Azure AI Search · Pricing Plans
Microsoft Azure Search Plans Pricing
Microsoft Azure Search Plans Pricing is the pricing profile for Azure AI Search on the APIs.io network — every figure transcribed verbatim from the provider’s own pricing page on 2026-10-28.
It defines 12 plans, including Dedicated – Free — $-; Dedicated – Basic — $-; Dedicated – Standard S1 — $-, and 9 more.
The page prices API or platform usage directly, priced per call; the service is delivered as managed.
Tagged areas include AI Search, Cognitive Search, Hybrid Search, Search, and Semantic Search.
12 Plans
Prices the API
Basis: per call
Delivered: managed
Prices: not published
Transcribed from the provider's pricing page on 2026-10-28 — azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/search/.
View Source
AI SearchCognitive SearchHybrid SearchSearchSemantic SearchVector Search
Compare tiers
| Plan | Price | Includes | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated – Free | $- per per SU (Search unit) | 50 MB storage, 3 indexes per service | — |
| Dedicated – Basic | $- per per SU (Search unit) | 15 GB (max 45 GB per service), 15 indexes | — |
| Dedicated – Standard S1 | $- per per SU (Search unit) | 160 GB (max 1.9 TB per service), 50 indexes | — |
| Dedicated – Standard S2 | $- per per SU (Search unit) | 512 GB (max 6 TB per service), 200 indexes | — |
| Dedicated – Standard S3 | $- per per SU (Search unit) | 1 TB (max 12 TB per service) | — |
| Dedicated – Storage Optimized L1 | $- per per SU (Search unit) | 2 TB (max 24 TB per service), 10 indexes | — |
| Dedicated – Storage Optimized L2 | $- per per SU (Search unit) | 4 TB (max 48 TB per service), 10 indexes | — |
| Serverless (preview) – Developer | $- CU / hour per Compute Unit-Hour | 1 GB / index; 30 indexes / service; 5 services / sub / region | $- GB / month indexed storage |
| Agentic retrieval | Min = $- per 1M tokens per 1M tokens | First 50M tokens free per month | — |
| Semantic ranker | $- per 1k requests per 1k requests | First 1k requests free per month | — |
| Custom entity lookup skill | $- per 1k TR | 0-1M tr per 1k text records | — | — |
| Document cracking: image extraction | $- per 1k t | 0-1M images per 1k transactions | — | — |
Plans
Dedicated – Free
per-use
$- per per SU (Search unit)
Includes: 50 MB storage, 3 indexes per service
Dedicated – Basic
per-use
$- per per SU (Search unit)
Includes: 15 GB (max 45 GB per service), 15 indexes
Dedicated – Standard S1
per-use
$- per per SU (Search unit)
Includes: 160 GB (max 1.9 TB per service), 50 indexes
Dedicated – Standard S2
per-use
$- per per SU (Search unit)
Includes: 512 GB (max 6 TB per service), 200 indexes
Dedicated – Standard S3
per-use
$- per per SU (Search unit)
Includes: 1 TB (max 12 TB per service)
Dedicated – Storage Optimized L1
per-use
$- per per SU (Search unit)
Includes: 2 TB (max 24 TB per service), 10 indexes
Dedicated – Storage Optimized L2
per-use
$- per per SU (Search unit)
Includes: 4 TB (max 48 TB per service), 10 indexes
Serverless (preview) – Developer
per-use
$- CU / hour per Compute Unit-Hour
Includes: 1 GB / index; 30 indexes / service; 5 services / sub / region
Overage: $- GB / month indexed storage
Agentic retrieval
per-use
Min = $- per 1M tokens per 1M tokens
Includes: First 50M tokens free per month
Semantic ranker
per-use
$- per 1k requests per 1k requests
Includes: First 1k requests free per month
Custom entity lookup skill
per-use
$- per 1k TR | 0-1M tr per 1k text records
Document cracking: image extraction
per-use
$- per 1k t | 0-1M images per 1k transactions
Sources
Work with this as data
Every plan here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.