# Sightengine vs Tesseract OCR

| Attribute | Sightengine | Tesseract OCR |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 84.5 (34% (low)) | 44.8 (21% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 54 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 76,197 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based platform that uses deep learning models to analyze images, videos, and text, automatically detecting harmful content including nudity, violence, hate speech, and AI-generated media. Offers moderation tools, custom models, and content redaction capabilities for marketplaces, social platforms, and messaging applications. | A free, open-source optical character recognition tool that converts scanned images and documents into editable text. Tesseract uses adaptive character classification and neural network-based line recognition to support multiple languages and scripts. |
| language.primary | - | C++ |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"FR","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free tier with 2,000 operations/month","features":["Basic Content Moderation","AI Detection"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For testing and proof-of-concepts","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"max_daily":"500/day","operations":"2,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$29/month for 10,000 operations + $0.002 per additional","features":["Visual Moderation","Text Moderation","AI Image & AI Video Detection","Deepfake Detection","Video up to 50MB"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"operation"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.002,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"operations":"10,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$99/month for 40,000 operations + $0.002 per additional","features":["Everything in Starter","Advanced Video & Live-Stream Moderation","Video up to 500MB + Live Moderation","Audio Moderation","Image & Video Custom Search","Disallow lists, Spam Detection, Near-Duplicate detection","Liveness Detection","Recapture Detection","Age Estimation","AI Music Detection"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"operation"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.002,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Most Popular","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"operations":"40,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. Contact sales.","features":["Everything in Pro","Custom Models & Classes","Geo-fencing","Enterprise SLAs","Dedicated Support Engineer","Custom video frame rate","Unlimited concurrent video jobs","Priority Support"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $29/month. Free tier available. Usage-based overages at $0.002 per operation.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://sightengine.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:52:06.340Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.002,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T16:34:23.403Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 100 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.5.3","date":"2026-07-24T18:33:22Z","type":"stable","version":"5.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.5.2","date":"2025-12-26T17:32:31Z","type":"stable","version":"5.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.5.1","date":"2025-05-25T09:53:48Z","type":"stable","version":"5.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.5.0","date":"2024-11-10T19:29:48Z","type":"stable","version":"5.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.4.1","date":"2024-06-11T18:25:20Z","type":"stable","version":"5.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.4.0","date":"2024-06-06T13:35:20Z","type":"stable","version":"5.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.4.0-rc2","date":"2024-05-19T10:02:04Z","type":"prerelease","version":"5.4.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.4.0-rc1","date":"2024-05-12T13:46:44Z","type":"prerelease","version":"5.4.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.3.4","date":"2024-01-18T09:12:03Z","type":"stable","version":"5.3.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.3.3","date":"2023-10-05T19:05:14Z","type":"stable","version":"5.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.3.2","date":"2023-07-11T11:58:19Z","type":"stable","version":"5.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.3.1","date":"2023-04-01T19:55:17Z","type":"stable","version":"5.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.3.0","date":"2022-12-22T14:16:22Z","type":"stable","version":"5.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.3.0-rc1","date":"2022-12-13T21:42:21Z","type":"prerelease","version":"5.3.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.2.0","date":"2022-07-06T20:22:26Z","type":"stable","version":"5.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.1.0","date":"2022-03-01T16:33:53Z","type":"stable","version":"5.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.0.1","date":"2022-01-07T12:48:14Z","type":"stable","version":"5.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.0.0","date":"2021-11-30T17:53:43Z","type":"stable","version":"5.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/5.0.0-rc3","date":"2021-11-22T21:09:11Z","type":"stable","version":"5.0.0-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract/releases/tag/4.1.3","date":"2021-11-15T17:36:40Z","type":"stable","version":"4.1.3"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.1 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=alpine&package_name=tesseract-ocr-data-isl&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Computer Vision Apis)

| Capability | Sightengine | Tesseract OCR |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Custom model training | - | - |
| Face recognition | - | - |
| OCR text extraction | - | - |
| Content moderation | - | - |
| Video support | - | - |
| Edge on device support | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| Commercial license required for saas | - | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:52:46.386Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*