Azure AI Speech vs Yandex Vision OCR
Azure AI Speech
azure.microsoft.comYandex Vision OCR
aistudio.yandex.ruSide by side
| Figure | Azure AI Speech | Yandex Vision OCR |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 7 |
| Spec score · AI OCR Software | 8.5 (#5) | 8.3 (#12) |
| Spec score · AI Image Recognition Software | 8.5 (#9) | 8.3 (#11) |
| API access | Yes | The service is accessible through gRPC and REST APIs. |
| Integrations | Microsoft lists Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, Azure Content Understanding, Azure Translator, and Azure Language as related products. | A Yandex Cloud tutorial shows an image and PDF workflow using Object Storage, Cloud Functions, and Serverless Containers with Vision OCR. |
| Pricing basis | Pay-as-you-go charges are based on transcribed or translated audio hours, text-to-speech characters, and speaker-recognition transactions. | Each successful image recognition request is charged as one pricing unit, with each image or page of a multi-page PDF charged separately. |
Plans
Azure AI Speech
- Free (F0)Free
- Pay as You GoPrice not published
- Pay as You GoPriced on request
Yandex Vision OCR
- License plate recognitionFree
- Printed text recognitionFree
- Document recognition (driving license)$0.01, paid once
- Document recognition (passport)$0.01, paid once
- Document recognition (vehicle registration certificate)$0.01, paid once
- Handwriting recognition$0.01, paid once
- Table recognition$0.01, paid once
In their own words
Azure AI Speech
Azure AI Speech has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Yandex Vision OCR
Yandex Vision OCR recognizes printed and handwritten text in images and PDF files. Its models cover general page text, multi-column layouts, handwriting, tables, Markdown text, and mathematical formulas. Document-template models can recognize passports, driver licenses, vehicle registration certificates, and license plates, and return template fields. The service is accessed through gRPC or REST APIs. Results arrive as JSON Lines and can include recognized text and language, page, block, line, word, and image positions, plus layout types such as titles, headers, footnotes, and lists. Supported formats are JPEG, PNG, and PDF. The API accepts files up to 10 MB and images up to 20 megapixels; asynchronous PDF requests can cover up to 200 pages. Results remain on the server for three days. Each successful image or PDF-page recognition counts as one billed unit, while server errors and incorrectly configured requests are not charged. Listed rates range from free for printed text and license plate recognition to $0.01, paid once for several document, handwriting, and table models, billed per unit without VAT. There is no free plan.