# Azure OpenAI Service

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-openai/  
**Website:** https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/openai-service  
**APIs profiled:** 4

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.

## Kin Score — 40.6 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 40.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 50.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 35.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 60.5 |
| Access Clarity | 60.5 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Microsoft Azure Openai Agentic Access** — 4 operations · 4 acting

## Security (2)

- **Microsoft Azure Openai Authentication** — apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes
- **Microsoft Azure Openai Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Microsoft Azure Openai Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Artificial Intelligence, Embeddings, GPT, Generative AI, Large Language Models, OpenAI

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-openai/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.