# Amazon Textract vs Mistral OCR API (slim)

> Amazon Textract scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Mistral OCR API's 58.8 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Mistral OCR API leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do docs parse. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent…

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Amazon Textract scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Mistral OCR API's 58.8 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Mistral OCR API leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do docs parse.

- Amazon Textract: BB 73.5, rank #85 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-textract.min.md
- Mistral OCR API: C 58.8, rank #513 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-ocr.min.md
- Amazon Textract, good for Teams already on AWS with documents in S3 that need OCR, tables and form fields at volume with IAM and CloudTrail controls, and for US invoices, receipts, identity documents and mortgage packages. Ahead on Reliability, 96 against 45; Security & auth, 74 against 35; Maintenance & community, 58 against 48; Transparency & trust, 82 against 74. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Mistral OCR API, good for Turning PDFs and scans into Markdown for RAG or reading at a flat, low page price. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 89 against 82; Agent ergonomics, 83 against 70; Payments & pricing, 40 against 35.

| Category | Amazon Textract | Mistral OCR API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 96 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 83 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 74 | 35 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 58 | 48 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 82 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon Textract | Mistral OCR API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Model API |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Mistral AI |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://textract.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` | `https://api.mistral.ai/v1` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the AWS Customer Agreement. The AWS SDKs and the Textractor helper library are Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-08-31 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | 2026-09-25 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2026-09-03 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1.9M npm/wk, 208k PyPI/wk | 769 stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 4.5/5 (2) |