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Yandex Vision OCR
What it is
Yandex Vision OCR recognizes printed and handwritten text in images and PDFs, including multi-column pages, tables, formulas, and document templates. Its models cover general text, columns, handwriting, tables, Markdown, and math. Template recognition can return fields from passports, driver licenses, vehicle registration certificates, and license plates.
Requests use gRPC or REST APIs, and results come back as JSON Lines. They can include recognized text and language, page and text positions, image positions, and layout types such as titles, headers, footnotes, and lists. Supported files are JPEG, PNG, and PDF. The API accepts files up to 10 MB and images up to 20 megapixels; asynchronous PDF requests can cover up to 200 pages. Results remain on the server for three days. Each successful image or PDF page recognition is billed as one unit. Printed text and license plate recognition cost nothing; listed document, handwriting, and table recognition cost $0.01, paid once, billed per unit without VAT. The cloud service has no free plan.
For and against
For
- Recognizes printed and handwritten text
- Models cover tables, columns, and math formulas
- Document models can return template fields
- Results include text positions and layout types
Against
- No free plan
- One language model is used per operation
- Results are retained for three days
- API files are limited to 10 MB
The verdict
Vision OCR covers varied page layouts and document templates through gRPC and REST APIs. Costs are billed per successful image or PDF page, and language mixing may require separate requests.
Who it suits
Yandex Vision OCR suits developers and businesses that need API-based text extraction from images or PDFs, including structured documents, tables, and handwriting. Its supported file sizes, page limits, and per-unit charges are useful to consider when planning request volume.
Plans and prices
Printed text recognition
Each image or PDF page is charged separately · only successful requests are charged
Read 8 Oct 2026 · aistudio.yandex.ru
License plate recognition
Each image or PDF page is charged separately · only successful requests are charged
Read 8 Oct 2026 · aistudio.yandex.ru
Document recognition (vehicle registration certificate)
Each image or PDF page is charged separately · only successful requests are charged
Read 8 Oct 2026 · aistudio.yandex.ru
Document recognition (driving license)
Each image or PDF page is charged separately · only successful requests are charged
Read 8 Oct 2026 · aistudio.yandex.ru
Table recognition
Each image or PDF page is charged separately · only successful requests are charged
Read 8 Oct 2026 · aistudio.yandex.ru
Handwriting recognition
Each image or PDF page is charged separately · only successful requests are charged
Read 8 Oct 2026 · aistudio.yandex.ru
Document recognition (passport)
Each image or PDF page is charged separately · only successful requests are charged
Read 8 Oct 2026 · aistudio.yandex.ru
On the record
- Access control
- The ai.vision.user role allows users to analyze images with Vision OCR and view relevant cloud, folder, and quota information.yandex.cloud · read 8 Oct 2026
- API access
- The service is accessible through gRPC and REST APIs.aistudio.yandex.ru · read 8 Oct 2026
- Cloud responsibility
- Yandex Cloud describes security as shared responsibility, with responsibility depending on the service model and security tools and policies in use.yandex.cloud · read 8 Oct 2026
- Document extraction
- Document template models can recognize passports, driver licenses, vehicle registration certificates, and license plates and return template fields.aistudio.yandex.ru · read 8 Oct 2026
- Failed requests
- Only successful analysis attempts are chargeable; server errors and incorrectly configured requests are not charged.aistudio.yandex.ru · read 8 Oct 2026
- File formats
- Supported file formats are JPEG, PNG, and PDF.aistudio.yandex.ru · read 8 Oct 2026
- Input limits
- The maximum file size is 10 MB and the image size must not exceed 20 megapixels.aistudio.yandex.ru · read 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- A Yandex Cloud tutorial shows an image and PDF workflow using Object Storage, Cloud Functions, and Serverless Containers with Vision OCR.yandex.cloud · read 8 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- Yandex Cloud says its platform services are for large companies, medium-sized businesses, and private developers.yandex.cloud · read 8 Oct 2026
- Interfaces
- Vision OCR is accessible through gRPC and REST APIs.aistudio.yandex.ru · read 8 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The service uses one language model per recognition operation, so text in multiple languages may require separate requests.aistudio.yandex.ru · read 8 Oct 2026
- Layout
- The service groups words into lines, lines into blocks, and blocks into pages, and identifies block types such as headers, footnotes, titles, and lists.aistudio.yandex.ru · read 8 Oct 2026
- Maker launch
- Yandex Cloud says it launched in 2018.yandex.cloud · read 8 Oct 2026
- Output
- Recognition returns JSON Lines data with page, block, line, word, and image positions; words include text and recognition language.aistudio.yandex.ru · read 8 Oct 2026
- PDF limit
- Asynchronous OCR API requests support PDFs of up to 200 pages.yandex.cloud · read 8 Oct 2026
- Personal data
- Yandex Cloud says it implements personal data protection measures meeting first-level UZ-1 requirements under Russian Resolution No. 1119 and FSTEC Order No. 21.yandex.cloud · read 8 Oct 2026
- Pricing basis
- Each successful image recognition request is charged as one pricing unit, with each image or page of a multi-page PDF charged separately.aistudio.yandex.ru · read 8 Oct 2026
- Recognition models
- Models are available for general page text, multi-column text, handwriting, tables, Markdown text, and math formulas.aistudio.yandex.ru · read 8 Oct 2026
