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Azure AI Custom Vision

API service

by Microsoft

Image-recognition service for building custom image classification and object-detection models; distinct from the general-purpose Azure AI Vision service.

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Consumption pricing; retirement announced with full support through 9/25/2028. Recurring free access is not stated either way.

What it does

• Video analytics
• Model training

Sources

Pricing

Pricing page · 14 Sep 2026

Consumption pricing; retirement announced with full support through 9/25/2028.

Description

Official documentation · 14 Sep 2026

What it does

Official documentation · 23 Sep 2026

"Custom Vision allows you to specify your own labels and train custom models to detect them." video-analytics (image or video feeds) and model-training are the nearest existing terms; the vocabulary has no still-image classification term.

Sold within

Official documentation · 14 Sep 2026

Live read 2026-09-14: 'Microsoft is announcing the planned retirement of the Azure Custom Vision service... full support for all existing customers until 9/25/2028' — currently active, sunset in progress.

Name

Official documentation · 14 Sep 2026

URL

Official documentation · 14 Sep 2026

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