AWS Textract vs Azure AI Document Intelligence pricing
Both are in document ai & ocr apis. AWS Textract is billed per 1k pages; Azure AI Document Intelligence is billed per 1k pages. Numbers below are copied from each vendor's pricing page.
AWS TextractFree tier or trial
- Free tier
- 1,000 pages/mo for 3 months (DetectDocumentText only)
- Billed
- Per 1k pages
- Best for
- Cloud-native OCR for AWS workloads
- Verified
- Jun 27, 2026
Azure AI Document IntelligenceFree tier or trial
- Free tier
- 500 pages/mo (F0, first 2 pages per request)
- Billed
- Per 1k pages
- Best for
- Prebuilt + custom models on Azure
- Verified
- Jun 27, 2026
AWS Textract plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier (first 3 months) | $0 | 1,000 pages/mo Detect Document Text; 100 pages/mo each for Forms/Tables/Layout, Queries, Expense, ID; 2,000 pages/mo Lending; 1,000 pages/mo Signatures. New AWS customers only. |
| Detect Document Text (raw OCR) | $1.50 / 1k pages | Drops to $0.60/1k pages above 1M pages/month. |
| Analyze Document – Forms | $50 / 1k pages | $40/1k above 1M pages/month. |
| Analyze Document – Tables | $15 / 1k pages | $10/1k above 1M pages/month; Layout included free when used with Tables. |
| Forms + Tables + Queries (bundle) | $70 / 1k pages | $55/1k above 1M pages/month. |
| AnalyzeExpense / AnalyzeID | $10 / $25 per 1k pages | Expense $10 ($8 above 1M); ID $25 ($10 above 1M); Custom Queries $25 ($15 above 1M). |
- Structured extraction is expensive, Forms is $50/1k pages and the full bundle $70/1k
- Pricing is confusing: the same API costs different amounts by feature combination and varies by region
- Cost tracking in Cost Explorer is awkward and usage is hard to attribute
Azure AI Document Intelligence plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Free (F0) | $0 | 500 pages/month; only the first 2 pages of any analyze request processed; no SLA. |
| Read (OCR) | $1.50 / 1,000 pages | Text + handwriting OCR; drops to ~$0.60 / 1,000 pages beyond 1M pages. |
| Layout | $10 / 1,000 pages | Text, tables, selection marks, titles, headings, and document structure. |
| Prebuilt models | $10 / 1,000 pages | Invoice, receipt, ID, W-2, health insurance card, business card, etc. |
| Custom extraction | $30 / 1,000 pages | Models trained on your own documents; commitment tiers lower the per-page rate (~$27/$24/$21). |
- Costs scale steeply at volume, Layout/prebuilt at $10 and custom at $30 per 1,000 pages add up fast
- Availability SLA only (99.9%); no SLA on latency, and none on the free tier
Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/document-intelligence/