OCR-4-0
Up to 30%OCR-4-0 provides API OCR on LLM.API so scans and screenshots become structured, usable text.
What is OCR-4-0?
OCR-4-0 is an OCR-oriented model on LLM.API (`mistral-ocr-4-0`). OCR model by Mistral. It takes document, image and produces text so document workflows can digitize content before LLM analysis.
Providers
LLM.API routes OCR-4-0 to the providers below, with discounted effective rates versus list price.
List price by provider ($ / 1M tokens)
InputOutputProvider list prices; the LLM.API discount applies on top.
| Provider | Pricing | Context | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|
| mistral30% off | in $0.004; out — per page | — | vision |
Prices and availability from the LLMAPI catalogue, updated nightly. Last updated 21 Sept 2026.
Try this model
Test OCR-4-0 right here — free to start.
Suggestions for your first prompt
Code snippet
Call OCR-4-0 through the OpenAI-compatible API — OCR / document endpoint via LLM.API (see docs).
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key="YOUR_LLMAP_KEY",
base_url="https://api.llmapi.ai/v1",
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="mistral-ocr-4-0",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a precise product assistant."},
{"role": "user", "content": "Give me three crisp launch checklist items."},
],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content){
"model": "mistral-ocr-4-0",
"messages": [
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a precise product assistant."},
{"role": "user", "content": "Give me three crisp launch checklist items."}
]
}5 Core Capabilities
Image OCR
Extracts text from photos, screenshots, and camera captures. Reflects OCR positioning for this endpoint.
Layout awareness
Handles multi-column and mixed layout documents better than naive OCR. Reflects OCR positioning for this endpoint.
Data capture
Feeds RPA and back-office pipelines that digitize forms and invoices. Grounded in the model's ocr role rather than generic chat claims.
Document text extraction
Reads printed and scanned pages into machine-usable text. Relevant for `mistral-ocr-4-0` workloads on LLM.API.
Annotation workflows
Supports annotated-page pricing paths when available from the provider. Grounded in the model's ocr role rather than generic chat claims.
6 Most Valuable Use Cases
- Historical archive indexing projects with OCR-4-0
- ID and form field capture for onboarding
- Preprocessing scans before LLM extraction with OCR-4-0
- Screenshot-to-text for support tooling
- Invoice and receipt digitization with OCR-4-0
- Warehouse label and packing-slip reading
Why Build on LLM.API?
One unified API. Every major model. Built-in reliability, cost control, and observability.
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Intelligent AI Routing
Automatically route each request to the best model across providers based on latency, cost, and quality—without changing your integration or redeploying code.
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Cost-Aware Execution
Control spend with per-request cost estimation, smart model selection, and centralized quotas so teams can experiment fast without runaway bills or manual tracking.
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Resilient Fallback Flows
Define automatic, provider-agnostic fallbacks to keep your app up during outages, rate limits, or timeouts—no brittle failover logic scattered through your codebase.
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Deep LLM Observability
Trace every call across providers with logs, metrics, and request replay so you can debug, tune prompts, and optimize model choices from one unified dashboard.
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Task-Level Orchestration
Describe tasks, not models. LLM.API maps them to the right tools, models, and prompts so you ship complex AI workflows with minimal glue code.
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High-Throughput Batch APIs
Process millions of inferences efficiently with optimized batch pipelines, concurrency controls, and retry logic—all behind the same simple interface you use for single calls.
Scale from 1 to millions.
Why run OCR-4-0 on LLM.API?
Unified AI Routing
Reach OCR-4-0 and sibling models through one OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Cost Control
Compare provider price points and keep spend visible as you scale OCR-4-0.
Reliability Layer
Retry and route across configured providers when a single upstream blips.
Observability
Trace prompts, tokens, and errors for OCR-4-0 alongside the rest of your stack.
Drop-in SDKs
Keep using familiar OpenAI client patterns with base URL https://api.llmapi.ai/v1.
Model Breadth
Production: Swap OCR-4-0 for chat, media, or embedding alternatives without rewriting auth.
When to Use — When NOT to Use
Use it if...
- Your workflow starts with scans, photos, or screenshots (OCR-4-0)
- You want OCR output that downstream LLMs can analyze (OCR-4-0)
- You must turn images or PDFs into text at API scale (OCR-4-0)
Avoid if...
- Your documents are already clean digital text
- You need creative image generation rather than text extraction
- You require human-certified legal transcription without review
COMMUNITY
What developers say about OCR models
Summarised from publicly published developer and community reviews of this model family. Opinions are the sources’, not LLM.API’s, and may not be specific to OCR-4-0.
- Document-intelligence reviews score Mistral OCR around 4.3/5 for extraction accuracy, structured output and broad language coverage.
- Practitioners highlight bounding boxes, confidence scores and JSON-schema output as the features that make it pipeline-ready.
- It is framed as a developer/enterprise tool rather than an end-user document app.
SOURCES
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use tools or structured outputs with OCR-4-0?
Tooling support varies; for pure ocr models, prefer the modalities listed rather than assuming chat tools.
Does OCR-4-0 understand documents semantically?
OCR-4-0 focuses on text extraction. For deep semantic analysis, pass OCR output into a chat model on LLM.API.
What is OCR-4-0?
OCR model by Mistral. On LLM.API it is addressed as `mistral-ocr-4-0`.
Is OCR-4-0 a chat model?
No—OCR-4-0 is categorized as a ocr model. Use the matching API surface rather than assuming chat completions.
Where is the canonical page for OCR-4-0?
https://llmapi.ai/models/mistralai-mistral-ocr-4-0/
What modalities does OCR-4-0 support?
OCR-4-0 accepts document, image and produces text according to its architecture metadata on LLM.API.
How is OCR-4-0 priced on LLM.API?
Listed pricing metadata shows: $0.004/page; $0.005/annotated page. Confirm live rates in the LLM.API dashboard or docs before production budgeting.
Which providers serve OCR-4-0?
LLM.API currently lists: mistral. Availability can vary by region and account.
What is the context length for OCR-4-0?
Reported context for OCR-4-0 is See provider specs. Always verify the active provider row if multiple providers are listed.
How do I call OCR-4-0 via API?
Send OpenAI-compatible requests to https://api.llmapi.ai/v1 with model "mistral-ocr-4-0" and your LLM.API key. See the code snippet on this page.
When should I choose OCR-4-0?
Your workflow starts with scans, photos, or screenshots — especially when you specifically need OCR-4-0.
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