Azure document intelligence free tier page limit

Chithra P 40 Reputation points
2026-06-22T13:02:06.9133333+00:00

Hi,

Is there any page limit for free tier Azure document intelligence

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Jose Benjamin Solis Nolasco 9,451 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2026-06-22T13:31:25.4566667+00:00

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Hello @Chithra P I hope you are doing well,

Yes, there are explicit processing limits enforced on the Free (F0) pricing tier for Azure Document Intelligence.

When utilizing the F0 tier, you are subject to the following resource constraints:

Per-Document Page Limit: The engine will only process the first 2 pages of any multi-page document (PDF or TIFF).

Monthly Quota: You are allocated a maximum throughput of 500 pages per month across the resource.

Payload Size: The maximum allowable file size per request is 4 MB.

If a document exceeds the 2-page limit, the service will not throw an exception; instead, it will silently drop the remaining pages and only return the extraction payload for pages 1 and 2. To process full documents (up to 2,000 pages) and increase the payload limit to 500 MB, you must scale the resource to the Standard (S0) tier.

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  1. Karnam Venkata Rajeswari 4,515 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-06-23T07:00:21.4266667+00:00

    Hello @Chithra P ,

    The following references might be helpful to check pricing structure used for Azure Document Intelligence .Please check them out

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  2. Karnam Venkata Rajeswari 4,515 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-06-22T15:19:30.0433333+00:00

    Hello @Chithra P ,

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A .Thank you for reaching out to us.

     The Free (F0) tier includes specific service limits that affect how documents are processed. These limits are designed for evaluation, development, and testing scenarios rather than large-scale or production workloads.

    When using the Free (F0) tier:

    • Only the first 2 pages of a document can be analyzed per request.
    • The maximum supported document size is 4 MB
    • The service supports 1 analysis transaction per second.

    As a result, if a PDF or TIFF document contains more than two pages, analysis results are returned only for the first two pages.

    For documents that exceed the Free tier limitations, the following options are available:

    1. Splitting larger documents into smaller files that remain within the Free tier limits.
    2. Upgrading to the Standard (S0) tier for larger documents and production workloads.

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    2026-06-22T13:02:25.7466667+00:00

    Yes.

    For Azure Document Intelligence free tier (F0):

    • For PDFs and TIFFs, up to 2,000 pages can be processed per document by the service, but:
      • With a free-tier (F0) resource, only the first two pages are actually analyzed when calling the service (including via Document Intelligence Studio, REST API, or client libraries).
    • File size limit for analysis on F0 is 4 MB.

    If all pages of multi-page documents need to be processed, a paid (S0) tier resource is required.

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