Overall Winner
Smallpdf
beats PaddleOCR by 27 points
PaddleOCR 39/100
Smallpdf 🏆 66/100
PaddleOCR
Free
VS
Smallpdf
From $12/mo
The verdict
Smallpdf scores 66/100 against PaddleOCR's 39/100. Compare the full breakdown of scores, features, pricing, and user reviews below.
Score breakdown
Dimension
PaddleOCR
Smallpdf
Price & Value
★★★★☆ wins
★★★☆☆
Features
★★★★☆ wins
★★★☆☆
Ease of Use
★★☆☆☆
★★★★☆ wins
Reviews
★☆☆☆☆
★★★★★ wins
Each dimension rated 1–5. Higher is better across all four.
What users say
PaddleOCR
"The rising open-source challenger — beats Tesseract on real-world tables per developers"
Pros
Accuracy praised over Tesseract on real-world scans and tables Strongest positive-to-negative ratio among high-volume engines (8:1 of 45 mentions) Actively developed — 89,702 GitHub stars, last push September 2026
Smallpdf
"A polished, well-loved PDF suite — OCR is a buried, unreviewed feature"
Pros
Polished, easy suite — 4.8 average across 5,025 user reviews Easy to use (34.6%) and fast (19.2%) per scraped reviews OCR available inside the web suite
Pricing & value
| Metric | PaddleOCR | Smallpdf | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Starting price | Free | From $12/mo | PaddleOCR |
Our pick