# Azure Document Intelligence vs Clairic (slim)

> Clairic and Azure Document Intelligence score within a point of each other for document extraction, 66.3 and 66 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Clairic and Azure Document Intelligence score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 66.3 (B) and 66 (B). Azure Document Intelligence leads on reliability. Both do document extraction.

- Azure Document Intelligence: B 66, rank #338 of 1184 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-document-intelligence.min.md
- Clairic: B 66.3, rank #330 of 1184 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-clairic.min.md
- Azure Document Intelligence, good for Teams already on Azure that want OCR, layout to Markdown and prebuilt invoice, receipt, identity and tax models with Entra ID and regional processing. Ahead on Reliability, 82 against 51.
- Clairic, good for Typed fields, estimates and next-step forecasts from emails, invoices, receipts and other text or images inside Cloudflare, each with a null probability and confidence. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 78 against 64; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 57 against 40. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Azure Document Intelligence | Clairic |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 82 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 86 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 64 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 72 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 40 | 57 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 78 | 80 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Azure Document Intelligence | Clairic |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Model API |
| Vendor | Microsoft | Cloudflare |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/@cf/cloudflare/clairic` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Microsoft's Product Terms. The client libraries are MIT | Proprietary hosted preview under Cloudflare's Self-Serve Subscription Agreement and the model page's own terms. Cloudflare says open weights will follow soon, with no date or licence named |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-19 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-09-12 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 386k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (4) |