Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free)
Baidu Qianfan Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free) — pricing, 66k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.
Specs
- Provider
- Baidu Qianfan
- Slug
- baidu/qianfan-ocr-fast-free
- Capabilities
- vision
Pricing freshness
- Tier
- standard
- Currency
- USD
- As of
- 2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
Pricing history
Tracking Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free) pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.
Quickstart — call Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free) from your app
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "baidu/qianfan-ocr-fast-free",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
}'Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
# pip install openai
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key=os.environ["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"],
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="baidu/qianfan-ocr-fast-free",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
// npm install openai
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
});
const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "baidu/qianfan-ocr-fast-free",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs
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Frequently asked questions
What is Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free)?
Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free) is a large language model API from Baidu Qianfan with a 66k-token context window. It costs $0 per 1M input tokens and $0 per 1M output tokens.
How much does Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free) cost?
Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free) is priced at $0 per 1M input tokens and $0 per 1M output tokens via the Baidu Qianfan API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $0.
What is the context window of Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free)?
Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free) supports up to 66k tokens of context per request — roughly 131 pages of English text or 8192 lines of code at a typical density.
Does Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free) support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?
Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free) supports image input (vision). It does not support tool/function calling and structured JSON mode.
Who makes Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free)?
Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free) is built and operated by Baidu Qianfan. Pricing, context window, and capabilities on this page are refreshed nightly from Baidu Qianfan's public catalog.
Can I self-host Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free)?
Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free) is API-only — its weights are not publicly distributed by Baidu Qianfan, so it cannot be self-hosted today.