Where are GPT-5 and Gemini in Azure Databricks?

[Rjdudley]

Are GPT-5 and Gemini not available in Azure Databricks?  According to Native OpenAI Models Now Generally Available on Databricks | Databricks Blog and Google’s Gemini Models on Databricks | Databricks Blog these are both GA with no mention of platform restrictions.  After 5 days I'm still not seeing these models in our Serving Endpoints.  In the AWS docs I can see them mentioned (October 2025 | Databricks on AWS) but they are not mentioned in the Azure docs (October 2025 - Azure Databricks | Microsoft Learn).

[szymon_dybczak · Accepted solution]

Hi @Rjdudley ,

They're not available yet on Azure Databricks. Here's  up-to-date list of all available mode right now:

Databricks-hosted foundation models available in Foundation Model APIs - Azure Databricks | Microsof...

So, we need some patience here 🙂

[Rjdudley]

Wow that's a big oversight in the announcement.

[syurko]

Hello, Is there a tentative date for the Gemini release on Azure Databricks?

[Rjdudley]

An update: our account manager that the GPT models are available to accounts with a committed spend agreement, but not to the paygo customers.  We are a paygo customer, we have not reached the threshold of committed spend yet.  I think most of the smaller accounts in Azure Databricks are the same.

As a workaround, we set up the GPT models in Azure AI Foundry, and then configure a serving endpoint in Mosaic AI Gateway to capture traces.  This works fine for us, and actually AI Foundry's prompt and response filtering is much better than Mosaic's is, so we come out a little ahead.

So, if you don't see the GPT 5.x models in the Models list, or see them but are told "this account is not provisioned", it's probably because you are paygo and you need to spend more and sign an agreement to unlock those models.