Amazon Textract vs Mistral OCR
Default scenario: At 100K pages / month, estimated bills are $4,800/yr for Mistral OCR and $18,000/yr for Amazon Textract. That’s a $13,200 difference before accounting for different features or operating costs.
The services may differ in features, performance, support and the work you need to do yourself. Read the notes and test what matters to your setup.
Your selected usage
100K pages / month
- Amazon Textract: $18,000/yr estimated
- Mistral OCR: $4,800/yr estimated
Estimated costs at different usage levels
| Usage | Amazon Textract | Mistral OCR |
|---|---|---|
| SMB invoices10K pages / month | $1,800/yrAnalyzeDocument Tables + Layout · $15 per 1k pages | $480/yr$4 per 1k pages |
| Back-office automation100K pages / month | $18,000/yrAnalyzeDocument Tables + Layout · $15 per 1k pages | $4,800/yr$4 per 1k pages |
| Archive digitisation5M pages / month | $660,000/yrAnalyzeDocument Tables + Layout (over 1M pages) · $10 per 1k pages | $240,000/yr$4 per 1k pages |
Text + layout/table extraction. Custom-trained form extractors and handwriting are priced differently, and quality varies by document type. Try your own numbers against all ocr & document parsing providers.
Side by side
| Amazon Textract | Mistral OCR | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | AWS document OCR API; AnalyzeDocument extracts tables and layout (reading order, headers) from scans and PDFs, with EU regions available. | Mistral AI's OCR model API (OCR 4.1) returning markdown with tables, images and block-level bounding boxes; EU-hosted. |
| Headquarters | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇫🇷 France |
| Parent jurisdiction | 🇺🇸 United States (Amazon) | 🇫🇷 France |
| EU self-serve plan | Available; check eligible plans and regions | Available; check eligible plans and regions |
| GDPR DPA | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | payg | payg |
| Free tier | New AWS customers, first 3 months: 1,000 pages/month DetectDocumentText and 100 pages/month AnalyzeDocument. | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Source last checked | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Pricing evidence | Published rates | Published rates |
Which should you choose?
Mistral OCR has the lower estimated bill at every usage level we tested, from 10K pages / month to 10M pages / month.
Choose Amazon Textract if…
- you want to start free (New AWS customers, first 3 months: 1,000 pages/month DetectDocumentText and 100 pages/month AnalyzeDocument)
Choose Mistral OCR if…
- it has the lower estimated bill at SMB invoices, Back-office automation and Archive digitisation usage
- you want a provider whose parent company is outside the US (France)
Based on estimated list-price bills and the facts above. Features, performance and support aren’t scored.
Amazon Textract pricing
Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply.
| Plan | Base fee / month | 1k additional pages |
|---|---|---|
| AnalyzeDocument Tables + Layout | $0 | $15 |
| AnalyzeDocument Tables + Layout (over 1M pages) | $15,000 | $10 |
US East list prices from the AWS price list (sync and async identical). AnalyzeDocument with Tables costs $15 per 1,000 pages for the first 1M pages/month and $10 above; Layout is included free when requested with Tables. The second plan stacks the first 1M pages ($15,000) with the $10 tier. Cheaper options: Layout alone (reading order, titles, paragraphs, table regions but no cell structure) $4 per 1,000 ($3 above 1M); plain DetectDocumentText (lines and words only) $1.50 per 1,000 ($0.60 above 1M). Forms $50, Queries $15, Tables + Queries $20 per 1,000. Available in EU regions (Frankfurt, Ireland, Paris, and others). Covered by the AWS GDPR DPA.
Amazon Textract plan limits, full rates and cheaper alternatives · official pricing page
Mistral OCR pricing
Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply.
| 1k additional pages |
|---|
| $4 |
OCR 4.1 (mistral-ocr-4-1): $4 per 1,000 pages; Document AI annotations (structured extraction to a schema) $5 per 1,000 annotated pages. Older OCR 2/4.0 are retired. Batch API pricing for OCR not confirmed on the model page. Mistral AI is headquartered in Paris and processes data in the EU by default; DPA available.
Mistral OCR plan limits, full rates and cheaper alternatives · official pricing page
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Textract cheaper than Mistral OCR?
Mistral OCR has the lower estimated bill at every usage level we tested, from 10K pages / month to 10M pages / month. At 100K pages / month, the estimates are $18,000/yr for Amazon Textract and $4,800/yr for Mistral OCR. Estimates use list prices and leave out features, support and operating costs.
Do Amazon Textract and Mistral OCR offer EU data residency?
Both offer EU data residency on a self-serve plan. Check which plans and regions qualify.
Do Amazon Textract and Mistral OCR have a free tier or trial?
Amazon Textract: New AWS customers, first 3 months: 1,000 pages/month DetectDocumentText and 100 pages/month AnalyzeDocument. Mistral OCR has no free tier or trial in our data.
Where are Amazon Textract and Mistral OCR based?
Amazon Textract is headquartered in the United States and owned by Amazon (the United States). Mistral OCR is headquartered in France.