Is Azure OpenAI a good LLM API provider?

Azure OpenAI offers 174 models with an average blended price of $34.44/1M tokens. Compare their pricing and model selection against other providers on Sector HQ.

Azure OpenAI LLM API Pricing

Q: What is Azure OpenAI's cheapest model?

Azure OpenAI's cheapest model is Text Embedding 3 Small at $0.015 per million tokens (blended). Input tokens cost $0.020/1M and output tokens cost Free/1M.

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What is Azure OpenAI's cheapest model?

Azure OpenAI's cheapest LLM is Text Embedding 3 Small at $0.015 per million tokens (blended). They offer 174 models total.

All Azure OpenAI Models by Price

75 models

#	Model	Provider	Input	Output	Quality	Released↓
73	Claude Sonnet 4.6	Azure OpenAI	$3.00	$15.00	Frontier	Feb 5
58	GPT Image 1 5	Azure OpenAI	$5.00	Free	—	Dec 16
62	GPT 5.2 Chat	Azure OpenAI	$1.75	$14.00	Frontier	Dec 11
63	GPT 5 2	Azure OpenAI	$1.75	$14.00	Frontier	Dec 11
65	GPT 5.2 Codex	Azure OpenAI	$1.75	$14.00	Frontier	Dec 11
29	GPT 5.1 Codex Mini	Azure OpenAI	$0.250	$2.00	Frontier	Nov 13
49	GPT 5.1 Codex Max	Azure OpenAI	$1.25	$10.00	Frontier	Nov 13
50	GPT 5.1 Chat	Azure OpenAI	$1.25	$10.00	Frontier	Nov 13
52	GPT 5.1 Codex	Azure OpenAI	$1.25	$10.00	Frontier	Nov 13
56	GPT 5 1	Azure OpenAI	$1.25	$10.00	Frontier	Nov 13
36	GPT Audio Mini	Azure OpenAI	$0.600	$2.40	—	Oct 6
37	GPT Realtime Mini	Azure OpenAI	$0.600	$2.40	—	Oct 6
69	Claude Sonnet 4.5	Azure OpenAI	$3.00	$15.00	Frontier	Sep 29
60	GPT Audio	Azure OpenAI	$2.50	$10.00	—	Aug 28
75	GPT Realtime	Azure OpenAI	$4.00	$16.00	—	Aug 28
10	GPT 5 Nano	Azure OpenAI	$0.050	$0.400	Strong	Aug 7
30	GPT 5 Mini	Azure OpenAI	$0.250	$2.00	Frontier	Aug 7
51	GPT 5	Azure OpenAI	$1.25	$10.00	Frontier	Aug 7
53	GPT 5 Codex	Azure OpenAI	$1.25	$10.00	Frontier	Aug 7
54	GPT 5 Chat	Azure OpenAI	$1.25	$10.00	Frontier	Aug 7
55	GPT 5 Chat Latest	Azure OpenAI	$1.25	$10.00	Frontier	Aug 7
20	Grok 4.1 Fast Non Reasoning	Azure OpenAI	$0.200	$0.500	—	Jul 9
21	Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning	Azure OpenAI	$0.200	$0.500	—	Jul 9
22	Grok 4 Fast Reasoning	Azure OpenAI	$0.200	$0.500	—	Jul 9
23	Grok 4 Fast Non Reasoning	Azure OpenAI	$0.200	$0.500	—	Jul 9
27	Grok Code Fast 1	Azure OpenAI	$0.200	$1.50	—	Jul 9
71	Grok 4	Azure OpenAI	$3.00	$15.00	—	Jul 9
45	Codex Mini	Azure OpenAI	$1.50	$6.00	—	May 16
31	mistral-large-3	Azure OpenAI	$0.500	$1.50	Frontier	May 7
35	mistral-medium-2505	Azure OpenAI	$0.400	$2.00	Strong	May 7
44	MAI-DS-R1	Azure OpenAI	$1.35	$5.40	—	May 1
14	Phi-4-reasoning	Azure OpenAI	$0.125	$0.500	—	Apr 30
39	GPT Image 1 Mini	Azure OpenAI	$2.00	Free	—	Apr 23
59	GPT Image 1	Azure OpenAI	$5.00	Free	—	Apr 23
57	O3	Azure OpenAI	$2.00	$8.00	Frontier	Apr 16
7	Embed V 4.0	Azure OpenAI	$0.120	Free	—	Apr 15
12	mistral-small-2503	Azure OpenAI	$0.100	$0.300	Strong	Mar 17
67	Computer Use Preview	Azure OpenAI	$3.00	$12.00	—	Mar 11
9	Phi-4-mini-instruct	Azure OpenAI	$0.075	$0.300	—	Feb 26
11	Phi-4-mini-reasoning	Azure OpenAI	$0.080	$0.320	—	Feb 26
72	Grok 3	Azure OpenAI	$3.00	$15.00	Frontier	Feb 17
43	O3 Mini	Azure OpenAI	$1.10	$4.40	Strong	Jan 31
2	Ministral 3B	Azure OpenAI	$0.040	$0.040	—	Oct 16
42	O1 Mini	Azure OpenAI	$1.10	$4.40	Strong	Sep 12
15	Phi-3.5-mini-instruct	Azure OpenAI	$0.130	$0.520	—	Aug 21
24	Phi 3.5 MoE Instruct	Azure OpenAI	$0.160	$0.640	—	Aug 21
46	mistral-large-2407	Azure OpenAI	$2.00	$6.00	Frontier	Jul 24
13	mistral-nemo	Azure OpenAI	$0.150	$0.150	Good	Jul 18
25	Phi-3-medium-128k-instruct	Azure OpenAI	$0.170	$0.680	—	May 21
16	Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct	Azure OpenAI	$0.130	$0.520	—	Apr 23

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Frequently Asked Questions

Azure OpenAI offers 174 models tracked on Sector HQ. The cheapest model starts at $0.015 per million tokens (blended rate).