Handwriting recognition | - | - |
| Id document parsing | - | - |
| Human in the loop review | - | - |
| Confidence scoring | - | - |
| LLM vlm based extraction | - | - |
| RPA ERP integration | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:55:08.484Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*