Datalab launches lite OCR at a fraction of cloud rivals' cost

Datalab's new lite OCR costs just $0.5 per 1,000 pages—10-30x cheaper than Azure or Google—and leads on non-Latin scripts per OmniParseBench, though users call for tougher benchmarks like Baidu OCR.

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