Textract lists six languages, and its handwriting reading is English only. Documind reads many languages. Three AI models must agree, then it completes the work in your systems.
A value must be approved by three different AI models that agree, not by one confidence score.
Your documents come in many languages, including handwriting, and tax IDs, IBANs and HS codes must be checked.
You want a review screen and rule checks in the product, on your own servers.
Choose Amazon Textract if
You need raw OCR for English or Western European documents at very high volume and low unit cost.
Your stack already runs on AWS, and your engineers will build the workflow, the review step and the rules.
Cloud processing in an AWS region meets your data policy, with the AI services opt-out applied if you need it.
In short
→Textract's text detection lists six languages. Its handwriting reading is English only.
→Documind reads many languages, including handwriting. Three different AI models must agree before a value is auto-approved.
→Both return each value with its page, the exact spot on the page and a confidence score.
→Textract human review runs through Amazon A2I, and AWS says A2I is closed to new customers. Documind includes its own review screen for people.
→For plain OCR, Textract costs $1.50 per 1,000 pages (US West Oregon list price, checked 12 October 2026).
At a glance
Documind and Amazon Textract compared by capability. Amazon Textract facts come from its public pages, checked on 12 October 2026. Each Amazon Textract cell links to its source.
Capability
Documind
Amazon Textract
Overview
Positioning
Enterprise content workflow automation. Three models from different families read every value and must agree. Tax ID, IBAN and HS code checks are built in.
"Amazon Textract helps you add document text detection and analysis to your applications" (AWS developer guide).
Customs and trade documents General Forms, Tables and Queries features can still read text from these documents.
Yes
Commercial invoices, packing lists, EUR.1, A.TR, certificates of origin, B/L, AWB, CMR and customs declarations, checked against each other.
Not published
Prebuilt APIs cover invoices and receipts, US passports and driver's licenses, and mortgage packages. No prebuilt for bills of lading, EUR.1, A.TR or customs declarations is listed.
Newer AWS service: Bedrock Data Automation Bedrock Data Automation is not Textract. Its document language list is not on the overview page we read.
One platform: three model families, rule checks and a review screen, on your own servers.
A separate cloud service that uses generative AI for document classification, extraction, normalization and validation, with visual grounding and confidence scores.
Three model families must agree before auto-approve
Yes
Three models from different families read the same content. A value is auto-approved only when all three agree and no rule check fails.
Not published
Textract returns a confidence score per block. It does not describe a multi-model check. A rule that different model families must agree is not described.
Review Queue and Review Workspace: document with box overlay, alternative values, model sources and the reason for review.
Partial
Amazon A2I connects to AnalyzeDocument. You create the flow definition, worker task template and work team. AWS says A2I is no longer open to new customers.
Describe the document and give examples; the Workflow Generator drafts the schema, the prompt and the validation code for you to approve.
Yes
Custom Queries adapters, trained on annotated samples: 5 to 2,500 training and 5 to 1,000 test documents. Answers up to 128 characters, 30 queries per page.
Tax ID and IBAN check digits, HS code formats and ISO 6346 container numbers are checked. A failed check blocks the value.
Not published
Built-in tax ID, IBAN or HS code checks are not in the published feature list. Validation rules are not described in the developer guide pages we read.
Free Starter plan with 1,000 credits a week. Enterprise pricing on request. Details on the pricing page.
Per page, US West (Oregon), USD: Detect Document Text $0.0015; Forms + Tables + Queries $0.07 (first 1M pages a month). A2I review is billed separately.
Textract lists six text-detection languages. Queries and handwriting are English only. Documind reads many languages, including handwriting, accented letters, local date formats and decimal commas. Tax ID, IBAN and HS code checks are built in.
In Amazon Textract's words
“Amazon Textract supports English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish text detection.”
Textract returns a confidence score from 0 to 100 for each block. The docs we read do not describe a multi-model check. In Documind, three AI models from different families read each value. A value is auto-approved only when all three agree and no rule check fails. Otherwise a person decides, and sees the reason.
With Textract, human review runs through Amazon A2I. You build the flow definition, the worker task template and the work team. AWS now says A2I is closed to new customers. Documind includes the Review Queue and Review Workspace, with the reason each value needs a person.
In Amazon Textract's words
“Amazon SageMaker A2I is no longer open to new customers.”
Detect Document Text is $1.50 per 1,000 pages (US West Oregon list price). After one million pages a month, it is $0.60 per 1,000. For raw text at high volume, that is hard to beat.
AWS says you need no machine learning expertise for the basic APIs. It publishes prebuilt APIs for invoices, receipts, US identity documents and mortgage packages.
Textract is a strong choice for reading text at scale inside AWS. It is cheap for plain OCR and scales to millions of pages. It returns the page, the position and a confidence score for each block. It runs in many AWS regions with broad AWS assurance. For English or other listed languages, Textract does its part well.
You need raw OCR for English or Western European documents at very high volume and low unit cost.
Your stack already runs on AWS, and your engineers will build the workflow, the review step and the rules.
Cloud processing in an AWS region meets your data policy, with the AI services opt-out applied if you need it.
When to choose Documind
Choose Documind when you need the work done, not only text. Three different AI models must agree before a value is approved. Documind reads many languages, including handwriting. Tax ID, IBAN and HS code checks are built in, and a failed check blocks the value. Exceptions go to a built-in review screen, on your own servers.
A value must be approved by three different AI models that agree, not by one confidence score.
Your documents come in many languages, including handwriting, and tax IDs, IBANs and HS codes must be checked.
You want a review screen and rule checks in the product, on your own servers.
Document-type fit
Textract's prebuilt APIs cover invoices, receipts, US identity documents and mortgage packages. Bills of lading, packing lists, EUR.1, A.TR and customs declarations need the general Forms, Tables or Queries features. Handwriting is English only. Documind reads the full customs packet and checks the documents against each other.
Free Starter plan with 1,000 credits a week. Enterprise pricing on request. See /pricing
Amazon Textract
Per-page list prices for US West (Oregon), USD, checked 12 October 2026: Detect Document Text $0.0015 ($0.0006 after one million pages a month); Analyze Document with Forms + Tables + Queries $0.07 ($0.055 after one million); Custom Queries $0.025. New AWS customers get a three-month free tier. Prices in other regions can differ. A2I human review is billed separately. Source: AWS: Amazon Textract pricing, checked on 12 October 2026 (opens in new tab)
How to switch
Keep Textract for raw OCR, use Documind for decisions
You do not have to replace Textract. Keep it for bulk text, and send documents that need a decision to Documind.
STEP 1
Connect your source
Point Documind at the same S3 bucket, SFTP folder or inbox. You can also send documents through the REST API.
STEP 2
Describe the decision
Describe the fields and the rules. The Workflow Generator drafts the schema, the prompt and the validation code for you to approve.
STEP 3
Run an evaluation set
Use documents you have already checked as ground truth. The report card shows the weakest fields before you go live.
Frequently asked questions
Does Amazon Textract read many languages and handwriting?
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Textract lists English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish for text detection. Queries and handwriting are English only. Test your own documents before you decide. Documind reads many languages, including handwriting and accented letters.
How does Documind decide a value is right?
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Three different AI models, from different model families, read each value. The value is auto-approved only when all three agree and no rule check fails. Otherwise a person decides, and the screen shows the reason.
How much does Amazon Textract cost?
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In US West (Oregon), Detect Document Text is $0.0015 per page. Analyze Document with Forms, Tables and Queries is $0.07 per page for the first million pages a month. These are USD list prices, checked on 12 October 2026. List prices in other AWS regions can differ. Documind has a free Starter plan with 1,000 credits a week. Enterprise pricing is on request.
Does Textract include human review?
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Textract connects to Amazon Augmented AI (A2I) for human review. You create the flow definition, the worker task template and the work team. AWS states that A2I is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can continue to use it. Documind includes the Review Queue and Review Workspace.
Does AWS use my documents to improve Textract?
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The Textract FAQ says AWS may store and use document inputs to provide and improve the service. You can opt out with an AWS Organizations AI services opt-out policy. Documind runs on your own servers, including air-gapped, so documents stay in your network.
Can Textract read bills of lading, EUR.1 or A.TR certificates?
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Textract has no prebuilt API for these documents in its published list. Its general Forms, Tables and Queries features can read them. Custom Queries adapters can be trained on annotated samples. Documind reads the full customs packet and checks the documents against each other.
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