Amazon Comprehend
Amazon Comprehend is an AWS service for extracting insights and relationships from text. It handles concrete tasks like identifying entities, key phrases, and sentiment within unstructured data, effectively turning raw text into structured information for analysis.
This fits teams needing automated text analysis without upfront costs, thanks to a free trial. However, the pricing model shifts to a metered rate starting at $0.1000 per 1M Units, which means costs scale with volume rather than remaining flat, requiring careful tracking of usage units.
- Free tier Yes
- Starting price from $0.1000 per 1M Units
- Regions 15 · 6 continents
- SLA uptime 99.99%
- Compliance 13 certifications
- Provider health A
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- compute99.99%
- database99.99%
- networking99.99%
- storage99.99%
15 regions across 6 continents
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
Pricing tiers 21
| Tier / Plan | Price | Unit | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| USE1-ContainsPiiEntities | $0.1000 | per 1M Units | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DocClassification-PromptSafety | $5.00 | per 1M Units | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectPiiEntities | $5.00 | per 1M Units | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectToxicContent | $5.00 | per 1M Units | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectSyntax | $12.50 | per 1M Units | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectTgtSentiment | $25.00 | per 1M Units | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectEntities | $25.00 | per 1M Units | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectDominantLanguage | $25.00 | per 1M Units | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectSentiment | $25.00 | per 1M Units | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectKeyPhrases | $25.00 | per 1M Units | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectEntities-Custom | $0.0005 | Unit | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DocClassification-Custom | $0.0005 | Unit | us-east-1 |
| USE1-Endpoint-Time | $0.0005 | Unit | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectEvents | $0.00075 | Unit | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DocClassifier-Time | $0.000833 | per second | us-east-1 |
Show all 21 pricing rows (6 more)
| Tier / Plan | Price | Unit | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| USE1-EntityRecognizer-Time | $0.000833 | per second | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectTopics-PerMB | $0.004 | MB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DocClassifier-Storage | $0.5000 | Unit | us-east-1 |
| USE1-EntityRecognizer-Storage | $0.5000 | Unit | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectTopics-1MB | $1.00 | MB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DetectTopics-Fixed | $1.00 | MB | us-east-1 |
Prices in USD. Micro-prices are quoted per 1M units; "< $0.000001" marks rates below our stored precision. Subject to change — check the provider's official page.