Azure AI Document Intelligence
Azure AI Document Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) is Microsoft's cloud document understanding service. It exposes prebuilt models for invoices, receipts, IDs, business cards, tax forms and contracts, plus a layout/OCR Read model and a Custom-model framework for fine-tuned extraction. The 2024- 11-30 GA REST API is the current stable surface; preview APIs add Custom Generative Extraction.
Azure AI Document Intelligence publishes 9 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including DocumentClassifiers:authorizeCopy API, Info API, Operations API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, Document AI, Microsoft Azure, Intelligent Document Processing, and OCR.
The Azure AI Document Intelligence catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Azure AI Document Intelligence’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, GitHub presence, and 11 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RPA and Document AI (RPA marketplaces, intelligent document processing) | undeclared | - | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 3
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 9
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentClassifiers:authorizeCopy API
The DocumentClassifiers:authorizeCopy API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for documentclassifiers:authorizecopy.
Azure AI Document Intelligence Info API
The Info API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for info.
Azure AI Document Intelligence Operations API
The Operations API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 2 operation(s) for operations.
Azure AI Document Intelligence Document Classifiers API
The Document Classifiers API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 5 operation(s) for document classifiers.
Azure AI Document Intelligence Document Classifiers:build API
The Document Classifiers:build API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for document classifiers:build.
Azure AI Document Intelligence Document Models API
The Document Models API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 10 operation(s) for document models.
Azure AI Document Intelligence Document Models:authorize Copy API
The Document Models:authorize Copy API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for document models:authorize copy.
Azure AI Document Intelligence Document Models:build API
The Document Models:build API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for document models:build.
Azure AI Document Intelligence Document Models:compose API
The Document Models:compose API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for document models:compose.
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Open Collections 10
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Document Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) DocumentClassifiers DocumentClassifiers:authorizeCopy API
OPEN COLLECTIONDocument Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) DocumentClassifiers DocumentClassifiers:build API
OPEN COLLECTIONDocument Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) DocumentClassifiers DocumentModels API
OPEN COLLECTIONDocument Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) DocumentClassifiers DocumentModels:authorizeCopy API
OPEN COLLECTIONDocument Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) DocumentClassifiers DocumentModels:build API
OPEN COLLECTIONDocument Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) DocumentClassifiers DocumentModels:compose API
OPEN COLLECTIONDocument Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer)
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Azure AI Document Intelligence API pricing
Not yet checked against Azure AI Document Intelligence's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-08 from azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/document-intell...; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free (F0) free | Free |
| Standard (S0) — Pay-As-You-Go payAsYouGo | $1.5 per 1K read (OCR) / month · $0.6 per 1K read (above 1M pages) / month |
| Commitment Tiers (Custom Extraction) subscription | $540 per 20K pages/month commitment / month · $10500 per 500K pages/month commitment / month |
| Commitment Tiers (Prebuilt) subscription | $190 per 20K pages/month commitment / month · $4000 per 500K pages/month commitment / month |
| Commitment Tiers (Read) subscription | $375 per 500K pages/month commitment / month · $4200 per 8M pages/month commitment / month |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- Free (F0) TPS: 1 tps
- Standard (S0) TPS: 15 tps
- Maximum document size (Standard): 500 MB
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Azure AI Document Intelligence's documentation. All 4 limits →
Billed by: 1K pages · FinOps profile →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Azure Document Intelligence Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
FinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Spectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Security Posture 3
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Scopes 1
OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.
Agentic Access 1
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Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 2
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 1
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Azure AI Document Intelligence API — frequently asked questions
Does Azure AI Document Intelligence have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 9 APIs from Azure AI Document Intelligence, including Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentClassifiers:authorizeCopy API, Azure AI Document Intelligence Info API and Azure AI Document Intelligence Operations API, and 6 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Azure AI Document Intelligence API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 9 OpenAPI specifications for Azure AI Document Intelligence, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Azure AI Document Intelligence API?
Azure AI Document Intelligence uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Azure Document Intelligence Authentication.
How much does the Azure AI Document Intelligence API cost?
APIs.io lists 5 pricing plans for Azure AI Document Intelligence, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Azure AI Document Intelligence API ready for AI agents?
Azure AI Document Intelligence has a Kin Score of 36.1 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 26.1 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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