Azure AI Document Intelligence vs Mindee pricing
Both are in document ai & ocr apis. Azure AI Document Intelligence is billed per 1k pages; Mindee is billed credit subscription tiers. Numbers below are copied from each vendor's pricing page.
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
MindeeFree tier or trial
- Free tier
- 14-day free trial, no card
- Billed
- Credit subscription tiers
- Best for
- Prebuilt document parsing API
- Verified
- Jun 27, 2026
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/
Mindee plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | EUR44/month (EUR528/yr) | 500 monthly credits, community support, unlimited models; extra credits EUR0.05 each. |
| Pro | EUR179/month (EUR2,148/yr) | Most popular. 2,500 monthly credits, live chat support, team members, RAG up to 20 docs; extra credits EUR0.04. |
| Business | EUR584/month (EUR7,008/yr) | 10,000 monthly credits, priority support, unlimited RAG, confidence scores; extra credits EUR0.035. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For 250k+ credits/year: dedicated account manager, custom SLAs, premium technical support, tailored pricing. |
| Free trial | EUR0 (14 days) | Time-limited trial; no permanent free plan offered. |
- No permanent free tier - only a 14-day trial, unlike some cloud and open-source alternatives
- Support response is slower on lower-tier (Starter/standard) plans
- Advanced features (polygons, data localization, boosted accuracy, unlimited RAG) gated behind higher tiers
Source: https://www.mindee.com/pricing