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Marker
Datalab's open-source PDF-to-Markdown/JSON converter running its Surya VLM locally; Datalab's hosted API runs Chandra.
- Datalab
- Local or cloud
- Free, open source
Where it ranks
- –Documents & OCRParsers & APIs · Local · no rated model available here yetWith cloud models: tier A (78 on OmniDocBench v1.6 (end-to-end, v1.6_full): pipeline tools)
Ranked by its own benchmark result where it has one; otherwise by the best model it offers.
Facts
- Vendor
- Datalab
- Approach
- Parsers & APIs
- Where it runs
- Runs fully on your hardware with local models; cloud models optional
- Interface
- Command line, API
- Skill level
- Advanced: command line, node graphs or self-hosting
- Price
- Free, open source
- Pricing notes
- Open-source code free; model weights free for research, personal use and startups under $5M funding/revenue. Datalab hosted API: Free plan (pay-as-you-go with a monthly allowance), Team $400/mo, Enterprise custom.
- Source code
- Open source (Apache-2.0 (code); model weights modified OpenRAIL-M)
- GitHub stars
- 40.5k (18 Oct 2026)
- Last verified
- 18 Oct 2026
Price from datalab.to, 18 Oct 2026.
Models it gives you
- –Chandra OCR 2Datalab · open weights
- –Surya OCR 2Datalab · open weights
Its own benchmark results
| Benchmark | Result | Entry on the leaderboard | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OmniDocBench v1.6 (end-to-end, v1.6_full): pipeline tools | 78 | MarkerPipeline-tools row of the OmniDocBench v1.6_full end-to-end table; evaluated version 1.8.2 (current release 2.0.0). | 11 Sep 2026 | github.com |