Name: Azure Communication Services
Rating: 4.4 (63 reviews)

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Updated 13th October 2025

What is Azure Communication Services?

Azure Communication Services is a software that provides tools for integrating voice, video, chat, text messaging, and telephony capabilities into applications. The software offers APIs and SDKs that enable developers to incorporate communication features such as calling, messaging, and video conferencing within their web and mobile applications. Azure Communication Services supports interoperability with public switched telephone networks and enables secure communication experiences through authentication and compliance features. The software is designed to assist organizations in streamlining their communication workflows and improving user engagement by enabling real-time interactions within digital platforms. It addresses business needs such as customer support, remote meetings, and team collaboration by facilitating the deployment of scalable and integrated communication solutions.

Overall experience with Azure Communication Services

APPSEC ENGINEER

50M - 250M USD, Software

FAVORABLE

“A Solid Choice for Adding Voice, Video, and Chat to Your Apps.”

4.0

Dec 1, 2025

Azure Communication Services is a convenient and flexible platform for adding calling, chat, SMS, and video features to our applications. It's impressive how easily it integrates with the rest of the Azure ecosystem, and the documentation is pretty straightforward to get started. The performance is reliable and scaling up as our usage grows has been a smooth experience. It's ability to customize communication features to fit our needs

Software Engineer 3

250M - 500M USD, Travel and Hospitality

CRITICAL

“Advanced Scenario Complexities: A User Perspective”

3.0

Jun 27, 2024

flexible and powerful platform for integrating communication capabilities into application

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

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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Things that I love about this service are: 1. It has a very easy and almost seamless integration with other Azure apps and services. 2. It has good scalability and handles small projects and large workloads without issues. 3. The performance with calls and messages is pretty reliable and consistent.

Multi-model communication flexible deployment models Customization and control

Easy integration where the dev's can add voice, video calling, chat and SMS capabilities to their applications with less code using API and SDK's. All communications are encrypted to meet privacy and compliance requirements such as HIPPA and GDPR. The service automatically scales based on usage volumes with a pay as you go model (OpEx), eliminating (CapEx) that needs for dedicated infrastructure, that needs its additional maintenance.

Things that could use a bit of improvement are: 1. Initial setup can be a bit complex, with configuring identity, permissions, and authentication. 2. Some features require multiple different services or additional configurations to work seamlessly. 3. Pricing can get tricky and can hike exponentially if you scale usage quickly, particularly for SMS or voice minutes.

complexity in advanced scenarios

There is a big gap in the number of participants chat SDK, Calling SDK and teams meetings participant this limits the teams integrations for large meetings. Browser and device compatibility issues detected on Safari on macOS and iOS, and various issues on Specific Chrome versions.

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50M-1B USD

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A Solid Choice for Adding Voice, Video, and Chat to Your Apps.

SYSTEM & NETWORK ENGINEER

IT Services

Secure, scalable communication with easy integration.

5.0

Nov 6, 2025

The platform is built on the same reliable, low-latency global communication, with easy integration with just a few lines of code through friendly API and SDK's for common platforms and languages as iOS, Android, .NET, JavaScript, and others. Security is granted on the services and all communications are encrypted.

SENIOR IT MANAGER

Manufacturing

Integration With Azure Services Simplifies Communication And Enhances Security Features

ACS has been really surprising to us. We've found that as time went on and we continued to move our workloads into Azure, it made sense to look into our communications as well. It has the ability to deliver voice, SMS, email, and teams-integrated experiences, while somewhat reducing the complexity with telecom providers.

CLOUD SECURITY ARCHITECT

10B+ USD

Comprehensive Communication Features Offered but Cost Breakdown Requires Greater Clarity

Oct 27, 2025

My overall experience with Azure Communication Services has been very positive from a technical standpoint. The APIs are easy to integrate into existing Azure-based systems, especially when combined with EntraID and Logic apps. I have to say that the documentation could be improved in some areas, especially in terms of authentication flows. Also, it would be nice to have a more clear breakdown of the cost estimation for messaging and voice workloads.

CORPORATE TECHNOLOGY MANAGER / ISSM

Construction

Remote Device Management Enables Real-Time Tracking Across Multiple Locations Efficiently

Oct 21, 2025

The ability to remotely manage, track, update, and see near-real-time statistics of calls and device status has been a game changer.

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“A Solid Choice for Adding Voice, Video, and Chat to Your Apps.”

“Advanced Scenario Complexities: A User Perspective”

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3. Twilio Customer Engagement Platform

A Solid Choice for Adding Voice, Video, and Chat to Your Apps.

Secure, scalable communication with easy integration.

Integration With Azure Services Simplifies Communication And Enhances Security Features

Comprehensive Communication Features Offered but Cost Breakdown Requires Greater Clarity

Remote Device Management Enables Real-Time Tracking Across Multiple Locations Efficiently

4.4

(63 Ratings)

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