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Azure OpenAI vs Hugging Face comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 27, 2025

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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
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Hugging Face
Ranking in AI Development Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the AI Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Azure OpenAI is 9.9%, down from 18.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hugging Face is 12.1%, up from 10.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Development Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Azure OpenAI9.9%
Hugging Face12.1%
Other78.0%
AI Development Platforms
 

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…
SwaminathanSubramanian - PeerSpot reviewer
Versatility empowers AI concept development despite the multi-GPU challenge
Regarding scalability, I'm finding the multi-GPU aspect of it challenging. Training the model is another hurdle, although I'm only getting into that aspect currently. Organizations are apprehensive about investing in multi-GPU setups. Additionally, data cleanup is a challenge that needs to be resolved, as data must be mature and pristine.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Azure OpenAI is easy to use because the endpoints are created, and we just need to pass our parameters and info."
"Azure OpenAI has significantly reduced costs and increased efficiency in tasks such as aggressive testing of systems to avoid anomalies and trust issues."
"Azure OpenAI is useful for benchmarking products."
"OpenAI's models are more mature than Watson's. They offer a wider range of features and provide richer outputs."
"I would rate it a nine out of ten."
"OpenAI integrates seamlessly with the broader Microsoft Azure ecosystem, and that provides synergies with the other solutions. This integration makes it much easier to build solutions."
"Its ability to understand and respond well to queries, including language translation for clients, is beneficial."
"The AI search functionality is particularly effective, as it creates summaries from data."
"My preferred aspects are natural language processing and question-answering."
"The solution is easy to use compared to other frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow."
"It is stable."
"What I find the most valuable about Hugging Face is that I can check all the models on it and see which ones have the best performance without using another platform."
"I like that Hugging Face is versatile in the way it has been developed."
"The product is reliable."
"The tool's most valuable feature is that it's open-source and has hundreds of packages already available. This makes it quite helpful for creating our LLMs."
"The most valuable features are the inference APIs as it takes me a long time to run inferences on my local machine."
 

Cons

"Azure needs to work on its own model development and improve the integration of voice-to-text services, particularly for right-to-left languages such as Arabic and Urdu. The accuracy in these languages requires improvement."
"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."
"Our customers are worried about data management, ethical, and security issues."
"Sometimes, the responses are repetitive."
"Azure OpenAI will be expensive if you want to implement it as a permanent solution for a customer."
"Azure OpenAI should use more specific sources like academic articles because sometimes the source can't be found."
"The product must improve its dashboards."
"Maybe with the next release, the response will be more precise and more human-like."
"Implementing a cloud system to showcase historical data would be beneficial."
"Access to the models and datasets could be improved."
"Most people upload their pre-trained models on Hugging Face, but more details should be added about the models."
"The area that needs improvement would be the organization of the materials. It could be clearer and more systematic. It would be good if the layout was clear and we could search the models easily."
"It can incorporate AI into its services."
"Regarding scalability, I'm finding the multi-GPU aspect of it challenging. Training the model is another hurdle, although I'm only getting into that aspect currently."
"Access to the models and datasets could be improved. Many interesting ones are restricted."
"Hugging Face could improve by implementing a search engine or chat bot feature similar to ChatGPT."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cost-wise, the product's price is a bit on the higher side."
"The pricing is acceptable, and it's delivering good value for the results and outcomes we need."
"The platform offers a flexible pricing model which depends on the features and capabilities we utilize."
"It's a token-based system, so you pay per token used by the model."
"The solution's pricing depends on the services you will deploy."
"Regarding pricing and licensing, it's a bit complex due to the minimum purchase requirement for PTO units. We're evaluating the best approach between PTE and pay-as-you-go models. Our organization is cautious about committing to PTE due to the fixed bandwidth reservation, while pay-as-you-go doesn't offer enough flexibility. We're discussing these matters with legal teams to ensure compliance and data security."
"The tool costs around 20 dollars a month."
"The cost is quite high and fixed."
"The tool is open-source. The cost depends on what task you're doing. If you're using a large language model with around 12 million parameters, it will cost more. On average, Hugging Face is open source so you can download models to your local machine for free. For deployment, you can use any cloud service."
"Hugging Face is an open-source solution."
"So, it's requires expensive machines to open services or open LLM models."
"We do not have to pay for the product."
"I recall seeing a fee of nine dollars, and there's also an enterprise option priced at twenty dollars per month."
"The solution is open source."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
11%
University
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
 

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 do you like most about Hugging Face?
My preferred aspects are natural language processing and question-answering.
What needs improvement with Hugging Face?
It is challenging to suggest specific improvements for Hugging Face, as their platform is already very well-organized and efficient. However, they could focus on cleaning up outdated models if they...
What is your primary use case for Hugging Face?
I am working on AI with various large language models for different purposes such as medicine and law, where they are fine-tuned with specific requirements. I download LLMs from Hugging Face for th...
 

Overview

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