What is Azure AI Search?
Azure AI Search provides managed search and knowledge retrieval for applications, enterprise content and retrieval-augmented AI systems.
Who is Azure AI Search for?
Teams responsible for application development that need search indexing and want to evaluate the complete delivery, access and cost requirements.
Azure AI Search features
The core capabilities to consider for your workflow.
- Search indexing
- Knowledge retrieval
- Application search APIs
Azure AI Search pricing
Cloud usage and access options
Scope the selected service, region, resource capacity and expected usage. Include connected compute, storage, data transfer and support rather than treating a trial credit as the ongoing cost.
Calculate the cost of your quote →Free access & evaluation
Credits and free allowances can have eligibility, duration and usage limits. Check the current account offer and do not assume the full production workload is free.
Before you choose Azure AI Search
Test compatibility with the existing language, runtime, API and delivery workflow using representative inputs.
Define production ownership, deployment, permissions and connected-service costs separately from the development tool.
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Azure AI Search FAQs
Does Azure AI Search have a free plan?
Credits and free allowances can have eligibility, duration and usage limits. Check the current account offer and do not assume the full production workload is free.
Who is Azure AI Search for?
Teams responsible for application development that need search indexing and want to evaluate the complete delivery, access and cost requirements.
What should I compare before buying?
Check the tier that contains your essential features, confirm plan limits and compare the total quote with your own expected usage.