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  • No signup needed: i2OCR, OnlineOCR, OCR.space, agathox text tools
  • Files stay on your device: agathox text tools

Based on what each tool's own pages say. A tool is left out when its pages say it varies or do not say. Details are listed under each tool.

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    i2OCR

    Free optionNo signupFile handling unclearHealth 4.4
    Open i2OCR
    Details and sources
    Free tier
    Free OCR for one image or PDF page at a time. Bulk processing needs a premium plan. No daily, file-size or page-count caps are listed.
    Paid plan
    Premium plans and premium bulk OCR are mentioned but no prices are shown.
    Signup
    The privacy page says a user can use the entire website anonymously; accounts are optional.
    Watermark
    Not stated.
    Where files go
    The home page says uploaded files and extracted text are not shared and are automatically deleted after 30 minutes. The privacy page does not say whether images are uploaded or stored.

    From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Home page, Privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.

    Full page for i2OCR

  • 2

    OnlineOCR

    No free planNo signupFile handling unclearHealth 4.3
    Open OnlineOCR
    Details and sources
    Free tier
    Guests (no registration) can convert 5 files per hour, up to 15 MB each. Registered users get 50 free pages on sign-up and a 200 MB file limit. Registration is needed for files over 15 MB, ZIP batches, page ranges and all pages of multipage PDFs.
    Paid plan
    Weekly $5.95/week (2,000 pages, 7 days); Monthly $19.95/month (10,000 pages, 30 days); Lifetime $49.95 one time (30,000 pages). All auto-renew except lifetime; 200 MB max file size, no ads.
    Signup
    No signup required for basic guest use; registration needed for larger or batch jobs.
    Watermark
    Not stated.
    Where files go
    Files are uploaded for conversion over TLS. Guest uploads are deleted automatically after conversion; FAQ says documents are deleted immediately after processing; registered users' output files are kept one month. The page also says 'No data is transmitted or stored', which conflicts with the one-month storage statement.

    From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Home page, Pricing. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.

    Full page for OnlineOCR

  • 3

    OCR.space

    Free optionNo signupFile handling unclearHealth 4
    Open OCR.space
    Details and sources
    Free tier
    The free tier allows for OCR processing with a file size limit of 5MB per document. The page says: “The free tier has a file size limit of 5MB per document.”
    Paid plan
    Not stated.
    Signup
    No registration is required to use the online OCR service. The page says: “Our Online OCR service is free to use with no registration required.”
    Watermark
    Not stated.
    Where files go
    Not stated.

    From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.

    Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”

    Full page for OCR.space

  • 4

    NewOCR

    UnclearSignup unclearFile handling unclearHealth 3
    Open NewOCR
    Details and sources
    Free tier
    Not stated.
    Paid plan
    Not stated.
    Signup
    No registration or account is required to use the service. The page says: “There's no need to register for an account or install any software, making it easy to start using our OCR service right away.”
    Watermark
    Not stated.
    Where files go
    Files are uploaded to the server for processing and are removed after use. The page says: “Your data is kept safe and secure with us, and all of your files will be removed from the server after use for added privacy.”

    From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.

    Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”

    Full page for NewOCR

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    UnclearNo signupFiles stay on your device—
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    Details and sources

    No facts have been read from this tool's pages yet.

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