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27 articles on ai — what drives the cost, how it is priced, and where the savings actually are.
Azure AI Services cost: per transaction, by tier
Azure AI Services (formerly Cognitive Services) bill per transaction for APIs like Vision, Language, and Speech, with free and standard tiers and volume discounts. Chatty clients and premium features drive the bill. Here is the model.
GCP Document AI cost: per page, by processor type
Document AI bills per page processed, with rates by processor, cheap general OCR, more for form and specialized parsers, and higher for custom and generative processors. Running specialized processors on simple documents over-pays. Here is the model.
GCP Speech-to-Text cost: per minute, by model and features
Speech-to-Text bills per minute of audio (rounded up), with higher rates for premium and specialized models and features like diarization. Long audio and premium models drive the bill. Here is the per-minute model and how to control it.