# Invofox vs Mistral OCR API

> Mistral OCR API scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Invofox's 46.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Invofox leads on security & auth. Both do docs extract. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invofox-vs-mistral-ocr
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invofox-vs-mistral-ocr.md (~2,200 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invofox-vs-mistral-ocr.min.md (~630 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invofox-vs-mistral-ocr.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json)
- Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt)
- API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json
- Updated: 2026-10-08

Mistral OCR API scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Invofox's 46.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Invofox leads on security & auth. Both do docs extract.

- Invofox: grade D, 46.8/100, rank #557 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/invofox.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/invofox.json
- Mistral OCR API: grade C, 58.8/100, rank #393 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-ocr.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mistral-ocr.json

## Which one, for what

### Invofox (D)

Good for: Teams that process a known set of business documents (invoices, payslips, bank statements, mortgage forms) at volume and can receive webhooks.

Ahead on:
- Security & auth, 45 against 35

Also in its favour:
- Free to start without a card

Watch for: No status page found. status.invofox.com does not resolve, and neither the site nor the docs link to one

### Mistral OCR API (C)

Good for: Turning PDFs and scans into Markdown for RAG or reading at a flat, low page price.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 45 against 30
- Schema & documentation, 89 against 70
- Agent ergonomics, 83 against 64
- Payments & pricing, 40 against 30
- Maintenance & community, 48 against 30
- Transparency & trust, 74 against 55

Watch for: OCR API at 99.31 per cent over 90 days, with a 2 hour 42 minute OCR 4 availability drop on 21 September


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Invofox | Mistral OCR API | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 30 | 45 | Mistral OCR API +15 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 89 | Mistral OCR API +19 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 83 | Mistral OCR API +19 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 35 | Invofox +10 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 40 | Mistral OCR API +10 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 30 | 48 | Mistral OCR API +18 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 55 | 74 | Mistral OCR API +19 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **46.8 · D** | **58.8 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Invofox | Mistral OCR API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Model API |
| Vendor | Invofox, Inc. | Mistral AI |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.invofox.com` | `https://api.mistral.ai/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service. The n8n community node on GitHub is MIT | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-08-31 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-09-25 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-03 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 769 stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 4.5/5 (2) |

## Verdicts

**Invofox.** Three public OpenAPI 3.1 files, llms.txt and Markdown docs describe an asynchronous upload and webhook flow, and the free plan covers 500 pages without a card. No status page, rate limit numbers, changelog or official SDK were found, and documents are retained by default, with zero retention limited to Scale and Enterprise.

**Mistral OCR API.** Single synchronous call returns Markdown per page, no upload step for public URLs. OCR API at 99.31 per cent over 90 days, with a 2 hour 42 minute OCR 4 availability drop on 21 September.

## Before you call either

### Invofox

1. Ask the owner for an API key and the Document Type id or alias from app.invofox.com. No API endpoint lists Document Types
2. Upload with POST /v1/ingest/uploads as multipart, with `info` as a JSON string. Send `"useClassifier": true` in place of `type` to have the type detected
3. Expect 404 from GET /documents/{id} for the first seconds. Poll from 5 seconds with doubling, and stop at approved, pendingCorrection or discarded
4. Handle the `file.rejected` webhook or check the import. A rejected file never produces a document, so polling the document waits indefinitely
5. Do not retry an upload blindly. There is no idempotency key, so send your own id in `clientData` and look it up with `filter` first

### Mistral OCR API

1. Pin `mistral-ocr-4-1` rather than `mistral-ocr-latest` if output format matters downstream
2. Set `table_format` to `html` for tables with merged cells
3. Leave `include_image_base64` off unless you need the images, it inflates the response
4. Pass `pages` to OCR only the pages you need, since billing is per page
5. Upload private files through `/v1/files` and pass the signed URL

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Invofox or Mistral OCR API?

Mistral OCR API scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Invofox's 46.8 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Invofox leads on security & auth.

### Do Invofox and Mistral OCR API need an API key?

Both need an API key.

### Can an agent call Invofox and Mistral OCR API without installing anything?

Yes. Invofox has a hosted endpoint at https://api.invofox.com and Mistral OCR API at https://api.mistral.ai/v1.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invofox-vs-mistral-ocr.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invofox-vs-mistral-ocr.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "invofox", "b": "mistral-ocr"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare invofox mistral-ocr`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/invofox.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mistral-ocr.json

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