Google Document AI
Google Document AI is Google Cloud’s document-processor API: open Try Document AI, drop a PDF (or pick Invoice / Bank statement / W-2), and get structured…
OUR TAKE
Pick Google Document AI for GCP shops who will burn the 1,000 free OCR pages, then stay on the public table. Try Document AI is a demo.
Good fit
GCP shops who will burn the 1,000 free OCR pages, then stay on the public table.
Poor fit
Teams that want a mailbox + Zapier desk (Parseur) without a Google Cloud project.
Enterprise Document OCR $0.00 · OCR add-ons $6.00 · Form Parser $30
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · cloud.google.com/document-ai/pricing
OUR TAKE
Pick Google Document AI for GCP shops who will burn the 1,000 free OCR pages, then stay on the public table. Try Document AI is a demo. Production needs a processor in a project.
Good fit
GCP shops who will burn the 1,000 free OCR pages, then stay on the public table.
Poor fit
Teams that want a mailbox + Zapier desk (Parseur) without a Google Cloud project.
Enterprise Document OCR $0.00 · OCR add-ons $6.00 · Form Parser $30
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · cloud.google.com/document-ai/pricing
What it costs
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-28 · cloud.google.com/document-ai/pricing
Enterprise Document OCR
0–1,000 pages ; 1,000–5,000,000 / 1,000; 5M+ / 1,000
Lowest paid
$0.00
OCR add-ons
/ 1,000
$6.00
Form Parser
example on the same page: / 1,000
$30
Custom splitter / classifier
/ 1,000 (first 1M), then / 1,000
$5
Summarizer
(unit as printed)
$0.025
Failed 4xx/5xx requests are not billed (page note).
Not published by the vendor
Not published by the vendor
Checked 2026-10-28·cloud.google.com/document-ai/pricing
Before you pay
Good fit
GCP shops who will burn the 1,000 free OCR pages, then stay on the public table.
Poor fit
Teams that want a mailbox + Zapier desk (Parseur) without a Google Cloud project.
Watch out
Try Document AI is a demo. Production needs a processor in a project.
Instead, try
AWS Textract if Detect text $1.50 / 1k on AWS; Azure Document Intelligence if F0 500 pages when you already have Azure
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Limits, in full
- 01
Try Document AI is a demo. Production needs a processor in a project.
- 02
OCR $1.50 is not Form Parser. The example is $30 / 1k.
- 03
A Cloud processor, not a SenseML editor
If Google Document AI isn't it
Why: Detect text $1.50 / 1k on AWS.
Free· paid from$1.50
Forms + Tables on the same page addChecked 2026-10-28·aws.amazon.com/textract/pricing
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Why: F0 500 pages when you already have Azure.
Free
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Why: Cloud parse credits without a GCP project.
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Limits, in full
- 01
Try Document AI is a demo. Production needs a processor in a project.
- 02
OCR $1.50 is not Form Parser. The example is $30 / 1k.
- 03
A Cloud processor, not a SenseML editor
If Google Document AI isn't it
Why: Detect text $1.50 / 1k on AWS.
Free· paid from$1.50
Forms + Tables on the same page addChecked 2026-10-28·aws.amazon.com/textract/pricing
vs Google Document AIWhy: F0 500 pages when you already have Azure.
Free
Paid HTML hid $Checked 2026-10-28·azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details
vs Google Document AIWhy: Cloud parse credits without a GCP project.
Free· paid from$1.25
Agentic Plus is 45× FastChecked 2026-10-28·llamaindex.ai/pricing
vs Google Document AI