specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Azure AI Document Intelligence
providerId: azure-document-intelligence
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: true
tags:
- AI
- Document AI
- Azure
- IDP
- OCR
- Plans
- Pricing
description: >-
  Azure AI Document Intelligence offers a Free tier (F0) and a pay-as-you-go
  Standard tier (S0) with per-page rates that vary by model. Commitment tiers
  unlock prepay discounts for larger workloads. Billing is per page processed,
  with separate rates for OCR (Read), Prebuilt models, Custom Classification
  and Custom Extraction, plus add-on capabilities and Query Fields.
notes: >-
  Prices reflect the public azure.microsoft.com/pricing page as of 2026-05-08.
  Rates may vary by Azure region. Free tier excludes premium features.
sources:
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/document-intelligence/
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/service-limits
plans:
- id: azure-doc-intel-free
  name: Free (F0)
  type: free
  description: First 500 pages per month at no charge (excludes premium add-ons).
  entries:
  - label: Included pages
    name: free_pages
    type: tier
    metric: pages/month
    limit: 500
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 0
    userMultiplied: false
- id: azure-doc-intel-standard
  name: Standard (S0) — Pay-As-You-Go
  type: payAsYouGo
  description: Pay-per-page rates. Read $1.50/1K (drops to $0.60/1K above 1M); Prebuilt $10/1K; Custom Classification $3/1K; Custom Extraction & Custom Generative Extraction $30/1K; Add-Ons (High Resolution, Font, Formula) $6/1K; Query Fields $10/1K.
  entries:
  - label: Read (OCR)
    name: read
    type: usage
    metric: pages
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000
    price: 1.50
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Read (above 1M pages)
    name: read_volume
    type: usage
    metric: pages
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000
    price: 0.60
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Prebuilt models
    name: prebuilt
    type: usage
    metric: pages
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000
    price: 10
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Custom classification
    name: custom_classification
    type: usage
    metric: pages
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000
    price: 3
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Custom extraction & Custom Generative Extraction
    name: custom_extraction
    type: usage
    metric: pages
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000
    price: 30
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Add-ons (High Resolution, Font, Formula)
    name: add_ons
    type: usage
    metric: pages
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000
    price: 6
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Query Fields
    name: query_fields
    type: usage
    metric: pages
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000
    price: 10
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Model training (after first 10h free)
    name: training_hours
    type: usage
    metric: hour
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 3
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
- id: azure-doc-intel-commitment
  name: Commitment Tiers (Custom Extraction)
  type: subscription
  description: Custom-extraction monthly commitments — 20K pages $540/mo ($27/1K) ... 500K pages $10,500/mo ($21/1K).
  entries:
  - label: 20K pages/month commitment
    name: commitment_20k
    type: flat
    metric: month
    limit: 20000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 540
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: 500K pages/month commitment
    name: commitment_500k
    type: flat
    metric: month
    limit: 500000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 10500
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
- id: azure-doc-intel-commitment-prebuilt
  name: Commitment Tiers (Prebuilt)
  type: subscription
  description: Prebuilt commitment tiers — 20K pages $190/mo ... 500K pages $4,000/mo.
  entries:
  - label: 20K pages/month commitment
    name: commitment_20k
    type: flat
    metric: month
    limit: 20000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 190
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: 500K pages/month commitment
    name: commitment_500k
    type: flat
    metric: month
    limit: 500000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 4000
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
- id: azure-doc-intel-commitment-read
  name: Commitment Tiers (Read)
  type: subscription
  description: Read commitment tiers — 500K pages $375/mo ... 8M pages $4,200/mo.
  entries:
  - label: 500K pages/month commitment
    name: commitment_500k
    type: flat
    metric: month
    limit: 500000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 375
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: 8M pages/month commitment
    name: commitment_8m
    type: flat
    metric: month
    limit: 8000000
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 4200
    currency: USD
    userMultiplied: false
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com