# Azure Document Intelligence vs Mindee API (slim)

> 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 & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do docs ocr. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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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 & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do docs ocr.

- Azure Document Intelligence: B 66, rank #280 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-document-intelligence.min.md
- Mindee API: C 61.3, rank #425 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mindee.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 65; Security & auth, 71 against 40; Transparency & trust, 78 against 65.
- Mindee API, good for Teams with a fixed set of document types (invoices, receipts, IDs) who want short retention and EU processing. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 25 against 20; Maintenance & community, 85 against 40. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Azure Document Intelligence | Mindee API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 82 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 86 | 86 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 64 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 40 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 78 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Azure Document Intelligence | Mindee API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Microsoft Azure | Mindee |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api-v2.mindee.net/v2` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Price for docs ocr | $1.50 per 1,000 pages | not published |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Microsoft's Product Terms. The client libraries are MIT | none |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-06-23 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 386k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk | 42 stars, 33k npm/wk, 5.5k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |