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Intelligent document processing · October 2026 Edition

Google Document AI vs Amazon Textract

Zero of fourteen models named Google Document AI first on the direct prompt; zero named Amazon Textract. Google Document AI was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Amazon Textract by thirteen and Google Document AI carries 23 labels and Amazon Textract 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Google Document AI

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Amazon Textract

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share6%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%14%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2328A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Google Document AI reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Rossum was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Nanonets vs Google Document AI · Nanonets vs Amazon Textract · Rossum vs Google Document AI

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the intelligent document processing page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Google Document AIFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAmazon Textract
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative001 against Google Document AI
Budget-constrained321 against Amazon Textract
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Google Document AI · 3 against Amazon Textract
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Google Document AI and Amazon Textract were named in the same answer fifty-seven times, of the 78 answers naming Google Document AI and the 77 naming Amazon Textract. In those answers Amazon Textract took the first choice zero times and Google Document AI two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Google Document AI and Amazon Textract stood in it.
ModelDirectGDATParaphraseGDATComparativeGDATBudget-constrainedGDATScale-constrainedGDATNegativeGDAT
Claude Haiku 4.5ATGDAT
GPT-5.4 miniATGD
Gemini 3.5 FlashGDATGDAT
Perplexity SonarATAT
Grok 4.1 FastGDATGDAT
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 FlashGDATGDATGD
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 FlashGDATAT
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashXGDAT
MiniMax M2.5ATGDAT
GPT-6 LunaGDGDATGDAT
Muse Glimmer 30BGDATAT
GD Google Document AIAT Amazon TextractGD first choiceGD named as an alternativeGD argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Google Document AI on the left and Amazon Textract on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Google Document AI and Amazon Textract stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Nanonets alternatives: ABBYY Vantage, Amazon Textract, Rossum
Grok 4.1 FastABBYY Vantage alternatives: Amazon Textract, Google Document AI, Rossum, UiPath Document Understanding
MiniMax M2.5no first choice alternatives: ABBYY Vantage, Amazon Textract, Automation Anywhere, Azure AI Document Intelligence, Docsumo, UiPath Document Understanding
GPT-6 LunaABBYY Vantage alternatives: Azure AI Document Intelligence, Google Document AI

Neither was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniRossum alternatives: ABBYY Vantage, Automation Anywhere, Hyperscience Hypercell, UiPath Document Understanding
Gemini 3.5 FlashNanonets alternatives: Affinda, Docsumo, Rossum
Perplexity SonarNanonets alternatives: ABBYY Vantage, Automation Anywhere, Rossum, UiPath Document Understanding
Mistral SmallRossum, UiPath Document Understanding alternatives: Flowwright, Nanonets, OpenText Intelligent Document Processing
DeepSeek V4 FlashDocsumo, Nanonets alternatives: ABBYY Vantage, Rossum
Llama 4 MaverickNanonets
Qwen 3.7 FlashRossum alternatives: Nanonets, UiPath Document Understanding
Kimi K2Nanonets alternatives: ABBYY Vantage, Rossum, UiPath Document Understanding
GLM 4.7 FlashXNanonets alternatives: DigiParser, Rossum
Muse Glimmer 30BRossum alternatives: Doxis AI.dp, Klippa DocHorizon, Nanonets

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Google Document AI leads by six points.
Google Document AI8%#4 of 14
Amazon Textract2%#8 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Google Document AI leads by two points.
Google Document AI6%#4 of 11
Amazon Textract4%#6 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Google Document AI0%#8 of 10
Amazon Textract0%#10 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Google Document AI

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“center on managed analysis APIs, so buyers assemble most of the operational queue, review, routing, and export application around them” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Users report pricing issues that hinder adoption for smaller businesses; costs can escalate unpredictably” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Google Cloud Document AI” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“My practical pick: Google Document AI if you want a strong cloud-native option with a free tier and transparent usage pricing.” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Go with Google Cloud Document AI or Azure AI Document Intelligence. Their free tiers are highly generous” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“I would suggest starting with Google Cloud Document AI or Amazon Textract” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Amazon Textract

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Avoid if you are non-technical: Azure AI and AWS Textract” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Be especially cautious if... custom extraction is developer-centric and that handwriting and language support need testing.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“"Raw" Cloud Provider APIs (Without a Custom Interface) * Examples: Standalone use of AWS Textract” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“I would suggest starting with Google Cloud Document AI or Amazon Textract” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“If cost is the primary constraint, Amazon Textract is hard to beat” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“If you're already on AWS and need just extraction APIs, Textract's 3-month free tier and pay-per-page model is the cheapest to trial.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.