Policy Gateway
Azure AI Content Safety vs Policy Gateway
Compare Azure AI Content Safety with Policy Gateway. Understand the difference between provider-imposed filters and full policy control.
Updated 2026-01-21
Azure AI Content Safety is a safety layer for Azure OpenAI models. Policy Gateway is the safety layer for your abliterated model.
The key difference is control: Azure enforces additive filters you cannot remove, while Policy Gateway gives you full control to define what is allowed.
Summary comparison
| Capability | Azure AI Content Safety | Policy Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Control Model | Provider-controlled (Additive) | Customer-controlled (Full) |
| Policy Definition | Microsoft's safety categories | Your policy-as-code rules |
| Refusal Behavior | Hard refusals for safety violations | Rewrite, redact, or refuse with custom reason codes |
| Audit Logs | Azure Monitor | Splunk, Datadog, Elastic, S3, Azure Monitor |