DocuTray vs AWS Textract
One API call instead of stitching together Textract + Lambda + S3 + custom code.
Learn more: AWS Textract pricing · AWS Textract documentation
Feature Comparison
| Feature | DocuTray | AWS Textract |
|---|---|---|
| Document identification | Automatic | Manual (you classify) |
| Data extraction | Included | Included |
| Validation rules | Built-in | Build your own |
| Data enrichment | Built-in | Build your own |
| Export via webhooks | Native | Requires Lambda + SNS/SQS |
| Custom document types | Configurable | Limited (Queries feature) |
| Single API call | One call, full pipeline | Multiple APIs needed |
| Infrastructure required | None (fully managed) | S3 + Lambda + SNS + SQS |
| Web interface (Tray) | Included | Not available |
| Handwriting support | Yes | Yes |
| Table extraction | Yes | Yes |
| Form extraction | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-format (PDF, images, scans) | Yes | Yes |
| Rate limits | Up to 6,000/min (Enterprise) | Default 15 TPS (adjustable) |
| Free tier | 25 pages/month (always free) | 1,000 pages/month (3 months only) |
Why Switch to DocuTray?
Skip the infrastructure
Textract requires you to build pipelines with S3, Lambda, SNS, and SQS to process documents. DocuTray replaces all of that with a single API call. Ship in hours, not weeks.
Validation included
Textract extracts data. But extracted data has errors. With DocuTray, validation rules run automatically to catch inconsistencies before the data reaches your system.
No AWS lock-in
DocuTray is cloud-agnostic. No need to manage AWS credentials, IAM roles, or region-specific configurations. Just one API key.
Pricing Comparison
| DocuTray | AWS Textract | |
|---|---|---|
| Per page (extraction only) | — | $0.0015 (text), $0.015 (tables) |
| Per page (full pipeline) | $0.08–$0.09 | $0.015+ per feature, plus infra costs |
| What's included | Identify + Convert + Validate + Enrich + Export | Text/table extraction only |
| Infrastructure cost | $0 | Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS (variable) |
| Developer time to integrate | Hours | Days to weeks |
| True total cost | Predictable, all-in | Hidden costs in infra + dev time |