Mathpix

Mathpix

Mathpix is an OCR and document conversion service that turns PDFs and images of math, chemistry, and tables into LaTeX, Word, Markdown, and Excel formats for researchers, students, and developers.

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Last Updated Oct 21, 2026
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About

Mathpix is an AI-powered OCR and document conversion platform that turns PDFs and images of technical content into searchable, editable, machine-readable text. It is built specifically for material that ordinary OCR struggles with: mathematical equations, chemical structures, tables, foreign languages, and handwritten notation, all of which can be converted to formats such as LaTeX, DOCX, Markdown, Excel, Overleaf, and ChemDraw.

The company offers two main paths. Individuals and teams use Snip, an app with PDF reading, search, and collaborative Markdown editing, plus a desktop Snipping Tool that captures on-screen math or chemistry and copies it to the clipboard as LaTeX or another format in a single keyboard shortcut. Developers and enterprises use OCR APIs, a Files API, an on-prem PDF cloud option, and a Secure Conversion Service for large-scale document processing. Mathpix reports more than 5 million users, over 3,000 organizations, and 50 billion converted PDF pages.

Key Features

Snip app: A Markdown-based collaborative editing environment for researchers that includes image and PDF conversion, a PDF reader, PDF search, and PDF data extraction.
Snipping Tool: A desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux that OCRs content directly from the screen and copies math or chemistry to the clipboard in LaTeX, Markdown, MS Word, and other formats.
OCR API: A developer API covering math, chemistry, handwriting, tables, foreign languages, and full PDF conversion, with documentation, an API reference, and a Python SDK.
Secure Conversion Service: An enterprise offering with dedicated capacity that processes millions of pages of unstructured PDFs and images per hour for tasks such as training language models.
STEM-focused conversion: Supported conversions include image to LaTeX, ChemDraw, and SMILES, table to CSV, LaTeX, or Markdown, and PDF to Word, Excel, HTML, LaTeX, Markdown, and Overleaf.
Handwriting recognition: Recognition of handwritten, printed, and cursive math notation across multiple supported languages.
On-prem and private cloud options: Private Cloud OCR and an on-prem PDF cloud for organizations with stricter data handling requirements.

Pricing & Fees

  • Pricing: Snip has a free plan (10 PDF pages and 10 images per month, doubled with a .edu email), a Pro plan at $4.99/month or $49.90/year (1,000 PDF pages and 5,000 images per month), and an Organization plan at $9.99/month or $99.90/year for two users with the same per-user limits. Enterprise pricing is custom.
  • Overage rates: Extra usage beyond plan limits costs $0.0035 per PDF page and $0.002 per image.
  • Free tier: A free plan is available for students and everyday users, including doubled usage with a verified education email.
  • Platforms: Apps are offered for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android (including the Huawei App Gallery), the web, and a Chrome browser extension.

Who It's For

Mathpix is aimed at STEM students, teachers, academic researchers, and scientific authors who need to move equations, tables, and technical PDFs into LaTeX, Word, or Markdown without retyping them. Developers can embed the OCR capabilities into their own applications through the APIs and Python SDK. Organizations in education, fintech, pharmaceuticals, and AI use the high-volume conversion services to process document libraries and produce training data for language models.

FAQ

What is Mathpix?Mathpix is an AI-powered OCR and document conversion service that converts images and PDFs containing math, chemistry, handwriting, and tables into formats such as LaTeX, DOCX, Markdown, Excel, ChemDraw, and Overleaf.

Does Mathpix have a free plan?Yes, the free Snip plan includes 10 PDF pages and 10 images per month, and the allowance doubles when registered with a .edu email address.

How much does Mathpix cost?The Pro plan costs $4.99 per month or $49.90 per year, the Organization plan costs $9.99 per month or $99.90 per year for two users, and enterprise plans are quoted custom; additional PDF pages cost $0.0035 and additional images $0.002 beyond plan limits.

Which platforms and integrations does Mathpix support?Mathpix provides desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux, mobile apps for iOS and Android, a web app, a Chrome extension, a command-line interface, a Python SDK, and OCR and Files APIs for developers.

Does Mathpix offer options for sensitive documents?Yes, the company offers Private Cloud OCR, an on-prem PDF cloud, and a Secure Conversion Service for enterprises that need tighter control over document processing.