Azure OpenAI
Researched 129d agoHyperscalerTier 1Microsoft
Azure OpenAI offers 15 tracked models (10 with output token pricing). This catalog covers coding, rag, and agents; open any model detail page for benchmarks, batch tiers, and migration prompts.
Covers 7 workload areas across 15 tracked models; last verified 2026-05-10.
Use it for
- Teams comparing token and batch pricing across this provider's models
- Operators routing coding, rag, and agents workloads through this API
- Batch buyers auditing discount coverage model-by-model
Do not use it for
- Final benchmark picks without opening the relevant model detail page
Tracked models
15
Models available through this provider
Priced output routes
10
Models with output token pricing tracked
Cheapest output
$0.400
babbage on this route
Batch-ready models
3
Models with discounted batch pricing
Latest model release
2025-04-01
533d since newest release
Freshness
2026-05-10
Researched 129d ago
Routes available via routers & gateways
LiteLLM
GatewayOpen-source Python SDK and proxy server that unifies 100+ LLM APIs behind a single OpenAI-compatible interface, with load balancing, cost tracking, and configurable failover.
Portkey
GatewayProduction AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with failover, load balancing, semantic caching, and guardrails; Apache 2.0 core is fully self-hostable with the complete feature set.
Azure AI Foundry Model Router
RouterMicrosoft Azure AI Foundry's native model router that uses a trained ML model to route each prompt in real time to the optimal Azure-hosted model, with Balanced/Cost/Quality mode selection and automatic failover.
Helicone
GatewayObservability-first AI gateway with routing, caching, rate limiting, and request tracing; Apache 2.0 open-source core with a managed hosted tier for logging and analytics.
Kong AI Gateway
GatewayMulti-LLM AI gateway built on Kong Gateway 3.x, adding semantic routing, load balancing, guardrails, and MCP traffic analytics as plugins over Kong's existing API management platform.
Information
Azure OpenAI Service hosts OpenAI's GPT-4o, GPT-4, GPT-3.5, and embedding models on Microsoft Azure with enterprise SLAs. Microsoft's broader AI platform spans Azure Machine Learning, Azure Cognitive Services, and Azure AI Search, plus productivity tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot and developer tooling in Visual Studio and the .NET framework. The platform emphasizes responsible AI, security, and regional compliance.
Where this host wins
- Coding: 2 tracked models with SWE-bench / HumanEval-style scores.
- RAG: 3 tracked models with ruler / needle retrieval benchmarks.
- Agentic: 2 tracked models with BFCL, tau-bench, and SWE-bench tool-use coverage.
- Long-context: 3 tracked models with context-token or InfiniteBench-class signal.
Getting started
SDKs & libraries
Platform Overview
Azure OpenAI Service hosts OpenAI's GPT-4o, GPT-4, GPT-3.5, and embedding models on Microsoft Azure with enterprise SLAs. Deployments run in customer-selected regions with private networking, role-based access control, and capacity options spanning Standard pay-per-token, Provisioned Throughput Units (PTUs) for reserved capacity, Global Standard shared capacity, and Batch processing. Azure OpenAI sits inside the wider Microsoft Foundry / Azure AI Studio control plane, which adds an evaluation, monitoring, and Agent Service layer on top of the base model APIs.
Available Models(15)
View all →| Model | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) | Batch input (per 1M) | Batch output (per 1M) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-4.1 | $1.00 | $4.00 | Serverless | ||
| GPT-4.5 | — | — | Serverless | ||
| o3 Mini | $0.15 | $0.60 | Serverless | ||
| GPT-4o-mini | — | — | Serverless | ||
| GPT-4o | $1.25 | $5.00 | Serverless | ||
| GPT-4o (05-13) | $5 | $15 | — | — | Serverless |
| GPT-4 Turbo | $10 | $30 | — | — | Serverless |
| GPT-4 Turbo Preview | $10 | $30 | — | — | Serverless |
| GPT-4 Vision Preview | $10 | $40.00 | — | — | Serverless |
| GPT-3.5 Turbo (Instruct) | $1.5 | $2 | — | — | Serverless |