Best Azure OpenAI alternatives
Access to OpenAI models through Microsoft's Azure services.
Last updated November 12, 2026
Top Azure OpenAI alternatives on usedby: Claude, Gemini, and Baseten. Azure OpenAI has 2 public customers on usedby. 30 other tools of the same or a competing category, from other vendors, have public customers.Latest check Nov 13, 2026: 871 of 935 public lines checked. Every public proof counts as a customer, from case studies to job posts. The proof level stays visible: confirmed (a case study, a press release), observed (the vendor’s customer page), signal (a job post, the weakest proof).
Ranked by public customers
Tools of the same or a competing category, from another vendor. Open a row for its customers, sources and facts; shared customers never set the order.
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ClaudeAI assistant for advanced reasoning, coding, and content creation183customers2
GeminiGoogle's family of multimodal AI models and the Gemini assistant app, formerly Bard84customers84 customers: 76 confirmed, 0 observed, 4 job-post signals.
Customers include Samsung, Intuit, and Reddit.
Largest industry on usedby: Artificial Intelligence, 17 customers.
No company is listed on both Gemini and Azure OpenAI yet.
Pricing: free plan and paid tiers. Source Free trial or free plan available. Source
Latest capture across its sources: Nov 11, 2026.
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BasetenInference platform to deploy and autoscale open-source, custom and fine-tuned AI models.74customers74 customers: 25 confirmed, 42 observed.
Customers include Notion, EliseAI, and Gamma.
Largest industry on usedby: Artificial Intelligence, 27 customers.
No company is listed on both Baseten and Azure OpenAI yet.
Source: baseten.co, latest capture Nov 13, 2026.
Interfacing with the training platform through the open-source Truss library was a huge boost. Scripting the workflow of training, deploying, and evaluating allowed us to iterate much faster.
Simon Couch, AI Core Team, Posit. Source 4
ChatGPTVersatile AI chatbot for conversation and tasks56customers56 customers: 12 confirmed, 32 observed, 12 job-post signals.
Customers include Moderna, Oracle, and Uber.
No company is listed on both ChatGPT and Azure OpenAI yet.
Pricing: free plan and paid tiers. Source Free trial or free plan available. Source
Latest capture across its sources: Nov 12, 2026.
It lets us focus our time and attention on those matters that are truly driving an impact for patients
Shannon Klinger, Chief Legal Officer, Moderna. Source 5
Nebius AI CloudAI cloud with non-virtualized NVIDIA GPU clusters, MLOps tooling and Token Factory managed inference.51customers51 customers: 31 confirmed, 20 observed.
Customers include Antioch, Compugen, and Converge.
Largest industry on usedby: Artificial Intelligence, 21 customers.
No company is listed on both Nebius AI Cloud and Azure OpenAI yet.
Source: nebius.com, latest capture Nov 9, 2026.
Utilizing high-speed InfiniBand, Nebius felt like a single stable supercomputer
Marvin Gabler, Jua. Source 6
Fireworks AIInference and training cloud to serve, fine-tune and scale open models in production.48customers48 customers: 14 confirmed, 25 observed.
Customers include Notion, Upwork, and Vercel.
Largest industry on usedby: DevTools & Infrastructure, 13 customers.
No company is listed on both Fireworks AI and Azure OpenAI yet.
Source: fireworks.ai, latest capture Nov 11, 2026.
Being able to serve the best models with cutting-edge latency provides us with an enormous competitive advantage
Chuan Wang, Technical Lead Manager at Cresta, Cresta. Source 7
OpenAI APIAPIs for GPT, DALL-E, and more45customers45 customers: 4 confirmed, 33 observed, 2 job-post signals.
Customers include Wayfair, Klarna, and Preply.
Largest industry on usedby: Artificial Intelligence, 10 customers.
1 company is listed on both OpenAI API and Azure OpenAI.
Source: openai.com, latest capture Nov 13, 2026.
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MistralAI lab building open-weight models, with tools to customize them and run them on-premises, in your VPC or in its cloud43customers43 customers: 37 confirmed, 5 observed.
Customers include Airbus, BMW, and BNP Paribas.
1 company is listed on both Mistral and Azure OpenAI.
Pricing: free plan and paid tiers. Source Free trial or free plan available. Source
Source: mistral.ai, latest capture Nov 10, 2026.
With Mistral Large and Codestral, Snowflake is delivering cutting-edge text-to-sql capabilities for complex and nuanced enterprise data.
Yusuf Ozuysal, Director of Engineering, Snowflake, Snowflake. Source 9
PerplexityAI-powered search engine for accurate, cited answers38customers38 customers: 24 confirmed, 14 observed.
Customers include PayPal, SAP, and Apollo.io.
No company is listed on both Perplexity and Azure OpenAI yet.
Source: perplexity.ai, latest capture Nov 11, 2026.
We wanted to be able to try different LLMs and always have the latest models. A model-agnostic approach was very important to us.
Alexandra Kersten Mota, Data Engineer, Rosenxt, Rosenxt. Source 10
Together AICloud platform for running open-source AI37customers37 customers: 20 confirmed, 17 observed.
Customers include OpenAI, Zomato, and Cartesia.
Largest industry on usedby: Artificial Intelligence, 18 customers.
No company is listed on both Together AI and Azure OpenAI yet.
Source: together.ai, latest capture Nov 10, 2026.
Together AI allowed us to move at the pace of bleeding-edge AI research and development, without sacrificing performance or reliability. They gave us the tools and support to build frontier Thai AI – enabling us to stay focused on what matters most.
SCB 10X Typhoon Team, SCB10X. Source
More Foundation models & model APIs tools on usedby
Same or competing category, from another vendor, after the ranking above: fewer public customers.
AWS Bedrock35 customers
Cerebras35 customers
Modal35 customers
AlphaSense32 customers
Cohere29 customers
Listen27 customers
CoreWeave22 customers
Exa20 customers
Runware20 customers
Tavily19 customers
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Public customers at every proof level, and what each vendor states on its own pages. “Not checked yet” means usedby has no verified value; the vendor may publish it.
| Tool | Customers | Largest industry | Pricing | Free trial | Security |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure OpenAI | 2 | No clear lead | Not checked yet | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| Claude | 183 | No clear lead | free plan and paid tiers Source | Yes Source | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and 3 more Source |
| Gemini | 84 | Artificial Intelligence | free plan and paid tiers Source | Yes Source | Gemini for Google Workspace · SOC 2 (type not stated), ISO 27001, ISO 27701 and 3 more Source |
| Baseten | 74 | Artificial Intelligence | Not checked yet | Not checked yet | SOC 2 Type II Source |
| ChatGPT | 56 | No clear lead | free plan and paid tiers Source | Yes Source | ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu · ISO 27001, ISO 27701 ChatGPT business products · SOC 2 Type II Source |
| Nebius AI Cloud | 51 | Artificial Intelligence | Not checked yet | Not checked yet | ISO 27001 Source |
Best Azure OpenAI alternative by industry
In the industries where Azure OpenAI has the most customers, the alternative with the most customers of its own there (at least three).
- Artificial IntelligenceClaude28 customersAzure OpenAI: 2
Questions about Azure OpenAI alternatives
What are the best Azure OpenAI alternatives?
Ranked by their public customers on usedby: Claude (183 customers), Gemini (84 customers), and Baseten (74 customers). See who uses Claude.
Which Azure OpenAI alternatives offer a free trial?
Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT offer a free trial or a free plan, according to their own pricing pages.
What is the best Azure OpenAI alternative for Artificial Intelligence companies?
Claude, with 28 customers in Artificial Intelligence on usedby. Azure OpenAI has 2 there. Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby.
Do Azure OpenAI customers use other tools too?
1 of the 2 Azure OpenAI customers on usedby also uses another tool on this list. OpenAI API shares the most: 1.
How does usedby rank Azure OpenAI alternatives?
Only tools of the same or a competing category, from another vendor, count. They are ranked by their public customers at every proof level, job posts included; a tie goes to the stronger proofs (more confirmed, then more observed). Each tool shows its mix: confirmed (a case study, a press release), observed (the vendor’s customer page), signal (a job post, the weakest proof). Shared customers are shown for information and never set the order. Tools of other categories that the same companies use are listed apart, as tools used with Azure OpenAI. usedby does not publish departures, so no company is shown switching from Azure OpenAI to another tool.