Azure Document Intelligence vs Docling
Docling is cheaper per page; Azure Document Intelligence is faster; only Azure Document Intelligence supports forms, handwriting, confidence, multilingual; only Docling supports math.
Azure Document Intelligenceazure/document-intelligence | Doclingibm/docling | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | OCR API | Open source |
| Price | 15 credits / page | 2 credits / page |
| Per 1,000 pages | $15.00 | $2.00 |
| Typical speed | 1.5 s / page | 2.2 s / page |
| Best for | Enterprise forms and IDs | Structured export for RAG |
| Inputs | PDF, images | PDF, images, DOCX |
| Languages | 300+ languages | Latin scripts, CJK |
| Max pages per request | 2,000 | 500 |
| Tables | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Handwriting | ✓ Yes | No |
| Math | No | ✓ Yes |
| Bounding boxes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Confidence | ✓ Yes | No |
| Forms | ✓ Yes | No |
| Multilingual | ✓ Yes | No |
| On OCRRouter | Available | Coming soon |
Prices are what you pay on OCRRouter. Speed is the provider's typical figure, not a benchmark we ran.
What each one is
Azure Document Intelligence
Azure layout model with tables, selection marks and prebuilt invoice and ID readers.
Azure Document Intelligence detailsUse one, fall back to the other
Request body
{
"model": "azure/document-intelligence",
"fallbacks": ["ibm/docling"],
"file_url": "https://example.com/document.pdf"
}