Azure AI Language
What is Azure AI Language?
Azure AI Language is Microsoft's cloud based natural language processing service, part of Azure AI Foundry tools. It provides prebuilt capabilities including sentiment analysis, key phrase extraction, language detection, named entity recognition, PII detection and redaction, text summarization, and question answering, alongside customizable options like conversational language understanding, custom text classification, and custom named entity recognition built through Language Studio without requiring machine learning expertise.
Pricing is usage based and billed per text record, a unit equal to 1,000 characters of input. Sentiment analysis, key phrase extraction, language detection, summarization, question answering, NER, and conversational language understanding all share 5,000 free text records per month. Paid usage runs on tiered per-record rates with volume discounts, plus commitment tiers for high-volume customers, and containers are available for on-premises or disconnected deployment.
Key Features of Azure AI Language
Here are the powerful features that make Azure AI Language stand out from the competition. Packed with innovative tools and advanced functionalities, this software offers a range of benefits.
- Sentiment analysis and opinion mining
- Key phrase extraction and language detection
- Named entity recognition (NER) and PII detection/redaction
- Text and conversation summarization, including call center summarization
- Custom text classification and custom named entity recognition
- Conversational language understanding (CLU) and orchestration workflow
- Text analytics for health
- Question answering with Azure AI Search integration
- On-premises deployment via Docker containers
Azure AI Language Pricing
Here are the pricing plans for Azure AI Language. Choose the plan that best fits your requirements and budget.
Free
Free
5,000 text records/month shared across features
Covers sentiment analysis, key phrase extraction, language detection, summarization, question answering, NER, and CLU
Standard (pay-as-you-go)
From $0.25 to $1 per 1,000 text records
Tiered by monthly volume (0-0.5M down to 10M+)
Sentiment, key phrase extraction, language detection, NER, PII detection; summarization $2/1,000 records; document PII redaction $10 per 1,000 pages; custom NER/text classification training $3/hour, hosting $0.50/model/month
Commitment tier (Azure standard)
From $700/month
Per 1M text records, scaling to 10M+
Fixed monthly commitment pricing with overage rates for sentiment, key phrase extraction, language detection, NER, and PII detection
Azure AI Language Specifications
Get a closer look at the technical specifications and system requirements for Azure AI Language. Find out if it's compatible with your operating system and other software.
- cloud based
- on premises
- hybrid
- web app
- startups
- smes
- agencies
- enterprises
- phone
- tickets
- training
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