Inference provider · Microsoft
Azure
Microsoft’s cloud model platform. An inference provider listed on OpenRouter. Its prices here are the ones OpenRouter’s public API reported for its endpoints.
Prices reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot · third-party-reported, not measured by Agent
Where its price sits
11 of 11models where its price is the cheapest, ties included
Models with two or more standard-tier providers. Ties included in “cheapest”; a calculation on reported prices, 3 input : 1 output tokens. Not a score.
At a glance
13
models in the index (of 27)
Listed under Azure
1x
median price vs the cheapest provider of the same model
Calculation · n = 11 models with 2 or more providers
100%
median uptime over the last day, as reported
n = 13 endpoints; reported, not measured
Not reported
latency and throughput
The keyless API returned latency for 0 of 265 endpoints. Gateway delay is not measured: no key in the environment.
Its price vs every other provider
Its cheapest standard-tier endpoint per model, against every other provider of that model. Switch the price type; select another provider to pin it instead. Blended price, position and “vs cheapest” are calculations on the reported prices. A cheaper endpoint can run lower precision or a shorter context.
Pinned Azure: on 11 of 13 rows
- Claude Haiku 4.5
- Claude Sonnet 5
- Claude Sonnet 5.5
- Claude Opus 4.8
- Claude Opus 5
- Claude Opus 5.5
- Claude Fable 5.1
- GPT-6 Sol
- GPT-6 Luna
- GPT-6 Astra
- GPT-5.5
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
- one provider (blended: a calculation, hollow)
- first-party list price
| Model | Input · output $/M | Blended $/M | Position | vs cheapest | Uptime, last day | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $1.00 · $5.00 | $2.00 | tied cheapest of 4 | 1x | 100% | not reported |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | $2.00 · $10.00 | $4.00 | tied cheapest of 5 | 1x | 100% | not reported |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $2.00 · $10.00 | $4.00 | tied cheapest of 5 | 1x | 100% | not reported |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | $5.00 · $25.00 | $10.00 | tied cheapest of 5 | 1x | 98% | not reported |
| Claude Opus 5 | $5.00 · $25.00 | $10.00 | tied cheapest of 5 | 1x | 100% | not reported |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $4.00 · $20.00 | $8.00 | tied cheapest of 5 | 1x | 100% | not reported |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | $10.00 · $50.00 | $20.00 | tied cheapest of 4 | 1x | 99% | not reported |
| GPT-6 Sol | $2.00 · $10.00 | $4.00 | tied cheapest of 2 | 1x | 100% | not reported |
| GPT-6 Luna | $0.10 · $0.50 | $0.20 | tied cheapest of 2 | 1x | 100% | not reported |
| GPT-6 Astra | $10.00 · $50.00 | $20.00 | tied cheapest of 2 | 1x | 100% | not reported |
| GPT-5.5 | $5.00 · $30.00 | $11.25 | tied cheapest of 2 | 1x | 100% | not reported |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423regional tier only | $1.91 · $3.83 | $2.39 | no standard-tier endpoint | — | 99% | not reported |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423regional tier only | $0.21 · $0.56 | $0.2975 | no standard-tier endpoint | — | 95% | not reported |
Third-party reported values. 71 listings, 4 series: Blended 3:1, Input, Output, Cache read. Blended 3:1: highest Claude Fable 5.1 · Amazon Bedrock $20.00 (n 4). Lowest DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 · StreamLake (fp8) $0.053 (n 15). Input: highest Claude Fable 5.1 · Amazon Bedrock $10.00 (n 4). Lowest DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 · Relace (fp4) $0.012 (n 15).
Notesn 2–15 per row
One row per model it serves; Azure is pinned in color, every other provider is gray. USD per million tokens, snapshot 2026-10-06.
Prices reported by OpenRouter’s public API (third-party-reported, not measured by Agent). One dot per provider: its cheapest standard-tier endpoint. The diamond is the first-party list price. Spread: highest ÷ lowest price of the row. A parenthesis names the quantization the provider reported. n = providers with a standard-tier endpoint.
Source: OpenRouter public API: models and provider endpoints (snapshot)
Price per provider: Claude Haiku 4.5
Reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot October 6, 2026. Third-party-reported prices, not measured by Agent.
4 providers with a standard-tier endpoint · all 4 providers report the same price ($2.00 blended) · showing 4 of 4 rows
Input
Output
Cache read
- one provider (reported price, USD per million tokens, log scale per strip)
- first-party list price
| vs cheapest | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Bedrock | not reported | 200k | $1.00 | $5.00 | $0.10 | $2.00 | 100% | 1x |
| Anthropic | not reported | 200k | $1.00 | $5.00 | $0.10 | $2.00 | 100% | 1x |
| Azure | not reported | 200k | $1.00 | $5.00 | $0.10 | $2.00 | 100% | 1x |
| Google Vertex | not reported | 200k | $1.00 | $5.00 | $0.10 | $2.00 | 100% | 1x |
Blended price and “vs cheapest” are calculations on the reported prices (3 input : 1 output tokens), against the cheapest standard-tier provider. A lower price can come with lower precision (fp4, fp8) or a shorter context. Uptime is what the API reported for the last day; the API reported no latency or throughput.
Every value from the study
Each row is one of its prices on its own track, with the other providers of the same chart as muted dots (33 values). Reported prices, not measured. Use Table for the plain values; each row links to the chart it copies.
| Metric | Value | Interval or range | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5: price per million tokens by provider (Input) | $1.00 | — | Claude Haiku 4.5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5: price per million tokens by provider (Output) | $5.00 | — | Claude Haiku 4.5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5: price per million tokens by provider (Cache read) | $0.10 | — | Claude Haiku 4.5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Sonnet 5: price per million tokens by provider (Input) | $2.00 | — | Claude Sonnet 5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Sonnet 5: price per million tokens by provider (Output) | $10.00 | — | Claude Sonnet 5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Sonnet 5: price per million tokens by provider (Cache read) | $0.20 | — | Claude Sonnet 5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5: price per million tokens by provider (Input) | $2.00 | — | Claude Sonnet 5.5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5: price per million tokens by provider (Output) | $10.00 | — | Claude Sonnet 5.5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5: price per million tokens by provider (Cache read) | $0.20 | — | Claude Sonnet 5.5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Opus 4.8: price per million tokens by provider (Input) | $5.00 | — | Claude Opus 4.8 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Opus 4.8: price per million tokens by provider (Output) | $25.00 | — | Claude Opus 4.8 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Opus 4.8: price per million tokens by provider (Cache read) | $0.50 | — | Claude Opus 4.8 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Opus 5: price per million tokens by provider (Input) | $5.00 | — | Claude Opus 5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Opus 5: price per million tokens by provider (Output) | $25.00 | — | Claude Opus 5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Opus 5: price per million tokens by provider (Cache read) | $0.50 | — | Claude Opus 5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Opus 5.5: price per million tokens by provider (Input) | $4.00 | — | Claude Opus 5.5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Opus 5.5: price per million tokens by provider (Output) | $20.00 | — | Claude Opus 5.5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Opus 5.5: price per million tokens by provider (Cache read) | $0.20 | — | Claude Opus 5.5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Fable 5.1: price per million tokens by provider (Input) | $10.00 | — | Claude Fable 5.1 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Fable 5.1: price per million tokens by provider (Output) | $50.00 | — | Claude Fable 5.1 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| Claude Fable 5.1: price per million tokens by provider (Cache read) | $0.25 | — | Claude Fable 5.1 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| GPT-6 Sol: price per million tokens by provider (Input) | $2.00 | — | GPT-6 Sol · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| GPT-6 Sol: price per million tokens by provider (Output) | $10.00 | — | GPT-6 Sol · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| GPT-6 Sol: price per million tokens by provider (Cache read) | $0.20 | — | GPT-6 Sol · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| GPT-6 Luna: price per million tokens by provider (Input) | $0.10 | — | GPT-6 Luna · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| GPT-6 Luna: price per million tokens by provider (Output) | $0.50 | — | GPT-6 Luna · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| GPT-6 Luna: price per million tokens by provider (Cache read) | $0.010 | — | GPT-6 Luna · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| GPT-6 Astra: price per million tokens by provider (Input) | $10.00 | — | GPT-6 Astra · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| GPT-6 Astra: price per million tokens by provider (Output) | $50.00 | — | GPT-6 Astra · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| GPT-6 Astra: price per million tokens by provider (Cache read) | $1.00 | — | GPT-6 Astra · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| GPT-5.5: price per million tokens by provider (Input) | $5.00 | — | GPT-5.5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| GPT-5.5: price per million tokens by provider (Output) | $30.00 | — | GPT-5.5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
| GPT-5.5: price per million tokens by provider (Cache read) | $0.50 | — | GPT-5.5 · reported by OpenRouter’s public API, snapshot 2026-10-06 |
Reported by OpenRouter’s public API, not measured by AgentMuted dots: the other providers on the same chartUSD per million tokens
Azure in Inference provider index: 27 models, 52 providers: 33 values, first Claude Haiku 4.5: price per million tokens by provider (Input) $1.00.
Compare Azure
Price rows state the gap and name no winner: a reported price has no interval.
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