# Nanonets vs Amazon Textract: which do AI models recommend for document processing, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Intelligent document processing. Seven of fourteen models named Nanonets first on the direct prompt; zero named Amazon Textract. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/it-data/intelligent-document-processing/nanonets-vs-amazon-textract/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanonets | 32% | #1 of 11 | 6% | 36 | 13 of 14 |
| Amazon Textract | 4% | #6 of 11 | 14% | 28 | 13 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Claude Haiku 4.5: nanonets first (first choices: Nanonets) (alternatives: ABBYY Vantage, Amazon Textract, Rossum)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: nanonets first (first choices: Nanonets) (alternatives: Affinda, Docsumo, Rossum)
- Perplexity Sonar: nanonets first (first choices: Nanonets) (alternatives: ABBYY Vantage, Automation Anywhere, Rossum, UiPath Document Understanding)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: nanonets first (first choices: Docsumo, Nanonets) (alternatives: ABBYY Vantage, Rossum)
- Llama 4 Maverick: nanonets first (first choices: Nanonets)
- Kimi K2: nanonets first (first choices: Nanonets) (alternatives: ABBYY Vantage, Rossum, UiPath Document Understanding)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: nanonets first (first choices: Nanonets) (alternatives: DigiParser, Rossum)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither first, one named (first choices: ABBYY Vantage) (alternatives: Amazon Textract, Google Document AI, Rossum, UiPath Document Understanding)
- Mistral Small: neither first, one named (first choices: Rossum, UiPath Document Understanding) (alternatives: Flowwright, Nanonets, OpenText Intelligent Document Processing)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Rossum) (alternatives: Nanonets, UiPath Document Understanding)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither first, one named (alternatives: ABBYY Vantage, Amazon Textract, Automation Anywhere, Azure AI Document Intelligence, Docsumo, UiPath Document Understanding)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither first, one named (first choices: Rossum) (alternatives: Doxis AI.dp, Klippa DocHorizon, Nanonets)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: Rossum) (alternatives: ABBYY Vantage, Automation Anywhere, Hyperscience Hypercell, UiPath Document Understanding)
- GPT-6 Luna: neither named (first choices: ABBYY Vantage) (alternatives: Azure AI Document Intelligence, Google Document AI)

## What the models said about Nanonets

- "Nanonets can feel less comfortable when the job demands deep auditability, complex exception handling, or highly variable multi-document workflows" (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "its workflow-based pricing can be complex for buyers seeking stand-alone IDP" (GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "Choose Nanonets if your documents (like invoices) look different every time. Its AI-driven "no-template" model will save you hours of setup." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt, first choice)
- "For most small businesses with a limited budget, Nanonets is the easiest start: free $50 credits, no platform fee" (Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt, first choice)
- "Nanonets (Best Overall for Mid-Market): Nanonets is incredibly fast to deploy and highly intuitive." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, paraphrase prompt, first choice)

## What the models said about Amazon Textract

- "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)

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. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.