Handwriting OCR vs Bulk OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text from CSV or Google Sheet
Handwriting OCR is an MCP server published by Handwriting-OCR. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Bulk OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text from CSV or Google Sheet is an MCP server published by Nero-Engine. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Handwriting OCR |  Bulk OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text from CSV or Google Sheet |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: sha256:141e2e00e706 Forks (GitHub): 7 Pulls (Docker Hub): 19 084 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 17 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.0 No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Handwriting OCR | Bulk OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text from CSV or Google Sheet |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 17 | No figure on GitHub |
| Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs) | 19 084 | No figure on Docker Hub |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 | No figure on GitHub |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (mcp/handwriting-ocr) | Remote server (mcp.apify.com) |
| Transport (differs) | stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares (differs) | 3 | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | Not published |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/handwriting-ocr/handwriting-ocr-mcp-server | Not stated |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | no remote endpoint we check | Not responding since 2026-10-24 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Handwriting OCR
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Handwriting OCR.
Bulk OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text from CSV or Google Sheet
OCR every image and scanned PDF linked in an Apify dataset, CSV, Excel or Google Sheet, keeping...
How to run each
Handwriting OCR As a local MCP server: Docker image
claude mcp add --env "API_TOKEN=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>" --transport stdio handwriting-ocr -- docker run -i --rm -e API_TOKEN mcp/handwriting-ocrRequires: API_TOKEN (secret)
Bulk OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text from CSV or Google Sheet
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Requires: Authorization header
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Bulk OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text from CSV or Google Sheet has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
The marketplaces of Bulk OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text from CSV or Google Sheet publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of Bulk OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text from CSV or Google Sheet publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: Handwriting OCR · What it can do: Bulk OCR: Image & Scanned PDF to Text from CSV or Google Sheet · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.