# PaddleOCR VL

> PaddleOCR VL is an open-weight language model from Paddlepaddle, released on 16 Oct 2025. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 16K-token context window and up to 16K output tokens per response. As of 17 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.02 per million input tokens and $0.02 per million output tokens (Novita AI), across 1 provider we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/paddleocr-vl
Last verified: 17 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Paddlepaddle
- **Release date:** 16 Oct 2025 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/paddlepaddle/paddleocr-vl.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/paddlepaddle/paddleocr-vl.toml)
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/paddlepaddle/paddleocr-vl.toml)
- **Context window:** 16K (16,384 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/paddlepaddle/paddleocr-vl.toml)
- **Max output:** 16K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/paddlepaddle/paddleocr-vl.toml)
- **Input:** Text and images (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/paddlepaddle/paddleocr-vl.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/paddlepaddle/paddleocr-vl.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/paddlepaddle/paddleocr-vl.toml)
- **Tool calling:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/novita-ai/models/paddlepaddle/paddleocr-vl.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novita AI | $0.02 | $0.02 | – | 16K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of PaddleOCR VL?

PaddleOCR VL has a context window of 16,384 tokens (16K) and can generate up to 16,384 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the PaddleOCR VL API cost?

PaddleOCR VL is listed from $0.02 per million input tokens and $0.02 per million output tokens (Novita AI). Prices last verified 17 Oct 2026.

### Is PaddleOCR VL open source?

PaddleOCR VL is an open-weight model. Check the license terms before commercial use.

### When was PaddleOCR VL released?

Paddlepaddle released PaddleOCR VL on 16 Oct 2025, according to models.dev.

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