Azure Face service quotas and limits
This article contains a reference and a detailed description of the quotas and limits for Azure Face in Azure AI Vision. The following tables summarize the different types of quotas and limits that apply to Azure AI Face service.
Extendable limits
Default rate limits
Pricing tier | Limit value |
---|---|
Free (F0) | 20 transactions per minute |
Standard (S0), Enterprise (E0) |
10 transactions per second, and 200 TPS across all resources in a single region. See the next section if you want to increase this limit. |
Note
If you exceed the default rate limit, you'll receive a 429
error. To address this issue, refer to the Performance guide.
Default Face resource quantity limits
Pricing tier | Limit value |
---|---|
Free (F0) | 1 resource |
Standard (S0) |
|
Enterprise (E0) |
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How to request an increase to the default limits
To increase rate limits and resource limits, you can submit a support request. However, for other quota limits, you need to switch to a higher pricing tier to increase those quotas.
Submit a support request and provide the following information:
- A description of your Face use case.
- The reason for requesting an increase in your current limits.
- Which of your subscriptions or resources are affected?
- What limits would you like to increase? (rate limits or resource limits)
- For rate limits increase:
- How much TPS (Transaction per second) would you like to increase?
- How often do you experience throttling?
- Did you review your call history to better anticipate your future requirements? To view your usage history, see the monitoring metrics on Azure portal.
- For resource limits:
- How much resources limit do you want to increase?
- How many Face resources do you currently have? Did you attempt to integrate your application with fewer Face resources?
We evaluate TPS increase requests on a case-by-case basis, and our decision is based on the following criteria:
- Region capacity/availability.
- Certain scenarios require approval through the gating process.
- You must currently be receiving
429
errors often.
Other limits
Quota of PersonDirectory
Pricing tier | Limit value |
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Free (F0) |
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Standard (S0), Enterprise (E0) |
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Quota of FaceList
Pricing tier | Limit value |
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Free (F0), Standard (S0), Enterprise (E0) |
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Quota of LargeFaceList
Pricing tier | Limit value |
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Free (F0) |
|
Standard (S0), Enterprise (E0) |
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Quota of PersonGroup
Pricing tier | Limit value |
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Free (F0) |
|
Standard (S0), Enterprise (E0) |
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Quota of LargePersonGroup
Pricing tier | Limit value |
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Free (F0) |
|
Standard (S0), Enterprise (E0) |
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Pricing tier | Limit value |
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Free (F0), Standard (S0) |
Not supported |
Enterprise (E0) | Supported |