API cost decision in 10 seconds
Qianfan-OCR-Fast vs 🔥Claude Opus 4.7
Pick Qianfan-OCR-Fast for lower cost; pick Claude Opus 4.7 only if the larger context window matters more.
Pricing data updated:
Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens
Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output
Budget verdict
Pick Qianfan-OCR-Fast for lower cost; pick Claude Opus 4.7 only if the larger context window matters more.
On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Qianfan-OCR-Fast is estimated at $2.08 vs $17.5 for Claude Opus 4.7, saving $15.41 (88.1% lower).
Cost-first pickQianfan-OCR-Fast
Context-first pickClaude Opus 4.7
Sample savings$15.4188.1%
10x traffic gap$154.15
Claude Opus 4.7 has more context, but Qianfan-OCR-Fast saves $15.41 on the standard workload. At 10x that traffic, the same price gap is about $154.15. Use the calculator below to replace the sample workload with your own token volume.
Cost sensitivity
Workload Sensitivity
Qianfan-OCR-Fast stays cheaper across input-heavy, balanced, and output-heavy sample workloads.
| Workload shape | Token mix | Better pick | Qianfan-OCR-Fast | Claude Opus 4.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input-heavy / RAG | 5M input + 500K output | Qianfan-OCR-Fast | $4.81 | $37.5 |
| Balanced workload | 1M input + 1M output | Qianfan-OCR-Fast | $3.49 | $30 |
| Output-heavy chatbot | 1M input + 5M output | Qianfan-OCR-Fast | $14.73 | $130 |
Estimate your workload cost
Your Workload Cost
This estimate uses normalized public API pricing per 1M tokens. It is a planning aid, not a billing quote. Verify provider pricing, limits, and terms before production use.
Quick Decision
Qianfan-OCR-Fast has the lower input price, Qianfan-OCR-Fast has the lower output price, and Claude Opus 4.7 offers the larger context window.
For a 1M input token plus 500K output token workload, the estimated API cost is $2.08 for Qianfan-OCR-Fast and $17.5 for Claude Opus 4.7.
Choose Qianfan-OCR-Fast when you care most about lower input-token price, and lower output-token price.
Choose Claude Opus 4.7 when you care most about larger context window.
| Feature | Qianfan-OCR-Fast (Baidu) | 🔥Claude Opus 4.7 (Anthropic) |
|---|---|---|
| Input Price prompt tokens per 1M | $0.68 | $5 |
| Completion Price per 1M tokens | $2.81 | $25 |
| Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output | $2.08 | $17.5 |
| Context Window | 65.54K | 1M |
| Release Date | 2026-04-20 | 2026-04-16 |
| Popularity | #3 |
Qianfan-OCR-Fast is a domain-specific multimodal large model purpose-built for OCR. By leveraging specialized OCR training data while preserving versatile multimodal intelligence, it provides a powerful performance upgrade over Qianfan-OCR.
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Use-Case Decision Matrix
| Use case | Better pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Budget-constrained production | Qianfan-OCR-Fast | On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Qianfan-OCR-Fast is estimated at $2.08 vs $17.5 for Claude Opus 4.7, saving $15.41 (88.1% lower). |
| High-volume input processing | Qianfan-OCR-Fast | Lower prompt-token price matters most when prompts or retrieved passages dominate the bill. |
| Long responses and chatbots | Qianfan-OCR-Fast | Lower output-token price matters most when assistants generate many completion tokens. |
| RAG or long-document work | Claude Opus 4.7 | A larger context window leaves more room for retrieved passages and source files. |