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Microsoft Cognitive Services

Microsoft Cognitive Services (Azure AI Services) provides AI APIs for vision, speech, language, and OpenAI model access.

Microsoft Cognitive Services publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: ImageAnalysis API. Tagged areas include Azure AI, Computer Vision, Speech, NLP, and OpenAI.

Microsoft Cognitive Services’ developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

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44.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
5 APIs
Azure AIComputer VisionSpeechNLPOpenAIMachine Learning

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 44.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality 12.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 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 5

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

Azure AI Vision API

Image analysis, OCR, spatial analysis, and face detection capabilities.

Azure AI Speech API

Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, speech translation, and speaker recognition.

Azure AI Language API

Natural language processing including sentiment analysis, entity recognition, and summarization.

Azure OpenAI Service API

REST API access to OpenAI models including GPT-4, DALL-E, and Whisper with enterprise security.

Microsoft Cognitive Services ImageAnalysis API

Analyze images for visual features

Open Collections 1

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

Azure AI Vision - Image Analysis REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Cognitive Services Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Cognitive Services Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Microsoft Cognitive Services Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Microsoft Cognitive Services Authentication

apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Microsoft Cognitive Services Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Microsoft Cognitive Services Scopes

1 scope · clientCredentials

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Microsoft Cognitive Services Agentic Access

1 operation · 1 acting

1 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 SDKs
SDKs

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

Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: microsoft-cognitive-services
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-cognitive-services/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Microsoft Cognitive Services
description: Microsoft Cognitive Services (Azure AI Services) provides AI APIs for vision, speech, language, and OpenAI model
  access.
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-cognitive-services.png
tags:
- Azure AI
- Computer Vision
- Speech
- NLP
- OpenAI
- Machine Learning
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
- aid: microsoft-cognitive-services:vision
  name: Azure AI Vision API
  description: Image analysis, OCR, spatial analysis, and face detection capabilities.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/computer-vision/
  baseURL: https://westus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - Computer Vision
  - Image Analysis
  - OCR
  - Azure AI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/computer-vision/
- aid: microsoft-cognitive-services:speech
  name: Azure AI Speech API
  description: Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, speech translation, and speaker recognition.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/
  baseURL: https://westus.stt.speech.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - Speech
  - Text to Speech
  - Speech to Text
  - Azure AI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/
- aid: microsoft-cognitive-services:language
  name: Azure AI Language API
  description: Natural language processing including sentiment analysis, entity recognition, and summarization.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/language-service/
  baseURL: https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - NLP
  - Text Analytics
  - Language Understanding
  - Azure AI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/language-service/
- aid: microsoft-cognitive-services:openai
  name: Azure OpenAI Service API
  description: REST API access to OpenAI models including GPT-4, DALL-E, and Whisper with enterprise security.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/
  baseURL: https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - OpenAI
  - GPT
  - Large Language Models
  - Azure AI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/openai/reference
- aid: microsoft-cognitive-services:microsoft-cognitive-services-imageanalysis-api
  name: Microsoft Cognitive Services ImageAnalysis API
  description: Analyze images for visual features
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/computer-vision/
  baseURL: https://westus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/
  tags:
  - ImageAnalysis
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-cognitive-services-imageanalysis-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-cognitive-services-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-cognitive-services-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-cognitive-services-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-cognitive-services-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/
- type: SDKs
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/
- url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/feed/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com