# PennyOCR (pennyocr.com)

Extracts text from PDFs, scans and images through an OCR API that returns the text as JSON.

- Atlas card: https://inite.ai/en/atlas/pennyocr.com
- Site: https://pennyocr.com
- For: Developers integrating document OCR into applications via a single API endpoint
- Categories: documents
- Use 0/100 · alive 100/100

## Used for

- Extract text from invoices and receipts
- Convert scanned PDFs and images into text
- Read tables from skewed or handwritten scans

## Price

- from 0.75 USD/usage, free plan (read 2026-10-20 on https://pennyocr.com/#pricing)

## For developers

- MCP server: com.pennyocr/ocr (namespace; open on 2026-10-20, 2 tools)
- Status page: https://pennyocr.com/status
- Read 2026-10-20

## MCP server, measured daily

Server: https://mcp.pennyocr.com, checked every day since 2026-10-20 (1 checks).

- Answered: measuring, 1 daily checks so far
- Median first answer: 58 ms
- Sign-in: none
- Context its tool definitions take: about 330 tokens (2 tools)
- Tool definitions: B, 83/100
- Failing "annotations": 2 of 2 tools
- Method: https://inite.ai/en/atlas/mcp/report

## Your data

- Certifications stated: none
- Training on your data: no (https://pennyocr.com/privacy)
- Read 2026-10-20

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Source: INITE Atlas, https://inite.ai/en/atlas/pennyocr.com. JSON: https://inite.ai/api/atlas/pennyocr.com. MCP: https://inite.ai/api/mcp (atlas_lookup).