* * * MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL * * *
The PennyOCR MCP Server.
One config block and your agent reads documents. Add this to your MCP client — Claude Desktop/Code, OpenAI Agents SDK, Cloudflare Agents, anything speaking Streamable HTTP: {"mcpServers": {"pennyocr": {"url": "https://mcp.pennyocr.com", "headers": {"Authorization": "Bearer pk_live_..."}}}} — keys are free at pennyocr.com/dashboard.
START FREE — 100 PAGES
$0.75 / 1,000 PAGES
1,333 PAGES PER DOLLAR · NO CREDIT CARD
01 / TRY IT
ONE ENDPOINT.
POST a file, get JSON back — the extracted text, per page and joined. PDF, PNG, JPEG, WebP or TIFF.
curl https://api.pennyocr.com/v1/ocr \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PENNYOCR_API_KEY" \
-F "file=@report.pdf"
# $0.75 per 1,000 pages, first 100 free02 / USE CASES
TWO TOOLS, NO FLUFF.
READ_DOCUMENT
{url, pages?, output?, max_pages?, max_cost_usd?} → {content, pages, cost_usd, citations[]}. Markdown with tables by default, plain text on request.
ESTIMATE_COST
{url, pages?} → exact page count and cost_usd, free. Lets the agent decide before committing to a 500-page read.
PER-PAGE CITATIONS
citations[] maps output back to page numbers, so downstream answers can reference 'page 14' honestly.
CLIENTS WITHOUT HEADERS
Use https://mcp.pennyocr.com/?key=pk_live_... when your MCP client can't set headers.
03 / PRICE CHECK
HALF THE PRICE OF THE BIG CLOUDS.
Per 1,000 pages, public list prices, first tier.
PENNYOCR$0.75
AWS TEXTRACT$1.50
GOOGLE CLOUD VISION$1.50
AZURE DOC INTELLIGENCE$1.50
YOU KEEP50%
WHAT DOES IT COST?
Same as the API: $0.00075 per page, from your prepaid balance, first 100 pages/month free. Every read_document response reports the exact cost_usd it consumed.
WHICH TRANSPORT?
Streamable HTTP (JSON-RPC 2.0 over POST). No SSE requirement, no session state — stateless and cache-friendly.
IS MY DATA STORED?
Zero retention by default: documents are fetched, read, returned and discarded. Storage is opt-in from the dashboard.
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