This in-depth benchmark compares DeepSeek-OCR (MIT licensed), PaddleOCR, and Tesseract. DeepSeek-OCR achieves 96-97% accuracy on OmniDocBench and uses its unique 10x text compression for millisecond inference on long documents. It is 2-3x faster than Tesseract in production and outperforms PaddleOCR on complex layouts (like tables and formulas), being named the best Deep OCR tool for 2025.

Deepseek OCR is indeed powerful. I believe its greatest contribution lies in offering a revolutionary approach to memory—enabling AI to form stronger associations through visual cues rather than contextual information. As for text extraction, it's merely a necessary means to achieve its core objective, akin to a complimentary side dish.