AWS Textract vs ParseFlow: where the cost crossover actually happens Most "alternative" posts open with "X is 10x cheaper than Y" . In document parsing that claim is almost always wrong — it depends entirely on volume, document type, and which Textract feature you're calling. So instead of a slogan, here's the actual breakdown of when AWS Textract makes sense, when it stops, and where a fixed-price API like ParseFlow ($19-149/mo for 5K-100K pages) becomes the cheaper path. How AWS Textract pricing actually works Textract bills per page, per feature, with separate prices for each feature you call: Feature What it does List price (US-East-1, May 2026) DetectDocumentText Plain text + layout extraction $1.50 / 1,000 pages AnalyzeDocument (Forms) Key/value pairs from forms $50 / 1,000 pages AnalyzeDocument (Tables) Table structure with cells $15 / 1,000 pages AnalyzeDocument (Queries) Natural-language extraction $15 / 1,000 pages AnalyzeExpense Receipts/invoices specific $10 / 1,000 pages AnalyzeID ID documents…