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Azure OpenAI Service

Azure OpenAI Service provides REST API access to OpenAI large language models including GPT-4, GPT-4o, GPT-3.5 Turbo, DALL-E, and Whisper with enterprise-grade security, compliance, and regional availability.

Azure OpenAI Service publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Chat API, Completions API, Embeddings API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include AI, Embeddings, GPT, Generative AI, and Large Language Models.

Azure OpenAI Service’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, pricing, documentation, signup flow, support, and 9 more developer resources.

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49.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
4 APIs
AIEmbeddingsGPTGenerative AILarge Language ModelsOpenAI

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 49.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 16.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Azure OpenAI Service Chat API

The Chat API from Azure OpenAI Service — 1 operation(s) for chat.

Azure OpenAI Service Completions API

The Completions API from Azure OpenAI Service — 1 operation(s) for completions.

Azure OpenAI Service Embeddings API

The Embeddings API from Azure OpenAI Service — 1 operation(s) for embeddings.

Azure OpenAI Service Images API

The Images API from Azure OpenAI Service — 1 operation(s) for images.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Azure OpenAI Service REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Azure Openai Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Azure Openai Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Microsoft Azure Openai Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Microsoft Azure Openai Authentication

apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Openai Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Microsoft Azure Openai Scopes

1 scope · implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Microsoft Azure Openai Agentic Access

4 operations · 4 acting

4 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 Signup
Signup
 Login
Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Azure OpenAI Service
description: Azure OpenAI Service provides REST API access to OpenAI large language models including GPT-4, GPT-4o, GPT-3.5
  Turbo, DALL-E, and Whisper with enterprise-grade security, compliance, and regional availability.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-openai.png
tags:
- AI
- Embeddings
- GPT
- Generative AI
- Large Language Models
- OpenAI
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.18'
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-openai:microsoft-azure-openai-chat-api
  name: Azure OpenAI Service Chat API
  description: The Chat API from Azure OpenAI Service — 1 operation(s) for chat.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/
  baseURL: https://{resource}.openai.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Chat
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-openai-chat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/managed-identity
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/quickstart
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/reference
- aid: microsoft-azure-openai:microsoft-azure-openai-completions-api
  name: Azure OpenAI Service Completions API
  description: The Completions API from Azure OpenAI Service — 1 operation(s) for completions.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/
  baseURL: https://{resource}.openai.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Completions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-openai-completions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/managed-identity
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/quickstart
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/reference
- aid: microsoft-azure-openai:microsoft-azure-openai-embeddings-api
  name: Azure OpenAI Service Embeddings API
  description: The Embeddings API from Azure OpenAI Service — 1 operation(s) for embeddings.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/
  baseURL: https://{resource}.openai.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Embeddings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-openai-embeddings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/managed-identity
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/quickstart
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/reference
- aid: microsoft-azure-openai:microsoft-azure-openai-images-api
  name: Azure OpenAI Service Images API
  description: The Images API from Azure OpenAI Service — 1 operation(s) for images.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/
  baseURL: https://{resource}.openai.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-openai-images-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/how-to/managed-identity
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/quickstart
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/reference
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-openai-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-openai-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-openai-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-azure-openai-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cognitive-services/openai-service/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/
- type: Website
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/openai-service
- type: Signup
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
- type: Login
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://portal.azure.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com