Azure Document Intelligence vs Unstructured
Azure Document Intelligence is cheaper per page; Azure Document Intelligence is faster; only Azure Document Intelligence supports forms, handwriting, confidence.
Azure Document Intelligenceazure/document-intelligence | Unstructuredunstructured/unstructured | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | OCR API |
| Price | 15 credits / page | 20 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $15.00 | $20.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.5 s / page | 3.0 s / page |
| Best for | Enterprise forms and IDs | Mixed file types into RAG |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images, DOCX |
| Languages | 300+ languages | Multilingual |
| Max pages per request | 2,000 | 1,000 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | No | No |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | No |
| Forms | ✓ Yes | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| On OCRRouter | Available | Coming soon |
Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.
What each one is
Azure Document Intelligence
Azure layout model with tables, selection marks and prebuilt invoice and ID readers.
Azure Document Intelligence detailsUnstructured
Document ETL for RAG. Partitions many file types into typed elements; open-source library too.
Unstructured detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "azure/document-intelligence",
"fallbacks": ["unstructured/unstructured"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}Questions
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