LightOn OCR-3 now available on OpenDocRouter at $0.28/1M input and $1.40/1M output
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OpenDocRouter now offers LightOn OCR-3, priced at $0.28 per 1M input tokens and $1.40 per 1M output tokens, which Jerry Liu (@jerryjliu0) says works out to about $3.19 per 1,000 pages on ParseBench.
Liu describes the model as sitting on the Pareto frontier for open-weight OCR models, with performance similar to Gemini 3.8 Flash low at roughly 45% lower price.
Liu's assessment is that the model handles tables adequately, charts workably, and grounding quite well. These are the author's own characterizations of the model, and the performance and cost comparisons rest on his ParseBench results rather than on independent testing reported here.
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- Jerry LiuLightOn OCR-3 now on OpenDocRouter, near Gemini 3.8 Flash at lower cost
LightOn OCR-3 is now available on OpenDocRouter at $0.28 per 1M input tokens and $1.40 per 1M output tokens, about $3.19 per 1k pages on ParseBench. On ParseBench, the author says it sits on the Pareto frontier for open-weight OCR models, with performance similar to Gemini 3.8 Flash low at roughly 45% lower price. It is described as decent at tables, workable for charts, and quite good at grounding.
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