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Alibaba Cloud OCR (阿里云文字识别) vs Smart Camera Service API

If you need a Machine Learning API that's easy to integrate, go with Alibaba Cloud OCR (阿里云文字识别).

Alibaba Cloud OCR (阿里云文字识别)

Alibaba's OCR service — general text, structured documents, custom templates, multi-language support

Smart Camera Service API

API for capturing produce weight from scale images using computer vision and OCR

Alibaba Cloud OCR (阿里云文字识别)

  • No authentication required
  • HTTPS supported

Smart Camera Service API

  • Simple API key authentication
  • HTTPS supported
  • Currently flagged as inactive
FeatureAlibaba Cloud OCR (阿里云文字识别)Smart Camera Service API
AuthenticationNoneapiKey
HTTPSYesYes
CORSUnknownUnknown

When to use which?

Alibaba Cloud OCR (阿里云文字识别) is the better choice for quick prototypes and hackathons since it requires no authentication.