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Azure OpenAIvsOpenRouter

Azure OpenAI vs OpenRouter

Compare pricing across 51 shared models. Azure OpenAI offers 89 models, OpenRouter offers 301.

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51
Shared Models
7
Azure OpenAI Cheaper
3
OpenRouter Cheaper
41
Same Price

Price Comparison — Shared Models

Model ↑Azure OpenAI Input OpenRouter Input Azure OpenAI Output OpenRouter Output Cheaper
Claude Opus 4.6 $5.00 $5.00 $25.00 $25.00Same
Claude Sonnet 4.6 $3.00 $3.00 $15.00 $15.00Same
GPT-3.5 Turbo $0.750 $0.500 $1.00 $1.50Azure OpenAI
GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k $3.00 $3.00 $4.00 $4.00Same
GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct $1.50 $1.50 $2.00 $2.00Same
GPT-4 $30.00 $30.00 $60.00 $60.00Same
GPT-4 Turbo $10.00 $10.00 $30.00 $30.00Same
GPT-4.1 $2.00 $2.00 $8.00 $8.00Same
GPT-4.1 Mini $0.400 $0.400 $1.60 $1.60Same
GPT-4.1 Nano $0.100 $0.100 $0.400 $0.400Same
GPT-4o $2.50 $2.50 $10.00 $10.00Same
GPT-4o-mini $0.150 $0.150 $0.600 $0.600Same
GPT-5 $0.625 $1.25 $5.00 $10.00Azure OpenAI
GPT-5 Chat $1.25 $1.25 $10.00 $10.00Same
GPT-5 Codex $1.25 $1.25 $10.00 $10.00Same
GPT-5 Mini $0.125 $0.250 $1.00 $2.00Azure OpenAI
GPT-5 Nano $0.050 $0.050 $0.400 $0.400Same
GPT-5 Pro $15.00 $15.00 $120.00 $120.00Same
GPT-5.1 $1.25 $1.25 $10.00 $10.00Same
GPT-5.1 Chat $0.625 $1.25 $5.00 $10.00Azure OpenAI
GPT-5.1-Codex $1.25 $1.25 $10.00 $10.00Same
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max $1.25 $1.25 $10.00 $10.00Same
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini $0.250 $0.250 $2.00 $2.00Same
GPT-5.2 $1.75 $1.75 $14.00 $14.00Same
GPT-5.2 Chat $1.75 $1.75 $14.00 $14.00Same
GPT-5.2 Pro $10.50 $21.00 $84.00 $168.00Azure OpenAI
GPT-5.2-Codex $1.75 $1.75 $14.00 $14.00Same
GPT-5.3 Chat $1.75 $1.75 $14.00 $14.00Same
GPT-5.3 Codex $1.75 $1.75 $14.00 $14.00Same
GPT-5.4 $2.50 $2.50 $15.00 $15.00Same
GPT-5.4 Mini $0.750 $0.750 $4.50 $4.50Same
GPT-5.4 Nano $0.200 $0.200 $1.25 $1.25Same
GPT-5.4 Pro $30.00 $30.00 $180.00 $180.00Same
GPT-5.5 Pro $5.00 $30.00 $30.00 $180.00Azure OpenAI
GPT-OSS-120b $0.150 $0.039 $0.600 $0.180OpenRouter
o1 $15.00 $15.00 $60.00 $60.00Same
o1-pro $150.00 $150.00 $600.00 $600.00Same
o3 $2.00 $2.00 $8.00 $8.00Same
o3 Deep Research $10.00 $10.00 $40.00 $40.00Same
o3 Mini $0.550 $1.10 $2.20 $4.40Azure OpenAI
o3 Pro $20.00 $20.00 $80.00 $80.00Same
o4 Mini $1.10 $1.10 $4.40 $4.40Same
openai-gpt-3.5-turbo-0613 $1.00 $1.00 $2.00 $2.00Same
openai-gpt-4-turbo-preview $10.00 $10.00 $30.00 $30.00Same
openai-gpt-4o-2024-05-13 $5.00 $5.00 $15.00 $15.00Same
openai-gpt-4o-2024-08-06 $2.50 $2.50 $10.00 $10.00Same
openai-gpt-4o-2024-11-20 $2.50 $2.50 $10.00 $10.00Same
openai-gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 $0.200 $0.150 $0.600 $0.600OpenRouter
openai-gpt-4o-mini-search-preview $0.150 $0.150 $0.600 $0.600Same
openai-gpt-4o-search-preview $2.50 $2.50 $10.00 $10.00Same
R1 $1.49 $0.700 $5.94 $2.50OpenRouter

Model Coverage

Shared(51)
51
models available on both
Azure OpenAIOpenRouter
85 total301 total
OpenRouterOnly on OpenRouter(250)
Aion 2.0$0.800/M
Aion-1.0$4.00/M
Coder Large$0.500/M
Command A$2.50/M
DeepSeek V3$0.200/M
Gemma 2 27B$0.650/M
Gemma 3 12B$0.050/M
Gemma 3 27B$0.080/M
Gemma 3 4B$0.050/M
Gemma 3n 4B$0.060/M
GLM 4 32B$0.100/M
GLM 4.5$0.600/M
GLM 4.5 Air$0.125/M
GLM 4.5V$0.600/M
GLM 4.6$0.430/M
GLM 4.6V$0.300/M
GLM 4.7$0.400/M
GLM 5$0.600/M
GLM 5.1$0.980/M
GPT-OSS-20b$0.029/M
Grok 4.3$1.25/M
Hermes 4 70B$0.130/M
INTELLECT-3$0.200/M
Kimi K2 0711$0.570/M
Kimi K2.5$0.400/M
Kimi K2.6$0.680/M
LFM2-24B-A2B$0.030/M
Mercury 2$0.250/M
MiMo v2.5$0.140/M
MiniMax M1$0.400/M
MiniMax M2$0.255/M
MiniMax M2.1$0.290/M
MiniMax M2.5$0.150/M
MiniMax M2.7$0.279/M
MiniMax M3$0.300/M
MiniMax-01$0.200/M
Mistral Nemo$0.020/M
MythoMax 13B$0.060/M
Nova 2 Lite$0.300/M
Nova Pro 1.0$0.800/M
openrouter-auto$-1000000.0000/M
openrouter-bodybuilder$-1000000.0000/M
openrouter-pareto-code$-1000000.0000/M
Palmyra X5$0.600/M
Phi 4$0.065/M
Qwen-Plus$0.260/M
Qwen3 14B$0.100/M
Qwen3 32B$0.080/M
Qwen3 8B$0.050/M
Qwen3 Max$0.780/M
Qwen3.5 9B$0.100/M
Qwen3.5 Plus$0.260/M
Qwen3.5-27B$0.195/M
R1 0528$0.500/M
Reka Flash 3$0.100/M
Saba$0.200/M
Seed 1.6$0.250/M
Sonar$1.00/M
Sonar Pro$3.00/M
Trinity Mini$0.045/M
UI-TARS 7B$0.100/M

Full Provider Pricing

Frequently Asked Questions

Azure OpenAI is cheaper on 7 out of 51 shared models. OpenRouter is cheaper on 3 models. 41 models have the same price.
Azure OpenAI and OpenRouter share 51 models. Azure OpenAI has 34 exclusive models, while OpenRouter has 250 exclusive models.
OpenRouter offers 301 models compared to Azure OpenAI's 89. However, model count alone doesn't determine the better provider — consider pricing, latency, and which specific models you need.