AWS Textract — pricing, limits & comparison
Generated 2026-11-03 22:50 UTC · JSON
AWS Textract scores 29.5 for bulk text/markdown extraction for rag (PDF & document extraction). Agent-friction 40/100.
Pricing
| Plan | Base / mo | Included | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AnalyzeDocument — Tables (per-page) | $0 | — | $0.01/1 pages |
Cost at scale — PDF & document extraction
| Layout parse (10k pages/mo) |
|---|
| $150 |
Agent-friction breakdown — 40/100
| Check | Points | Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Test credentials without a credit card | 20 | × |
| Sandbox or test mode | 15 | × |
| Setup with no human-only steps | 15 | × |
| Official CLI | 10 | ✓ |
| Official MCP server | 10 | × |
| Markdown docs, current with the SDK | 10 | ✓ |
| Typed SDK for main languages | 10 | ✓ |
| Error messages that name the fix | 10 | ✓ |
Official SDKs
Python (boto3) · Python (amazon-textract-textractor) · TypeScript (@aws-sdk/client-textract)
Health & reliability — 100/100
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 · status page |
| Changelog entries (90 days) | 3 |
| Deprecations (90 days) | 0 |
| Downloads trend | +39.2% (amazon-textract-textractor on pypi) |
| Last release | 2026-08-11 |
| Ownership events (90 days) | 0 |
Sources: pypi.org · health.aws.amazon.com. Captured 2026-11-03.