PositioningWhy on-premise analysis is a different product, not a deployment option
Cloud parsing APIs are good software. They are also priced per page, and every page has to reach them to be read.
Why on-premise analysis is a different product, not a deployment option| Criterion | Metered parsing API | Enterprise BYOC tier | DocxIntel |
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| Where pages are processed | Vendor cloud tenant | Your cloud tenant | Your infrastructure, including bare metal |
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| True air-gapped operation | Not available | Requires cloud connectivity | Supported by default |
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| Cost of re-analysing 2M archived pages | Charged again per pageat published per-page rates | Charged again per page | No incremental charge |
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| Model weights | Vendor-hosted | Vendor-controlled images | Shipped to you in the bundle |
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| Self-hosting available on | No plan | Top enterprise tier only | Every licence |
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| Arabic as a primary script | Best-effort | Best-effort | First-class |
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Where pages are processed
- Metered parsing API
- Vendor cloud tenant
- Enterprise BYOC tier
- Your cloud tenant
- DocxIntel
- Your infrastructure, including bare metal
True air-gapped operation
- Metered parsing API
- Not available
- Enterprise BYOC tier
- Requires cloud connectivity
- DocxIntel
- Supported by default
Cost of re-analysing 2M archived pages
- Metered parsing API
- Charged again per pageat published per-page rates
- Enterprise BYOC tier
- Charged again per page
- DocxIntel
- No incremental charge
Model weights
- Metered parsing API
- Vendor-hosted
- Enterprise BYOC tier
- Vendor-controlled images
- DocxIntel
- Shipped to you in the bundle
Self-hosting available on
- Metered parsing API
- No plan
- Enterprise BYOC tier
- Top enterprise tier only
- DocxIntel
- Every licence
Arabic as a primary script
- Metered parsing API
- Best-effort
- Enterprise BYOC tier
- Best-effort
- DocxIntel
- First-class
Comparison reflects publicly documented behaviour of metered document-parsing APIs as of 2026, including credit-based per-page pricing and enterprise-gated self-hosting. Verify against current vendor documentation before making a decision — we would rather you checked.