Azure OpenAI Free Tier
Azure offers $200 in free credits for new accounts that can be used for Azure OpenAI Service. Requires an Azure subscription.
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Free Tier Details
Azure Free Credits$200 for new accounts (30 days)
Free Tier AfterSelect services free for 12 months
Models AvailableGPT-4o, GPT-4, o1, DALL-E, Whisper
Credit Card RequiredYes (Azure account required)
Azure OpenAI requires a separate access application. Enterprise customers can negotiate significant discounts through reserved capacity (PTUs) with up to 70% savings.
Cheapest Paid Models on Azure OpenAI
When you need more than the free tier, these are the most affordable options.
| Model | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| openai-text-embedding-ada-002-v2 | — | $0.050 | $0.00 |
| openai-text-embedding-ada-002 | — | $0.050 | $0.00 |
| GPT-5 Nano | 400K | $0.050 | $0.400 |
| openai-gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 | — | $0.075 | $0.300 |
| GPT-4.1 Nano | 1048K | $0.100 | $0.400 |
| openai-gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 | — | $0.125 | $1.00 |
| GPT-4o-mini | 128K | $0.150 | $0.600 |
| openai-gpt-4o-mini-0718 | — | $0.150 | $0.600 |
| GPT-OSS-120b | 131K | $0.150 | $0.600 |
| openai-gpt-4o-mini-search-preview | — | $0.150 | $0.600 |
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