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Posts4/23/2025 by OpenRouter

Universal PDF Support

🚀 Key Features

  • Works with any LLM available on OpenRouter.
  • Handles all types of PDFs, including image-only scans.
  • Automatically uses native PDF support for providers like Gemini, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
  • Sends embedded images from PDFs directly to multimodal models.
  • Can be combined with web search or Auto Router for enhanced functionality.
  • Accessible via API or directly from the OpenRouter Chatroom, with support for multiple PDFs and models in a single request.

⚙️ Pricing

Two PDF processing engines to choose from:

  • mistral-ocr (default): OCR support with text and embedded images extraction — $2 per 1000 pages.
  • pdf-text: Text-only extraction without OCR or image support — free.

📖 Documentation & Getting Started

Check out the full docs and implementation guide:
https://openrouter.ai/docs/features/images-and-pdfs

Video demo and more info:
https://x.com/OpenRouterAI/status/1915083006349382033

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