Azure AI Video Indexer account types

Important

Due to the Azure Media Services retirement announcement, Azure AI Video Indexer announces Azure AI Video Indexer features adjustments. See Changes related to Azure Media Service (AMS) retirement to understand what this means for your Azure AI Video Indexer account. See the Preparing for AMS retirement: VI update and migration guide.

This article gives an overview of Azure AI Video Indexer accounts types.

Trial account

You can use a free, trial account Azure AI Video Indexer and try it out with your content. No Azure subscription is required. The account provides up to 2,400 minutes of free indexing when using the Azure AI Video Indexer website or the Azure AI Video Indexer API (see developer portal).

Note

Trial accounts that haven't been used for 12 months might be deleted. To prevent its deletion, simply sign in the trial account.

Paid account

Azure AI Video Indexer paid accounts are Azure Resource Manager (ARM) based and unlike trial accounts, are created with your Azure subscription. ARM-based accounts give you access to security and management capabilities, such as Role Based Access Control (RBAC) user management, Azure Monitor integration, deployment through ARM templates, and more.

A paid account that doesn't have minute, support, or SLA limitations. Accounts can be created with the Azure portal

For more information about pricing, see Azure AI Video Indexer pricing.

Classic accounts

Before ARM based accounts were added to Azure AI Video Indexer, there was a "classic" account type. The classic account type is still used by some users. Azure AI Video Indexer requires all new accounts to be ARM-based accounts. If you currently have a classic account, see the migration guide.

Limited access features

This section talks about limited access features in Azure AI Video Indexer.

When did I create the account?	Trial account (free)	Paid account (classic or ARM-based)
Existing VI accounts created before June 21, 2022	Able to access face identification, customization and celebrities recognition till June 2023. Recommended: Move to a paid account and afterward fill in the intake form and based on the eligibility criteria we will enable the features also after the grace period.	Able to access face identification, customization and celebrities recognition till June 2023*. Recommended: fill in the intake form and based on the eligibility criteria we will enable the features also after the grace period.
New VI accounts created after June 21, 2022	Not able the access face identification, customization and celebrities recognition as of today. Recommended: Move to a paid account and afterward fill in the intake form. Based on the eligibility criteria we will enable the features (after max 10 days).	Azure AI Video Indexer disables the access face identification, customization and celebrities recognition as of today by default, but gives the option to enable it. Recommended: Fill in the intake form and based on the eligibility criteria we will enable the features (after max 10 days).

*In Brazil South we also disabled the face detection.

For more information, see Azure AI Video Indexer limited access features.

Create an account

To create an account, see Create an Azure AI Video Indexer account