Azure AI services
Microsoft's comprehensive suite of AI services including computer vision, speech, language, search, and Azure OpenAI for building intelligent applications.
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Get started with Azure AI services at no cost with 5,000 transactions per month and Computer vision analysis.
Try Azure AI services for 30 days with access to Free trial available.
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Updated Feb 2026
About Azure AI services
Azure AI Services is Microsoft's comprehensive cloud-based artificial intelligence platform that provides developers with pre-built, customizable AI models and APIs. The service encompasses a complete suite of AI capabilities including computer vision, speech processing, natural language understanding, document intelligence, content safety, and access to cutting-edge models through Azure OpenAI Service. Built for enterprise scale and security, Azure AI Services enables developers to integrate advanced AI functionality into applications without requiring deep machine learning expertise. The platform supports multiple programming languages and frameworks, offers flexible deployment options from cloud to edge, and includes powerful tools like Azure AI Search for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) scenarios. With built-in responsible AI features, comprehensive monitoring and analytics, and seamless integration with the broader Azure ecosystem, Azure AI Services provides a production-ready foundation for building intelligent applications that can process text, images, audio, and video at scale.
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Pricing
Free Plan Available
Get started with Azure AI services at no cost with 5,000 transactions per month and Computer vision analysis.
- 5,000 transactions per month
- Computer vision analysis
- OCR text extraction
- Face detection and recognition
Free Plan Available
Get started with Azure AI services at no cost with 5 audio hours per month for speech-to-text and 0.5 million characters per month for text-to-speech.
- 5 audio hours per month for speech-to-text
- 0.5 million characters per month for text-to-speech
- 5 audio hours per month for speech translation
- 10,000 transactions per month for speaker recognition
Free Plan Available
Get started with Azure AI services at no cost with 50 MB storage and 3 indexes.
- 50 MB storage
- 3 indexes
- 3 search units
- Basic search and indexing features
Free Plan Available
Get started with Azure AI services at no cost with 5,000 text records per month and Sentiment analysis, key phrase extraction.
- 5,000 text records per month
- Sentiment analysis, key phrase extraction
- Language detection, named entity recognition
- Question answering and summarization included
30 days
Try Azure AI services for 30 days with access to Free trial available.
- Free trial available
Azure AI Vision - Standard
Azure AI Vision - Standard plan with Computer Vision: $1.00 per 1,000 transactions and Face API: $1.00 per 1,000 transactions.
- Computer Vision: $1.00 per 1,000 transactions
- Face API: $1.00 per 1,000 transactions
- Custom Vision: $2.00 per 1,000 predictions
- Video indexer and analysis capabilities
Azure AI Speech - Standard
Azure AI Speech - Standard plan with Speech-to-text: $1.00 per hour and Text-to-speech: $16.00 per 1M characters.
- Speech-to-text: $1.00 per hour
- Text-to-speech: $16.00 per 1M characters
- Speech translation: $2.50 per hour
- Custom speech training and hosting available
- Neural voice synthesis
- Real-time and batch processing
Azure AI Language - Standard
Azure AI Language - Standard plan with Text analytics: $2.00 per 1,000 text records and Question answering: $2.00 per 1,000 text records.
- Text analytics: $2.00 per 1,000 text records
- Question answering: $2.00 per 1,000 text records
- Conversational language understanding: $1.50 per 1,000 requests
- Custom models training and hosting available
Azure AI Search - Basic
Azure AI Search - Basic plan with 2 GB storage and 15 indexes.
- 2 GB storage
- 15 indexes
- 3 search units
- SLA included
- Advanced search features
Azure AI Content Safety
Azure AI Content Safety plan with Text moderation: $1.00 per 1,000 text records and Image moderation: $1.00 per 1,000 images.
- Text moderation: $1.00 per 1,000 text records
- Image moderation: $1.00 per 1,000 images
- Custom categories and severity levels
- Real-time and batch processing
Azure OpenAI Service
Azure OpenAI Service plan with GPT-4: $30.00 per 1M input tokens, $60.00 per 1M output tokens and GPT-3.5 Turbo: $0.50 per 1M input tokens, $1.50 per 1M output tokens.
- GPT-4: $30.00 per 1M input tokens, $60.00 per 1M output tokens
- GPT-3.5 Turbo: $0.50 per 1M input tokens, $1.50 per 1M output tokens
- Text-embedding models: $0.10 per 1M tokens
- DALL-E image generation: $0.040 per image (1024x1024)
- Fine-tuning capabilities available
Capabilities
Key Features
- Azure OpenAI Service with GPT-4, GPT-3.5, and Codex models
- Computer Vision API for image analysis and OCR
- Speech Services including speech-to-text and text-to-speech
- Language Understanding (LUIS) for natural language processing
- Azure AI Search for intelligent search experiences
- Document Intelligence for form and document processing
- Content Safety for monitoring harmful content
- Custom Vision for building custom image classifiers
- Translator for real-time language translation
- Azure AI Content Understanding for multimodal AI
- Conversational AI and bot framework integration
- Anomaly Detection for identifying unusual patterns
- Personalizer for recommendation systems
- Custom models training and deployment
- Enterprise-grade security and compliance
- Global scalability and high availability