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Azure OpenAI vs Cohere comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure OpenAI
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cohere
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
18th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
AI Writing Tools (9th), Large Language Models (LLMs) (5th), AI Proofreading Tools (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Azure OpenAI is 10.3%, down from 19.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cohere is 1.0%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Rafael Keller - PeerSpot reviewer
Creates effective scheduling agents with responsive AI capabilities
I am using it to create agents to schedule appointments for clinics and professionals in general. It serves both small and major companies. The primary use case involves creating agents Its ability to understand and respond well to queries, including language translation for clients, is…
CollinsOmondi - PeerSpot reviewer
Support team is available and answers all the questions and it is also free which is good for personal projects
The very first thing that I really like about it is the support team. They're really available on Discord, and they answer all of your questions. I think it's free for personal projects unless you want to go to production. I haven't really used it that much, but the features that I have used so far, I have no issues with them.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The AI search functionality is particularly effective, as it creates summaries from data."
"The solution has a very drag-and-drop environment. Instead of coding something from scratch or understanding any concept in extensive depth before deployment, this is good. Plus, they have an auto dataset, which means you can choose any dataset they have instead of providing your own. So that's also pretty nice."
"Generative AI or GenAI seems to be the best part of the solution."
"The most crucial aspect is the conversational capability, where you can simply ask questions, and it provides answers based on your content and documents, particularly tailored to your specific environment."
"We have many use cases for the solution, such as digitalizing records, a chatbot looking at records, and being able to use generative AI on them."
"The most valuable features include analyzing comments and preparing requests for customers, making emails easier and faster."
"Two aspects I appreciate are the turnaround time and ease of use. As it's a managed service, the quick turnaround is beneficial, and the simple interface makes it easy to work with. Performance and scalability are also strong points since you can scale as needed."
"Its ability to understand and respond well to queries, including language translation for clients, is beneficial."
"The very first thing that I really like about it is the support team. They're really available on Discord, and they answer all of your questions."
 

Cons

"We are awaiting the new updates like multi-model capabilities."
"Azure OpenAI will be expensive if you want to implement it as a permanent solution for a customer."
"Azure could significantly benefit from including more LLM models apart from OpenAI, as I often need to switch clouds when a model doesn't meet my requirements."
"The fine-tuning of models with the use of Azure OpenAI is an area with certain shortcomings currently, and it can be considered for improvement in the future."
"In the next release, they could enhance the product's features for even greater usability and efficiency."
"I have found the tool unreliable in certain use cases. I aim to enhance the system's latency, particularly in responding to calls. Occasionally, calls don't respond, so I want to improve reliability."
"The UI could be a little easier."
"Sometimes, the responses are repetitive."
"Cohere has text generation. I think it is mainly focused on AI search. If there was a way to combine the searches with images, I think it would be nice to include that."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's a token-based system, so you pay per token used by the model."
"The platform offers a flexible pricing model which depends on the features and capabilities we utilize."
"I'm uncertain about the licensing, specifically the pricing. This falls under the purview of other teams, particularly the sales teams. I am not informed about the pricing details."
"The cost is quite high and fixed."
"The pricing is acceptable, and it's delivering good value for the results and outcomes we need."
"We started with monthly payments, but we plan to switch to yearly billing once we've stabilized our solution."
"The licensing is interaction-based, meaning transactional. It's reasonably priced for now."
"The solution's pricing depends on the services you will deploy."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure OpenAI?
The product is easy to integrate with our IT workflow.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure OpenAI?
In terms of pricing for Azure OpenAI, I would rate it as average compared to Gemini. Currently, Gemini is becoming increasingly popular, which prompts leadership to consider a switch primarily due ...
What needs improvement with Azure OpenAI?
While it is good, we sometimes encounter hallucination issues, which is a significant concern. We are changing the prompt and fine-tuning it, but we still face some inconsistent behavior. We have s...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cohere?
Cohere has a free tier. You can use the API in development mode, so you can just use it for free. But if you go to production, you will have to pay. I would advise someone to really consider it fir...
What needs improvement with Cohere?
Cohere has text generation. I think it is mainly focused on AI search. If there was a way to combine the searches with images, I think it would be nice to include that.
What is your primary use case for Cohere?
I use it for a personal project, a Discord bot for my Discord server. I haven't used it that much, but so far it's amazing. I like the support team. They are very good.
 

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