Microsoft Azure → Amazon Web Services
AWS equivalent of Azure Face
The closest AWS equivalent of Azure Face is Amazon Rekognition.
About Azure Face
| Provider | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available Limited Access. Face recognition requires a Microsoft intake form and is only available to Microsoft-managed customers and partners. Emotion and gender attributes are retired. |
| What it is | Face detection, verification, identification, and liveness. |
| Documentation | learn.microsoft.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
AWS mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Face detection, verification & search | Amazon Rekognition | Partial match |
Vision & documents(1)
Face detection, verification & search Partial match
Rekognition face APIs map to Azure Face. Azure Face recognition is Limited Access, so you have to apply and be a Microsoft-managed customer or partner.
- Azure has retired the emotion and gender attributes and restricts age, smile, facial hair, hair, and makeup attributes.
- Rekognition offers face collections, search, comparison, celebrity recognition, and Face Liveness without an approval process (subject to AWS policies).