Research & Data Checked Sep 20, 2026 GLM-OCR
Upload a document or image and get structured OCR output you can reuse.
Best for: People extracting structured text from scanned documents, tables, code, or PDFs
What you can do with it
- Extract text from a scanned PDF
- Turn a table image into Markdown
- Read handwriting or an invoice
- Process OCR output in a document pipeline
Good to know
- Free hosted entry point
- Strong structured-document focus
- Open-source model and API path
- Useful for tables, code, and handwriting
Limitations
- API is paid by usage
- Self-hosting is technical
- OCR errors still happen