Google Document AI vs Azure AI Document Intelligence pricing
Both are in document ai & ocr apis. Google Document AI is billed per 1k pages; Azure AI Document Intelligence is billed per 1k pages. Numbers below are copied from each vendor's pricing page.
Google Document AIFree tier or trial
- Free tier
- $300 GCP credit (90 days)
- Billed
- Per 1k pages
- Best for
- Processor-driven document understanding
- 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
Google Document AI plans
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Document OCR | $1.50 / 1,000 pages | Drops to $0.60 / 1,000 pages above 5M pages/month; OCR add-ons $6 / 1,000 pages. |
| Custom Extractor / Form Parser | $30 / 1,000 pages | Drops to $20 / 1,000 pages above 1M pages/month. Gen-AI powered custom extraction. |
| Layout Parser | $10 / 1,000 pages | Flat rate, no volume discount; used for chunking/RAG layout parsing. |
| Specialized parsers (Invoice / Expense / Utility) | $0.10 / 10 pages | Pretrained domain processors billed per 10-page document. |
| ID & document parsers (W-2, Pay Slip, Passport, Driver License) | $0.10–$0.75 / document | e.g. US Passport/Driver License $0.10, W-2 & Pay Slip $0.30, Bank Statement $0.75 per classified doc. |
| Custom processor hosting | $0.05 / hour per deployed version | ~$438/year per continuously deployed processor version; no free monthly tier. |
- Custom Extractor / Form Parser is expensive at $30 per 1,000 pages
- Real total cost often 3–5x the headline API price once GCP setup, storage, automation, and 40–80+ hrs integration are included
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/