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light estimateLast updated 2026-08-20

Mistral AI vs Microsoft Azure

Mistral OCR 4 vs Azure Document Intelligence (Read) for ocr & document extraction. Price: $4 per 1000 pages vs $1.5 per 1000 pages — edge Microsoft Azure Max pages: 1000 vs 2000 — edge Microsoft Azure Computed from public benchmarks with dated sources; updated 2026-08-20.

Head to head
Mistral OCR 4 compared with Azure Document Intelligence (Read) per decision axis
AxisMistral OCR 4Azure Document Intelligence (Read)Edge
Price$4 per 1000 pages$1.5 per 1000 pagesMicrosoft Azure
Score85.66——
Max pages10002000Microsoft Azure
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Strengths & caveats
Mistral AIDedicated single-model OCR API (OCR 4, released 23 June 2026) with markdown plus HTML-table output, paragraph-level bounding boxes, block classification and inline confidence scores, 170 languages across 10 language groups, and a 50% batch discount ($2/1000). OCR 4.1 (public preview since 16 July 2026) adds structural block labels and block-level confidence; annotated Document AI extraction is $5/1000 pages. The OCR 4 release doubled the price from $2 to $4 per 1000 pages, making it the most expensive comparable per-page option here — the hyperscalers' basic OCR tier is $1.50/1000. The 85.66 OmniDocBench composite is the independent v1.6 leaderboard's untagged 'Mistral OCR' entry (April 2026), so it predates OCR 4; Mistral self-reports 93.07 on OmniDocBench, 85.20 on OlmOCRBench and a 72% average human-preference win rate for OCR 4, all Tier 3. The 1000-page async cap is carried over from the June 2026 check and could not be re-verified.Microsoft AzureBroadest language coverage for print/handwriting, Read OCR $1.50/1000 (->$0.60 above 1M), strong Layout API for tables/structure, mature prebuilt models (invoice, receipt, ID) and JSON output. No public OmniDocBench score (null); Layout/prebuilt $10/1000 and Custom Extraction $30/1000 plus $6/1000 add-ons (formula, high-res) push real cost up well beyond Read pricing.
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