{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "azure-document-intelligence", "name": "Azure Document Intelligence", "vendor": "Microsoft Azure", "vendorUrl": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/ai-document-intelligence", "kind": "http-api", "category": "document-extraction", "summary": "Microsoft's Azure service for OCR, layout analysis and field extraction from PDFs, images and Office files. It has prebuilt models for invoices, receipts, identity and tax documents, and custom models. Access is a REST API with four SDKs.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-document-intelligence", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-document-intelligence.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-document-intelligence.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-document-intelligence.json", "repo": "https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/documentintelligence", "license": "Proprietary service under Microsoft's Product Terms. The client libraries are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "azure-ai-documentintelligence" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@azure-rest/ai-document-intelligence" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Access starts with an Azure subscription and a Document Intelligence or Foundry resource created in the portal, CLI or Resource Manager, all self-serve. Calls take one of the resource's two keys in the `Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key` header, or a Microsoft Entra ID bearer token for the scope `https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/.default`. Entra ID access is granted with Azure RBAC (the Foundry Tools auth page names the Cognitive Services User role) and works with managed identities. No query-string key is documented for this API.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free F0 tier with 500 pages a month, limited to the first two pages of each request, on an Azure account that needs a card and a phone number (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/document-intelligence/, https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account). Pay as you go (S0) in East US is $1.50 per 1,000 pages for read ($0.60 after a million), $10 for prebuilt models and layout, $30 for custom extraction, $3 for classification, $6 for add-ons and $10 for query fields. Neural model training is $3 an hour after the free allowance. Commitment tiers start at $190 a month for 20,000 prebuilt pages. Prices are from the Azure Retail Prices API, since the pricing page fills its numbers by script (https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?$filter=serviceName%20eq%20%27Foundry%20Tools%27%20and%20armRegionName%20eq%20%27eastus%27%20and%20contains(productName,%27Document%20Intelligence%27)).", "priceSummary": "$1.50 / 1k pages", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 385681, "pypiWeekly": 2142341, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/", "openapi": "https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence/stable/2024-11-30/DocumentIntelligence.json", "capabilities": [ "docs.parse", "docs.ocr", "docs.extract", "docs.tables" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "closed-source", "openapi", "oauth", "python", "typescript", "java", "dotnet", "enterprise", "async-jobs", "batch", "card-required" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 280, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 40, "payments": 20, "reliability": 82, "schema": 86, "security": 71, "transparency": 78 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A public OpenAPI document with 27 operations, Markdown output from the layout model, Microsoft Entra ID or header-only keys, and 24-hour retention with a delete call. Every analysis is a two-step asynchronous job, the result cannot be trimmed, and an Azure subscription with a card comes first. Three of the four SDKs last shipped in 2025 or earlier.", "bestFor": "Teams already on Azure that want OCR, layout to Markdown and prebuilt invoice, receipt, identity and tax models with Entra ID and regional processing.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 2.0 document for version 2024-11-30 in Microsoft's public spec repository, 27 operations, each with an example", "The layout model returns Markdown with headings and tables when `outputContentFormat=markdown` is set, and reads PDF, images, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and HTML", "Input and results are deleted 24 hours after an analysis completes, and a delete call removes them sooner", "Microsoft Entra ID tokens with managed identities, or resource keys sent only in the `Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key` header", "Dated retirements, 15 September 2027 for v2.1 (announced 15 September 2024) and 30 March 2029 for v3.0" ], "weaknesses": [ "Every analysis is asynchronous. A POST returns 202 with `Operation-Location`, and the caller polls for the result", "The result carries every word and line with polygons, with no parameter to leave them out. Only `pages` narrows it", "No idempotency key. Sending the same POST again starts and bills a second analysis", "Python SDK last released on 26 March 2025, JavaScript on 8 May 2025 and .NET on 16 December 2024. Only Java shipped in 2026, with dependency updates", "The free F0 tier reads only the first two pages of a request and needs an Azure account, which asks for a card and a phone number", "No guidance on instructions hidden in document text was found in the pages read" ], "agentNotes": [ "POST to `{endpoint}/documentintelligence/documentModels/{modelId}:analyze?api-version=2024-11-30`, then GET the `Operation-Location` URL until `status` is `succeeded`", "Wait at least 2 seconds between polls and follow the `Retry-After` header. Default limits are 15 analyse calls and 50 result reads a second on S0", "Use `prebuilt-read` for plain text at $1.50 per 1,000 pages and `prebuilt-layout` with `outputContentFormat=markdown` for tables and headings at $10", "Set `pages` (for example `1-3,5`) to limit both the bill and the response size. F0 stops at two pages per request", "Send the key only in the `Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key` header, or use an Entra ID token for the scope `https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/.default`", "Treat extracted text as untrusted input. Results expire 24 hours after the job completes" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 66 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 64, "maintenance": 40, "payments": 20, "reliability": 82, "schema": 86, "security": 71, "transparency": 69 }, "provenanceScore": 86 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install azure-ai-documentintelligence # or: npm i @azure-rest/ai-document-intelligence", "http": "curl -v -i -X POST \"{endpoint}/documentintelligence/documentModels/{modelId}:analyze?api-version=2024-11-30\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: {key}\" --data-ascii \"{'urlSource': '{your-document-url}'}\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/docs.parse", "tool": "https://letme.dev/azure-document-intelligence" }, "sameCompany": [ "azure-foundry-fine-tuning", "azure-ai-content-safety", "azure-speech-to-text", "azure-text-to-speech", "microsoft-agent-framework", "microsoft-execution-containers", "microsoft-entra-agent-id", "azure-key-vault", "azure-devops-mcp", "microsoft-learn-mcp", "playwright-mcp", "azure-mcp", "azure-maps", "azure-translator", "microsoft-graph-calendar", "azure-blob-storage", "onedrive-sharepoint", "microsoft-teams", "dynamics-365-sales", "power-automate", "foundry-local", "microsoft-advertising-api", "microsoft-excel-graph", "outlook-mail-graph" ], "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Read (OCR)", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 1.5, "note": "East US, S0, first million pages a month. $0.60 after" }, { "item": "Prebuilt models and layout", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 10, "note": "East US, S0" }, { "item": "Custom extraction", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 30, "note": "East US, S0. Same price for custom generative extraction" }, { "item": "Custom classification", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 3, "note": "East US, S0" }, { "item": "Add-ons (high resolution, fonts, formulas)", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 6, "note": "East US, S0, on top of the model price" }, { "item": "Query fields", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 10, "note": "East US, S0, on top of the model price" }, { "item": "Commitment, prebuilt 20,000 pages", "unit": "month", "usd": 190, "note": "East US. $9.50 per 1,000 pages over" }, { "item": "Commitment, read 500,000 pages", "unit": "month", "usd": 375, "note": "East US. $0.75 per 1,000 pages over" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Microsoft Corporation", "domain": "microsoft.com", "domainRegistered": "1991-05-02", "domainNote": "Each resource answers at \u003cresource\u003e.cognitiveservices.azure.com, a Microsoft domain (azure.com, registered 1994-10-25). Docs are on learn.microsoft.com.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/ForOnlineServices/all", "privacy": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement", "statusPage": "https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status", "changelog": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/whats-new", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Product Terms for Online Services cover Microsoft Azure and link the Data Protection Addendum (aka.ms/DPA) and the SLA (aka.ms/CSLA). They do not name Document Intelligence. Their training clause covers Microsoft Generative AI Services only.", "The privacy statement (last updated September 2026) names Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052, and Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited in Dublin. It says a customer's agreement for enterprise and developer products controls where the two conflict.", "https://www.microsoft.com/.well-known/security.txt shows Expires 2026-09-23T16:00:00.000Z. It points to the MSRC researcher portal, the bounty policy and the coordinated disclosure policy.", "RDAP gives 1991-05-02 for microsoft.com and 1994-10-25 for azure.com.", "The what's new page is dated 11 June 2026 and its newest entry is March 2026.", "Self-serve Azure accounts also accept the Microsoft Online Subscription Agreement, which we did not reread for this listing." ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-document-intelligence.json" }, "answer": "Azure Document Intelligence scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Mindee API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Mindee API leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "mindee", "name": "Mindee API", "vendor": "Mindee", "vendorUrl": "https://www.mindee.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "document-extraction", "summary": "Hosted extraction, classification, split, crop and raw-text OCR models that you define in the Mindee platform, then call by model ID through an async REST API.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mindee", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mindee.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mindee.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mindee.json", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api-v2.mindee.net/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mindee" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "mindee" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API key sent as the raw Authorization header value (no Bearer prefix). Each request also names a model_id created in the Mindee platform.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "14-day free trial, card requirement not stated on the pricing page. Starter is 44 a month billed annually (529 a year) with one seat, Pro 116 a month billed annually (1,393 a year) with unlimited seats, processing localisation and live chat. Credit options run from 6,000 to 300,000, shown at about 0.044 a credit at 6,000. One page is 1 credit, 1.5 with confidence scores and 0.25 for utilities. Overage is charged at the plan's unit rate plus 20%, and unused credits don't carry over. Enterprise starts at 500,000 credits a year. The pricing page showed us dollars and the docs list the same figures in euros (https://www.mindee.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$44 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 or per-call crypto payment in docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 42, "npmWeekly": 33264, "pypiWeekly": 5513, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.mindee.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.mindee.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api-v2.mindee.net/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "docs.ocr", "docs.extract", "docs.classify" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "llms-txt", "openapi", "python", "typescript", "webhooks", "async-jobs", "enterprise", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 425, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 25, "reliability": 65, "schema": 86, "security": 40, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Extracted data kept 12 hours by default (1 to 24 configurable), deletable on fetch, source files never stored. Every call needs a model_id created in the web platform first.", "bestFor": "Teams with a fixed set of document types (invoices, receipts, IDs) who want short retention and EU processing.", "strengths": [ "Extracted data kept 12 hours by default (1 to 24 configurable), deletable on fetch, source files never stored", "EU or US processing selectable, and SOC 2 Type II per the docs", "Problem-details errors with 15 documented cases", "Published rate limits, 200 enqueue and 1,200 polling requests a minute", "Python SDK v5.4.0 on 2026-09-30 and Node.js v5.10.0 on 2026-09-23, both with test workflows" ], "weaknesses": [ "Every call needs a model_id created in the web platform first", "No free tier after the 14-day trial, and the pricing page's platform fee and currency were unclear to us", "Organisation-wide keys that never expire and reach every model", "No official MCP server", "No Retry-After on 429 and no idempotency key" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create the model in the Mindee app and store its `model_id`; the API can't create one for you", "Enqueue returns 202; poll the job or use a webhook, and keep polling under 1,200 a minute", "Send `Authorization: $MINDEE_API_KEY` with no Bearer prefix", "Turn on confidence scores only when needed, since they cost 1.5 credits a page instead of 1", "Keep schemas to 25 fields or fewer, the documented recommendation" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 25, "reliability": 65, "schema": 86, "security": 40, "transparency": 58 }, "provenanceScore": 71 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install mindee # or: npm i mindee", "http": "curl -X POST https://api-v2.mindee.net/v2/products/extraction/enqueue -H \"Authorization: $MINDEE_API_KEY\" \\\n -F \"model_id=$MINDEE_MODEL_ID\" -F \"file=@invoice.pdf\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/docs.ocr", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mindee" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 44, "note": "billed annually, $529 a year, one seat" }, { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 116, "note": "billed annually, $1,393 a year, unlimited seats" }, { "item": "Credits at the 6,000 option", "unit": "1k-pages", "usd": 44, "note": "about $0.044 a credit, 1 credit a page, 1.5 with confidence scores" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mindee SAS (Mindee Inc. outside the Eurozone)", "domain": "mindee.com", "domainRegistered": "2005-01-20", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.mindee.com/legals/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.mindee.com/legals/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.mindee.com/", "changelog": "https://feedback.mindee.com/en/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "The API is served from mindee.net, not mindee.com", "mindee.com was registered in 2005, long before the company was founded" ], "score": 71 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mindee.json", "live": { "slug": "mindee", "probe": { "target": "https://api-v2.mindee.net/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:20.852551498Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 61, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 61, "p95ms24h": 87, "samples24h": 260, "samples30d": 2295, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.mindee.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T10:11:04.397214772Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "mindee", "version": "5.10.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:21:03.791047601Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mindee", "version": "5.4.0", "released": "2026-09-30", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:21:03.559005808Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 30002, "pypiWeekly": 5309, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://mindee.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:07.679359638Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.mindee.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:36.899992166Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "mindee.com", "registered": "2005-01-20", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/mindee.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:00.95648107Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://feedback.mindee.com/en/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:19.69376673Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:21:01.388354435Z", "fingerprint": "be401f90b915" }, { "url": "https://www.mindee.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:18.110126741Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:18.110126741Z", "fingerprint": "44559a4346d0" }, { "url": "https://www.mindee.com/legals/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:13.949249095Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:13.949249095Z", "fingerprint": "03049ec32e10" }, { "url": "https://www.mindee.com/legals/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:16.036667688Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:29:16.036667688Z", "fingerprint": "ad20ffed2441" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T10:14:20.852551498Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Microsoft Azure", "b": "Mindee", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "https://api-v2.mindee.net/v2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$1.50 per 1,000 pages", "b": "not published", "name": "Price for docs ocr" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Microsoft's Product Terms. The client libraries are MIT", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-06", "b": "2026-09-30", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2025-06-23", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-01", "b": "no date given", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "386k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk", "b": "42 stars, 33k npm/wk, 5.5k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "3/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Azure Document Intelligence scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Mindee API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Mindee API leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Azure Document Intelligence or Mindee API?" }, { "answer": "Azure Document Intelligence takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Mindee API needs an API key.", "question": "Do Azure Document Intelligence and Mindee API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Azure Document Intelligence. Mindee API has a hosted endpoint at https://api-v2.mindee.net/v2.", "question": "Can an agent call Azure Document Intelligence and Mindee API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 82 against 65", "Security \u0026 auth, 71 against 40", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 78 against 65" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams already on Azure that want OCR, layout to Markdown and prebuilt invoice, receipt, identity and tax models with Entra ID and regional processing.", "slug": "azure-document-intelligence", "watchFor": "Every analysis is asynchronous. 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API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mindee-vs-veryfi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-document-intelligence-vs-invofox.json", "title": "Azure Document Intelligence vs Invofox", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-document-intelligence-vs-invofox" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invofox-vs-mindee.json", "title": "Invofox vs Mindee API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/invofox-vs-mindee" } ], "scores": [ { "azure-document-intelligence": 82, "by": 17, "edge": "azure-document-intelligence", "key": "reliability", "mindee": 65, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "azure-document-intelligence": 86, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "schema", "mindee": 86, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "azure-document-intelligence": 64, "by": 4, "edge": "mindee", "key": "ergonomics", "mindee": 68, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "azure-document-intelligence": 71, "by": 31, "edge": "azure-document-intelligence", "key": "security", "mindee": 40, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "azure-document-intelligence": 20, "by": 5, "edge": "mindee", "key": "payments", "mindee": 25, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "azure-document-intelligence": 40, "by": 45, "edge": "mindee", "key": "maintenance", "mindee": 85, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "azure-document-intelligence": 78, "by": 13, "edge": "azure-document-intelligence", "key": "transparency", "mindee": 65, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Azure Document Intelligence scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Mindee API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Mindee API leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do docs ocr.", "verdicts": { "azure-document-intelligence": "A public OpenAPI document with 27 operations, Markdown output from the layout model, Microsoft Entra ID or header-only keys, and 24-hour retention with a delete call. Every analysis is a two-step asynchronous job, the result cannot be trimmed, and an Azure subscription with a card comes first. Three of the four SDKs last shipped in 2025 or earlier.", "mindee": "Extracted data kept 12 hours by default (1 to 24 configurable), deletable on fetch, source files never stored. Every call needs a model_id created in the web platform first." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-document-intelligence-vs-mindee", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-document-intelligence-vs-mindee.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-document-intelligence-vs-mindee.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-document-intelligence-vs-mindee.min.md" }, "markdown": "Azure Document Intelligence scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Mindee API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Mindee API leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do docs ocr.\n\n- Azure Document Intelligence: grade B, 66/100, rank #280 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-document-intelligence.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-document-intelligence.json\n- Mindee API: grade C, 61.3/100, rank #425 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mindee.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mindee.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Azure Document Intelligence (B)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 82 against 65\n- Security \u0026 auth, 71 against 40\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 78 against 65\n\nWatch for: Every analysis is asynchronous. A POST returns 202 with `Operation-Location`, and the caller polls for the result\n\n### Mindee API (C)\n\nGood for: Teams with a fixed set of document types (invoices, receipts, IDs) who want short retention and EU processing.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 25 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 40\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: Every call needs a model_id created in the web platform first\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Azure Document Intelligence | Mindee API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 82 | 65 | Azure Document Intelligence +17 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 86 | even |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 64 | 68 | Mindee API +4 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 71 | 40 | Azure Document Intelligence +31 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 25 | Mindee API +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 40 | 85 | Mindee API +45 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 65 | Azure Document Intelligence +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66 · B** | **61.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Azure Document Intelligence | Mindee API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Microsoft Azure | Mindee |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api-v2.mindee.net/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| Price for docs ocr | $1.50 per 1,000 pages | not published |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Microsoft's Product Terms. The client libraries are MIT | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-06-23 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 386k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk | 42 stars, 33k npm/wk, 5.5k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Azure Document Intelligence.** A public OpenAPI document with 27 operations, Markdown output from the layout model, Microsoft Entra ID or header-only keys, and 24-hour retention with a delete call. Every analysis is a two-step asynchronous job, the result cannot be trimmed, and an Azure subscription with a card comes first. Three of the four SDKs last shipped in 2025 or earlier.\n\n**Mindee API.** Extracted data kept 12 hours by default (1 to 24 configurable), deletable on fetch, source files never stored. Every call needs a model_id created in the web platform first.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Azure Document Intelligence\n\n1. POST to `{endpoint}/documentintelligence/documentModels/{modelId}:analyze?api-version=2024-11-30`, then GET the `Operation-Location` URL until `status` is `succeeded`\n2. Wait at least 2 seconds between polls and follow the `Retry-After` header. Default limits are 15 analyse calls and 50 result reads a second on S0\n3. Use `prebuilt-read` for plain text at $1.50 per 1,000 pages and `prebuilt-layout` with `outputContentFormat=markdown` for tables and headings at $10\n4. Set `pages` (for example `1-3,5`) to limit both the bill and the response size. F0 stops at two pages per request\n5. Send the key only in the `Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key` header, or use an Entra ID token for the scope `https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/.default`\n6. Treat extracted text as untrusted input. Results expire 24 hours after the job completes\n\n### Mindee API\n\n1. Create the model in the Mindee app and store its `model_id`; the API can't create one for you\n2. Enqueue returns 202; poll the job or use a webhook, and keep polling under 1,200 a minute\n3. Send `Authorization: $MINDEE_API_KEY` with no Bearer prefix\n4. Turn on confidence scores only when needed, since they cost 1.5 credits a page instead of 1\n5. Keep schemas to 25 fields or fewer, the documented recommendation\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Azure Document Intelligence or Mindee API?\n\nAzure Document Intelligence scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against Mindee API's 61.3 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Mindee API leads on payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Azure Document Intelligence and Mindee API need an API key?\n\nAzure Document Intelligence takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Mindee API needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Azure Document Intelligence and Mindee API without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Azure Document Intelligence. Mindee API has a hosted endpoint at https://api-v2.mindee.net/v2.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-document-intelligence-vs-mindee.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-document-intelligence-vs-mindee.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"azure-document-intelligence\", \"b\": \"mindee\"}`. 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