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PaddlePaddle: PaddleOCR VL

PaddlePaddle: PaddleOCR VL

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PaddleOCR VL is a language model from PaddlePaddle released on Oct 16, 2025. It reads text and images and writes text, with a 16K token context window and up to 16K tokens per reply.

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It costs $0.02 per million input tokens and $0.02 per million output tokens.

Its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.

Modalities
In / out price
$0.02 / $0.02 per 1M
Context
16K
Max output
16K
Released
Oct 16, 2025
Knowledge cutoff
n/a
  • Tool calling
  • Structured output
  • Reasoning
  • Prompt caching
  • Open weights
  • Free to use

PaddleOCR VL pricing

USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.

Input$0.02 / 1M tokens
Output$0.02 / 1M tokens

What PaddleOCR VL costs per month

Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.

PaddleOCR VL per month
$1.71
Without caching
$1.71
Per request
$0.0001

Supported request parameters

What you can set when you call PaddleOCR VL through an OpenAI compatible API.

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PaddleOCR VL questions

How much does the PaddleOCR VL API cost?

$0.02 per million input tokens and $0.02 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.

What is the context window of PaddleOCR VL?

16,384 tokens of input, and it can write up to 16,384 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.

Does PaddleOCR VL support tool calling?

Not through the standard tools parameter. For an agent that calls your APIs, pick a model from the alternatives below that does.

Is PaddleOCR VL open source?

Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.

When was PaddleOCR VL released?

Oct 16, 2025.

Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.