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Azure AI Search

byMicrosoft
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4.3
Market Presence: Insight Engines (Transitioning to Enterprise AI Search), Search and Product Discovery

Overview

Product Information on Azure AI Search

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Azure AI Search?

Azure AI Search is a cloud-based software providing search-as-a-service capabilities that allow users to create, manage, and scale search experiences for web and enterprise applications. The software enables integration of search functionality with artificial intelligence features such as language understanding, image recognition, and natural language processing, aiding in extracting relevant information from a variety of data sources including documents, databases, and media. Azure AI Search supports indexing and querying unstructured and structured data, provides cognitive skills to enrich content, and offers features for filtering, sorting, and faceting results. This software addresses business challenges related to information retrieval, content discovery, and knowledge management, facilitating efficient access to data across diverse datasets.

Azure AI Search Pricing

Azure AI Search software utilizes a consumption-based pricing model, where charges are based on the number of search units provisioned and the service tier selected. Pricing differs according to resource levels, including storage and query capacity, with options for standard and high-density configurations. Additional costs may apply for network egress and optional features such as semantic search.

Overall experience with Azure AI Search

APPLICATION MANAGER
250M - 500M USD, Miscellaneous
FAVORABLE

“Cognitive Enrichment Features Improve Azure AI Search Amid Schema Complexity”

4.0
Nov 1, 2025
Azure AI Search delivers fast, scalable, and intelligent search capabilities. Its semantic ranking, vector support, and integration with cognitive services enhance relevance and user experience. Setup is intuitive, and indexing is flexible. a robust solution for modern data discovery
RPA ENGINEER
500M - 1B USD, Consumer Goods
CRITICAL

“Extensive Search and Privacy Training Offset By Insufficient Technical Support Concerns”

3.0
Sep 15, 2025
its a good product with deep search capabilities to produce the appropriate results

About Company

Company Description

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

Company Details

Updated 25th March 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1975
Head office location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Number of employees
10000+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
https://microsoft.com

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Reviewer Insights for: Azure AI Search
Deciding Factors: Azure AI Search Vs. Market Average
Performance of Azure AI Search Across Market Features

Azure AI Search Likes & Dislikes

Like

1. Semantic Search & Vector Support: Delivers highly relevant results using natural language and vector embeddings for deep contextual understanding. 2. Scalable & Secure Architecture: Easily handles enterprise workloads with built-in encryption, role-based access, and global availability. 3. Cognitive Enrichment: Integrates AI-powered skills like OCR, entity recognition, and language detection for enriched indexing and discovery.

Like

depth in results displayed relevancy to the topic customer focussed database trainings that enhances a company's privacy and security

Like

Base level integration, setup, and general services are extremely intuitive, easy to use, and highly capable of integration. It does demand higher levels for everything it offers, but the base level is very nice.

Dislike

1. Limited Debugging Visibility: Troubleshooting indexing and query issues can be opaque without deeper telemetry or logs 2. Complex Schema Evolution: Updating index structures post deployment often requires reindexing, which can be resource intensive 3. Restricted Regional Availability: Certain advanced features (e.g., vector search) may not be supported across all Azure regions.

Dislike

The technical support provided is not sufficient for businesses trying to implement this for the first time. implementation does require internal tenchical skills

Dislike

The setup/total cost is a bit more expensive than competitors. While they do have many associated tools they bring, it is also a task/complicated for all of them to be recognized and used well. The learning curve for this tool is a bit hard.

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Peer Discussions

Azure AI Search Reviews and Ratings

4.3

(197 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
33%
4 Star
58%
3 Star
9%
2 Star
1%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.3

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.5

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  • APPLICATION MANAGER
    50M-1B USD
    Miscellaneous
    Review Source

    Cognitive Enrichment Features Improve Azure AI Search Amid Schema Complexity

    4.0
    Nov 1, 2025
    Azure AI Search delivers fast, scalable, and intelligent search capabilities. Its semantic ranking, vector support, and integration with cognitive services enhance relevance and user experience. Setup is intuitive, and indexing is flexible. a robust solution for modern data discovery
  • National Sales Manager
    50M-1B USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Azure AI - The Deep Blue Ocean of AI

    5.0
    Oct 16, 2025
    Worked very well, easily integratable, has plenty for the basics / novice users and plenty for expert users / advanced tasks. A little bit expensive, but definitely worth it for what it can offer at full potential.
  • IT MANAGER
    <50M USD
    Miscellaneous
    Review Source

    Azure AI Search Simplifies Large Dataset Indexing But Setup Can Be Complex

    5.0
    Nov 9, 2025
    Overall experience with Azure AI search is very good and positive. I like the features that Azure AI search offers including Natural Language Queries and Semantic Search. It also makes it simple to index and search large datasets. It also provides seamless integration with other Azure products and has the ability to scale based on the workload, which is the major advantage of this service.
  • SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Seamless Integration and Scalability Noted, Advanced Features Need Technical Expertise

    5.0
    Sep 11, 2025
    Azure AI Search really delivers fast, accurate results with smooth integration into our existing apps. It's easy to scale, it's reliable and it helps improve our user experience.
  • Director Of IT Services
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Ease of Application Integration versus Complexity of Licensing and Language Limitations

    5.0
    Oct 7, 2025
    I help my customers to evaluate AI partners based on their business needs. I help the purchasing manager during the phase of contract redaction and evaluate which SLA to be validate. I helped to identify the governance of the project and test scenarios.
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