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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 APIs on the APIs.io network, including DocumentClassifiers API, DocumentClassifiers:authorizeCopy API, DocumentClassifiers:build API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include AI, Document AI, Azure, IDP, and OCR.

Azure AI Document Intelligence’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, GitHub presence, and 10 more developer resources.

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34.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
9 APIs
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Composite quality — 34.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 8.1 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentClassifiers API

The DocumentClassifiers API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 5 operation(s) for documentclassifiers.

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 DocumentClassifiers:build API

The DocumentClassifiers:build API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for documentclassifiers:build.

Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentModels API

The DocumentModels API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 10 operation(s) for documentmodels.

Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentModels:authorizeCopy API

The DocumentModels:authorizeCopy API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for documentmodels:authorizecopy.

Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentModels:build API

The DocumentModels:build API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for documentmodels:build.

Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentModels:compose API

The DocumentModels:compose API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for documentmodels:compose.

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.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Document Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer)

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Azure Document Intelligence Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Azure Document Intelligence Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Azure Document Intelligence Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Azure Document Intelligence Authentication

apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Azure Document Intelligence Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Azure Document Intelligence Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Azure Document Intelligence Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Azure Document Intelligence Agentic Access

27 operations · 14 acting

27 operations · 14 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

AzurePortal
AzurePortal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: azure-document-intelligence
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-document-intelligence/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Azure AI Document Intelligence
kind: company
description: 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.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/azure-document-intelligence.png
tags:
- AI
- Document AI
- Azure
- IDP
- OCR
- Microsoft
- REST
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: azure-document-intelligence:azure-document-intelligence-documentclassifiers-api
  name: Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentClassifiers API
  description: The DocumentClassifiers API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 5 operation(s) for documentclassifiers.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  baseURL: https://<your-resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
  tags:
  - DocumentClassifiers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-document-intelligence-documentclassifiers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aiservices/document-models/
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/sdk-overview
  - type: ServiceLimits
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/service-limits
- aid: azure-document-intelligence:azure-document-intelligence-documentclassifiers-authorizecopy-api
  name: Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentClassifiers:authorizeCopy API
  description: The DocumentClassifiers:authorizeCopy API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for documentclassifiers:authorizecopy.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  baseURL: https://<your-resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
  tags:
  - DocumentClassifiers:authorizeCopy
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-document-intelligence-documentclassifiers-authorizecopy-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aiservices/document-models/
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/sdk-overview
  - type: ServiceLimits
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/service-limits
- aid: azure-document-intelligence:azure-document-intelligence-documentclassifiers-build-api
  name: Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentClassifiers:build API
  description: The DocumentClassifiers:build API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for documentclassifiers:build.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  baseURL: https://<your-resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
  tags:
  - DocumentClassifiers:build
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-document-intelligence-documentclassifiers-build-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aiservices/document-models/
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/sdk-overview
  - type: ServiceLimits
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/service-limits
- aid: azure-document-intelligence:azure-document-intelligence-documentmodels-api
  name: Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentModels API
  description: The DocumentModels API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 10 operation(s) for documentmodels.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  baseURL: https://<your-resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
  tags:
  - DocumentModels
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-document-intelligence-documentmodels-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aiservices/document-models/
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/sdk-overview
  - type: ServiceLimits
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/service-limits
- aid: azure-document-intelligence:azure-document-intelligence-documentmodels-authorizecopy-api
  name: Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentModels:authorizeCopy API
  description: The DocumentModels:authorizeCopy API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for documentmodels:authorizecopy.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  baseURL: https://<your-resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
  tags:
  - DocumentModels:authorizeCopy
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-document-intelligence-documentmodels-authorizecopy-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aiservices/document-models/
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/sdk-overview
  - type: ServiceLimits
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/service-limits
- aid: azure-document-intelligence:azure-document-intelligence-documentmodels-build-api
  name: Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentModels:build API
  description: The DocumentModels:build API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for documentmodels:build.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  baseURL: https://<your-resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
  tags:
  - DocumentModels:build
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-document-intelligence-documentmodels-build-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aiservices/document-models/
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/sdk-overview
  - type: ServiceLimits
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/service-limits
- aid: azure-document-intelligence:azure-document-intelligence-documentmodels-compose-api
  name: Azure AI Document Intelligence DocumentModels:compose API
  description: The DocumentModels:compose API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for documentmodels:compose.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  baseURL: https://<your-resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
  tags:
  - DocumentModels:compose
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-document-intelligence-documentmodels-compose-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aiservices/document-models/
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/sdk-overview
  - type: ServiceLimits
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/service-limits
- aid: azure-document-intelligence:azure-document-intelligence-info-api
  name: Azure AI Document Intelligence Info API
  description: The Info API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 1 operation(s) for info.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  baseURL: https://<your-resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
  tags:
  - Info
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-document-intelligence-info-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aiservices/document-models/
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/sdk-overview
  - type: ServiceLimits
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/service-limits
- aid: azure-document-intelligence:azure-document-intelligence-operations-api
  name: Azure AI Document Intelligence Operations API
  description: The Operations API from Azure AI Document Intelligence — 2 operation(s) for operations.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  baseURL: https://<your-resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
  tags:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-document-intelligence-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aiservices/document-models/
  - type: OpenAPISource
    url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/sdk-overview
  - type: ServiceLimits
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/service-limits
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/azure-document-intelligence-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/azure-document-intelligence-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/azure-document-intelligence-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/azure-document-intelligence-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/azure-document-intelligence-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/ai-document-intelligence
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/document-intelligence/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence
- type: AzurePortal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/azure-document-intelligence-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/azure-document-intelligence-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/azure-document-intelligence-finops.yml
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://portal.azure.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com