AWS Textract
Amazon Textract is AWS’s document-analysis API: upload a form in the console, run Analyze Document, and read Raw text / Forms / Tables.
OUR TAKE
Pick AWS Textract for AWS shops who will burn the 3-month free tier, then pay the public per-page table. Forms + Tables on the same page add.
Good fit
AWS shops who will burn the 3-month free tier, then pay the public per-page table.
Poor fit
Teams that want a browser SenseML editor (Sensible) without an AWS account.
Free tier (3 months, new accounts) · Detect Document Text $1.50 · Tables $15
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · aws.amazon.com/textract/pricing
OUR TAKE
Pick AWS Textract for AWS shops who will burn the 3-month free tier, then pay the public per-page table. Forms + Tables on the same page add. A tax form can be $65 / 1k, not $15.
Good fit
AWS shops who will burn the 3-month free tier, then pay the public per-page table.
Poor fit
Teams that want a browser SenseML editor (Sensible) without an AWS account.
Free tier (3 months, new accounts) · Detect Document Text $1.50 · Tables $15
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · aws.amazon.com/textract/pricing
What it costs
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · aws.amazon.com/textract/pricing
Free tier (3 months, new accounts)
Detect text 1,000 pages/mo; Forms/Tables/Layout 100 pages/mo; Queries 100; Expense 100; ID 100; Lending 2,000. No free tier for Custom Queries
Free
Detect Document Text
/ 1,000 (then / 1,000 after 1M)
Lowest paid
$1.50
Tables
/ 1,000. Layout is free when combined with Tables
$15
Forms
/ 1,000
$50
Queries
/ 1,000
$15
Signatures
/ 1,000
$3.50
Expense
/ 1,000
$10
Analyze ID
/ 1,000 (first 100k)
$25
Lending
/ 1,000
$70
Checked 2026-10-28·aws.amazon.com/textract/pricing
Before you pay
Good fit
AWS shops who will burn the 3-month free tier, then pay the public per-page table.
Poor fit
Teams that want a browser SenseML editor (Sensible) without an AWS account.
Watch out
Forms + Tables on the same page add. A tax form can be $65 / 1k, not $15.
Instead, try
Azure Document Intelligence if F0 500 pages/mo when you already live in Azure; Google Document AI if Enterprise OCR first 1,000 pages $0, then $1.50 / 1k
Compare AWS Textract with
Limits, in full
- 01
Forms + Tables on the same page add. A tax form can be $65 / 1k, not $15.
- 02
Free tier is three months, then list rates.
- 03
A console, not a mailbox parser. For email → sheet see Parseur.
If AWS Textract isn't it
Why: F0 500 pages/mo when you already live in Azure.
Free
Paid HTML hid $Checked 2026-10-28·azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details
vs AWS Textract
Why: Enterprise OCR first 1,000 pages $0, then $1.50 / 1k.
Paid only$0.00
Try Document AI is a demoChecked 2026-10-28·cloud.google.com/document-ai/pricing
vs AWS Textract
Why: Studio parse without an AWS bill.
Paid only$150
There is no $29 seat cardChecked 2026-10-22·reducto.ai/pricing
vs AWS TextractLimits & alternatives3 limits · Azure Document Intelligence, Google Document AI, Reducto instead
Limits, in full
- 01
Forms + Tables on the same page add. A tax form can be $65 / 1k, not $15.
- 02
Free tier is three months, then list rates.
- 03
A console, not a mailbox parser. For email → sheet see Parseur.
If AWS Textract isn't it
Why: F0 500 pages/mo when you already live in Azure.
Free
Paid HTML hid $Checked 2026-10-28·azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details
vs AWS TextractWhy: Enterprise OCR first 1,000 pages $0, then $1.50 / 1k.
Paid only$0.00
Try Document AI is a demoChecked 2026-10-28·cloud.google.com/document-ai/pricing
vs AWS TextractWhy: Studio parse without an AWS bill.
Paid only$150
There is no $29 seat cardChecked 2026-10-22·reducto.ai/pricing
vs AWS Textract