Compatibility of Azure Document Intelligence Commitment Tiers with Batch Analysis Requests

Question

Are Azure Document Intelligence commitment tiers compatible with batch analysis requests? I have not seen any documentation which describes this interaction.

For example, assume the following:

• I am using a Document Intelligence instance in the East US region (for pricing purposes)
• I have purchased a Web ReadCT commitment tier for 500,000 pages
  • $375 commitment tier upfront cost
  • $0.75 per 1,000 pages analyzed, over 500,000
• I have not used any of the commitment tier's allotment
• I have 540,000 pages I want to analyze
• On-demand Batch Read cost is $1.50 per 1,000 pages
• On-demand Single-page Read cost is $1.50 per page, for the first 1 million pages

If I analyze my 540,000 with only Batch Analysis invocations, what will my cost be?

It seems like there are two sensible options: either Batch Analysis utilizes the commitment tier, or it doesn't.

• It does: $405
  • $375 - the upfront cost for the commitment tier
  • $30 - cost of 40,000 overage pages
    • (540,000 pages - 500,000 commitment) x ($0.75 / 1,000 pages overage)
    • 40,000 pages x ($0.75 / 1,000 pages overage)
    • 40 x $0.75
    • $30
• It doesn't: $810
  • 540,000 pages x ($1.50 / 1,000 pages)
  • 540 x $1.50
  • $810

(There could be a third option, with something like: the first 500,000 pages consume the commitment tier, but the remaining 40,000 pages are billed at $1.50 per 1,000 pages.)

Documentation:

• Batch Analysis: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/prebuilt/batch-analysis?view=doc-intel-4.0.0
  • This page mentions "The Batch API preview version is available via pay-as-you-go pricing.", but I wouldn't assume that precludes it from commitment tiers. Also, the feature is no longer in preview, so one might interpret the line to mean "The Batch API preview version is available via pay-as-you-go pricing, and the General Availability version is [something else]".
• How to purchase commitment tiers, and some info about them: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/commitment-tier
  • No mention of Batch Analysis
• Document Intelligence pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/ai-document-intelligence/
  • No mention of whether or not Batch Analysis applies to commitment tiers nor does it specify commitment tiers are limited to non-Batch operations.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi @chris.aavang.onesix,

I'm glad to hear you received clarification from the Azure billing rep. And thanks for sharing the information, which might be beneficial to other community members reading this thread as solution. Since the Microsoft Q&A community has a policy that "The question author cannot accept their own answer. They can only accept answers by others ", so I'll reiterate your response to an answer in case you'd like to accept the answer. This will help other users who may have a similar query find the solution more easily.

Query: Compatibility of Azure Document Intelligence Commitment Tiers with Batch Analysis Requests.

Solution: We met/corresponded with an Azure billing rep and they have informed us that Batch Read requests do NOT utilize commitment tiers. They are charged at the on-demand rate.

So, for our use-case, we utilized S0 - Web/Container --> Batch read in East US, which is $1.50 per 1,000 pages: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/ai-document-intelligence/. That means the example scenario in my original post would cost $810

It doesn't [utilize the commitment tier]: $810

• 540,000 pages x ($1.50 / 1,000 pages)
• 540 x $1.50
• $810

If you have any further questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to ask. We're always here to help.

Thank you.

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Answer 2

Hi ,

Thanks for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A.

Azure doc Intelligence offers commitment tier pricing for high volume usage, providing discounted rates compared to the pay-as-you-go model. These commitment tiers are applicable to various features of the service, including both web based APIs and batch analysis operations.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/commitment-tier

In your scenario, where you have a commitment tier for 500,000 pages at a $375 upfront cost and an overage rate of $0.75 per 1,000 pages, analyzing 540,000 pages would incur the following costs:

Upfront commitment cost: $375

Overage cost for 40,000 pages: 40,000 pages × ($0.75 / 1,000 pages) = $30

Total cost: $375 + $30 = $405

Therefore, utilizing the commitment tier for your batch analysis would result in a total cost of $405, which is more economical compared to the pay-as-you-go rate of $1.50 per 1,000 pages, totaling $810 for 540,000 pages.

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Answer 3

We met/corresponded with an Azure billing rep and they have informed us that Batch Read requests do NOT utilize commitment tiers. They are charged at the on-demand rate.

So, for our use-case, we utilized S0 - Web/Container --> Batch read in East US, which is $1.50 per 1,000 pages: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/ai-document-intelligence/. That means the example scenario in my original post would cost $810

It doesn't [utilize the commitment tier]: $810

• 540,000 pages x ($1.50 / 1,000 pages)
• 540 x $1.50
• $810