# Microsoft Cognitive Services

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-cognitive-services/  
**Website:** https://portal.azure.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

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

## Kin Score — 37.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 50.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 35.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 47.4 |
| Access Clarity | 47.4 |

## 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 (5)

- **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

## Agentic access (1)

- **Microsoft Cognitive Services Agentic Access** — 1 operation · 1 acting

## Security (2)

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

## Plans (1)

- **Microsoft Cognitive Services Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Azure AI, Computer-Vision, Speech, NLP, OpenAI, Machine-Learning

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