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Access more than 11,000 foundation, open, reasoning, multimodal and industry-specific models. Instantly benchmark and compare models for your use case or enable intelligent model routing to optimize performance in real-time.
Free to use and explore; pay as you go with no upfront costs via Azure free account · Pay-as-you-go with no upfront costs; Azure subscription required before building agents
The Foundry platform is free to use and explore. Individual features customers access and consume are billed at their normal rates.
Foundry Local: AI stack enabling models and capabilities to run on-device and at the edge
Build with an AI stack that enables models and capabilities to run on-device and at the edge.
Ground agents via a cross-source API with a contextual agentic RAG engine for improved res
Ground agents with Foundry IQ, brought to you by Azure AI Search. Point to one cross-source API with a contextual agentic RAG engine for improved response quality.
Hosting and integration of the most popular open-source agent frameworks
seamless hosting and integration of the most popular open-source agent frameworks, native IDE experience, and broad language support.
Signals management layer for security, performance, cost management, and governance with M
Leverage a complete signals management layer to iteratively improve security, performance, cost management, and governance with rich Microsoft Defender and Entra ID integration. Manage access to models, agents, tools, and knowledge org-wide.
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Phi-3.5 is a Microsoft model (company: Microsoft) · Hosted via Microsoft Foundry on Microsoft Azure platform · Microsoft Foundry is described as 'The AI app and agent factory'
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Microsoft Foundry on Microsoft Azure
AI app and agent factory platform
Free to use and explore; pay as you go with no upfront costs via Azure free account
Pay-as-you-go with no upfront costs; Azure subscription required before building agents
Foundry Models: access to more than 11,000 foundation, open, reasoning, multimodal and industry-specific models with benchmarking and intelligent model routing
Foundry Agent Service: orchestrate AI agents that automate complex business processes with hosting/integration for popular open-source agent frameworks, native IDE experience, and broad language support
Foundry IQ (Azure AI Search): cross-source API with a contextual agentic RAG engine for grounding agents
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Foundry Tools: pre-built and customizable APIs for OCR, translation, and speech; bring-your-own tools via MCP servers
Azure Machine Learning: model training and customization tools including fine-tuning and distillation
Foundry Control Plane: signals management layer for security, performance, cost management, and governance with Microsoft Defender and Entra ID integration
Foundry Local: AI stack enabling models and capabilities to run on-device and at the edge
Phi-3.5 is hosted on Microsoft Foundry, a Microsoft Azure platform · Foundry provides access to 11,000+ foundation, open, reasoning, multimodal and industry-sp · Foundry supports model benchmarking, comparison, and real-time intelligent model routing
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Access more than 11,000 foundation, open, reasoning, multimodal and industry-specific models, with benchmarking, comparison, and real-time intelligent model routing
Orchestrate AI agents that automate complex business processes and act autonomously while keeping humans in control, with native IDE experience and broad language support
Ground agents via a cross-source API with a contextual agentic RAG engine for improved response quality (Foundry IQ, powered by Azure AI Search)
Pre-built and customizable APIs for OCR, translation, and speech workflows
Model training and customization including fine-tuning and distillation
On-device and edge deployment of models and AI capabilities (Foundry Local)
Signals management layer for security, performance, cost management, and governance with Microsoft Defender and Entra ID integration
Hosting and integration of the most popular open-source agent frameworks
MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers for bringing custom tools
The Foundry platform itself is free to use and explore; individual features are billed at their normal rates, with pay-as-you-go and no upfront costs after Azure subscription
Microsoft Agent pre-purchase plan: save on Microsoft Foundry and Copilot Credit costs by purchasing Agent Commit Units (ACUs) up front in a 1-year metered plan at discounted tiers (Tier 1: 20,000 ACUs at 5% off; Tier 2: 100,000 ACUs at 10%
