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Azure OpenAIvsOpenAI API

OpenAI models hosted on Azure with enterprise compliance and SLAs versus GPT-4o, o1, and embeddings from OpenAI

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Choose Azure OpenAI when…

  • enterprise on Azure with compliance and data residency requirements
  • need GPT-4o with Azure AD auth and VNet integration
  • want OpenAI models with enterprise SLAs and support

Choose OpenAI API when…

  • You need the broadest ecosystem and most integrations
  • GPT-4 or o-series reasoning models are required
  • Assistants API, fine-tuning, or batch API are needed

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Azure OpenAI
OpenAI API
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LLM Infrastructure
LLM Infrastructure
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Commercial
Commercial
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Pay-as-you-go: Per tokenProvisioned: Reserved capacity
API: Per token
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Azure OpenAI

Azure OpenAI Service provides access to GPT-4o, o1, and other OpenAI models hosted within Microsoft Azure, offering enterprise-grade SLAs, data privacy guarantees, and compliance certifications. It's the default choice for enterprises on Azure that need OpenAI models.

OpenAI API

API access to GPT-4o, o1, and other OpenAI models including embeddings and image generation. The most widely used LLM API in production.

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