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Amazon Textract vs UiPath Document Understanding comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Textract
Ranking in Intelligent Document Processing (IDP)
17th
Average Rating
4.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
UiPath Document Understanding
Ranking in Intelligent Document Processing (IDP)
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) category, the mindshare of Amazon Textract is 5.3%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of UiPath Document Understanding is 14.2%, up from 11.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Intelligent Document Processing (IDP)
 

Featured Reviews

MW
Struggles with handwritten document accuracy and cost concerns persist
I just wanted to read some bank statements, receipts, and scan documents. I only tried it for those purposes, but I didn't get to use it extensively Amazon Textract was easy to use. The training processes were also straightforward. Despite its ease of use, I had concerns about its accuracy. The…
ManinderSodhi - PeerSpot reviewer
The solution can process a large volume of invoices with a high success rate and little human validation
We are working with 40,000 different vendor templates. Document Understanding can understand and process various formats without much manual effort to configure the templates. That wasn't the case when we were using Microsoft. UiPath can read handwritten signatures with a success rate of around 70 percent. We've even processed pay slips in German. The language translations are around 90 percent accurate. The AI/ML component offers great flexibility in creating custom models. Its built-in models are also highly mature. The integration is seamless. We have RPA talking between our ERP systems and sharing information on the UiPath cloud.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Amazon Textract was easy to use."
"UiPath enables us to automate manual tasks and duplicate them easily. The processes are highly accurate."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...The solution's technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature in UiPath Document Understanding is the identification of the fields column in the PDF documents."
"The most valuable aspects of UiPath Document Understanding are its accuracy, ability to automate processes end-to-end, and the availability of a free trial period to conduct a proof of concept and assess its accuracy and speed."
"UiPath Document Understanding is user-friendly, with an easy-to-use self-trained model, and the OCR it provides does a good job even with scanned PDFs."
"Has a very good machine learning feature."
"The best feature, in my opinion, is, we can train the document using a machine-learning classifier."
"For me, the most valuable aspects of UiPath Document Understanding are its time efficiency and minimal human intervention."
 

Cons

"The product has not given correct results for me. It was not accurate, especially with handwritten items and documents with pencil marks, which Amazon Textract failed to identify correctly."
"There is room for improvement in UiPath Document Understanding's pricing. It is expensive for small clients. Currently, there is a big gap between the basic package and the 200,000 packages. There is no package in the middle for small agencies."
"There is also room for improvement in long-running table extraction. If a table continues for more than 10 pages, in some cases, we have observed that it only extracts six or seven pages and skips the last pages."
"I would like more flexibility in Document Understanding's validation center."
"There is room for improvement in handwriting processes."
"The coding machine learning could be a little bit better."
"UiPath Document Understanding can improve its handwriting and signature recognition."
"The machine learning model needs improvement, as we receive more and more unstructured documents from clients that require a lot of manual validation."
"An area for improvement in UiPath Document Understanding is data extraction from scanned documents. It could be better because I've observed a ten percent failure or flaw whenever the vendor scans and converts documents into PDFs."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"UiPath's pricing model is complex and based on AI units, which are consumed during model training and use."
"I find the pricing to be somewhat on the higher side."
"The price is on the high end."
"For the licensing part, in our company, we initially started off with a monthly plan, but yearly plans are also there. Cost-wise, UiPath Document Understanding is good since it provides flexibility in its pricing."
"I used the community version, so there was no fee."
"UiPath Document Understanding is considered a bit expensive compared to other options like Microsoft Azure, which can offer similar quality at a more affordable rate."
"Document Understanding's price is quite high."
"While Robotic Process Automation tools can be expensive, UiPath Document Understanding is no exception."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
39%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
7%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

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Small Business
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What do you like most about UiPath Document Understanding?
The solution allows us to continue with vendors whose information comes in correctly and to stop the automation for vendors with many items that are not clearly defined.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for UiPath Document Understanding?
I am not aware of the pricing details. My manager handles that, and as far as I know, Instabase is more expensive.
What needs improvement with UiPath Document Understanding?
Right now, we are trying to use Instabase, which is another tool for document understanding. It may be one one step ahead. It is faster than UiPath.
 

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Sample Customers

Cambia, Change Healthcare, ClearDATA
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