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Hello @Chithra P I hope you are doing well, i was going to responde you in the other thread but dont worry , this info might help you.

this is the official guide @Chithra P take a look https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/pricing/details/document-intelligence/

Azure Document Intelligence operates on a consumption-based (pay-as-you-go) pricing model. Your total cost is determined by two main factors: the specific AI model you choose to invoke and the total number of pages processed per month.

Pricing Structure Breakdown

Free Tier (F0): Excellent for proof-of-concept testing. You receive an allowance of 500 pages per month for free, but it is strictly limited to processing only the first 2 pages of any given document and a maximum file size of 4 MB.

Read Model (OCR only): The most cost-effective tier, designed for simple text extraction without complex structural understanding. It costs roughly $1.50 per 1,000 pages.

Layout & Prebuilt Models: Used for extracting structure (tables, checkboxes) or leveraging domain-specific models trained by Microsoft (Invoices, Receipts, IDs, W-2s, etc.). This tier costs approximately $10.00 per 1,000 pages.

Custom Models: Used when you need to train the AI on your own highly specialized document templates. Custom Extraction is generally billed at $30.00 per 1,000 pages.

(Note: Training a custom model is completely free; you are only charged for inference when you analyze documents against that model. Additionally, using advanced add-ons like barcode extraction or high-resolution scanning will increase the base unit price of your chosen model.)

Charges are calculated per 1,000 pages processed or per transaction, depending on the model:

Free tier: up to 500 pages/month at no cost. Volume discounts: available for high usage with commitment tiers.

• Region: prices vary by currency and subscription type (Commercial, Government, CSP).
• Exchange rates: Azure uses London FX rates two days before month-end.
• Contract type: Pay‑As‑You‑Go, Enterprise Agreement, or CSP may have different rates.
• Azure AI Document Intelligence pricing — Microsoft Learn
• Azure Pricing Calculator — estimate costs for your region and workload
• Custom Field Extraction overview
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzwblkdxdRw

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Hello Naveen Kumar, K Krishna,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A and Thank you for reaching out.

I understand that you're trying to sort out the pricing for the Document Intelligence service with Form Recognizer, particularly if you're being charged 10 for processing 1,000 pages. Here's how it generally works:

Azure Document Intelligence pricing varies depending on what you're using. The service offers both Pay-as-You-Go and Commitment Tiers payment options, and prices are typically based on the number of pages processed. According to the pricing information, you might be seeing different rates based on the feature or model you're using.

1. For Azure Document Intelligence, pricing is per page processed, and the cost depends on which capability is being used. The ~$1.50 per 1,000 pages price applies only to basic OCR (Read) scenarios. This includes:
   • Plain text recognition
   • Basic layout extraction
   • No structured fields, key-value pairs, or semantic document understanding
   This pricing corresponds to the Read model, not full document analysis. Although it’s sometimes assumed that all prebuilt models fall under the $1.50 tier, that rate does not apply when using full document analysis features. The $1.50 pricing is strictly for OCR-only extraction, not for structured or semantic processing.
2. Prebuilt document analysis – ~$10 per 1,000 pages When you use any of the following:
   • prebuilt-document
   • prebuilt-invoice
   • prebuilt-receipt
   • prebuilt-idDocument
   • prebuilt-layout (with structured output)
   the service performs full document analysis, not just text extraction. This includes:
   • Key-value pair detection
   • Table extraction
   • Structured and semantic document understanding
   Because prebuilt-document:analyze falls into this category, it is billed at ~$10 per 1,000 pages.

Custom models

Pricing is higher for custom intelligence:

• Custom classification: ~ $10 per 1,000 pages
• Custom extraction: typically ~ $30 per 1,000 pages

Model training is billed separately from inference.

To clarify exactly what you're being charged, you can check your usage directly from the Azure Portal:

1. Go to your Document Intelligence resource.
2. Navigate to the Metrics tab under the Monitoring section.
3. Look at the Processed pages metric; apply any necessary splits to dive deeper into what service is incurring costs.

You can calculate your costs by multiplying the processed pages by the unit price of each feature, which can be verified on the Azure AI Document Intelligence pricing page.
Also please refer this

Document Intelligence Metrics in Azure Portal

Check usage and estimate cost

I Hope this helps. Do let me know if you have any further queries.

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Hi Chris,

Azure Document Intelligence uses a pay-as-you-go model based on the number of pages you process. The pricing tiers differ based on the features you need, which is why understanding the modules is key.

The service is structured around two main types of models:

Prebuilt Models: These are ready-to-use for common documents like invoices, receipts, ID cards, and general layouts. You are charged per page.

Custom Models: You can train these on your own document types for higher accuracy. There's a cost for training the model and a separate, usually lower, cost for analyzing pages with it.

For your specific case of 50,000 pages per year, here's my recommendation:

I suggest using the General Document prebuilt model (part of the "Read" and "Layout" functionality). It's a great, cost-effective starting point for most text and structure extraction needs.

At the S0 pricing tier, this model costs $1.25 per 100 pages.

For 50,000 pages, your estimated annual cost would be: (50,000 / 100) * $1.25 = $625.

There is no separate "subscription" fee; you would just pay for what you use, and this usage would be billed monthly. If your documents are more complex (like invoices where you need to extract specific fields like InvoiceTotal), you would use the specialized prebuilt Invoice model, which is priced higher.

If you have a more consistent, predictable monthly usage, you could consider an Azure savings plan for compute to reduce costs, but for your volume, pay-as-you-go is likely the most straightforward.

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rgds,

Alex

The PAYG pricing is typically a monthly structure. So, you'll be paying at $1.5 for all the months, except months 4 and 5.

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