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Azure OpenAIvsOpenRouter

Azure OpenAI vs OpenRouter

Compare pricing across 54 shared models. Azure OpenAI offers 87 models, OpenRouter offers 314.

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54
Shared Models
8
Azure OpenAI Cheaper
3
OpenRouter Cheaper
43
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 $0.200 $0.400 $0.800 $1.60Azure OpenAI
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 $0.250 $0.250 $2.00 $2.00Same
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-OSS-120b $0.150 $0.039 $0.600 $0.190OpenRouter
Grok 3 $3.00 $3.00 $15.00 $15.00Same
Grok 3 Mini $0.250 $0.300 $1.27 $0.500OpenRouter
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 $1.10 $1.10 $4.40 $4.40Same
o3 Pro $20.00 $20.00 $80.00 $80.00Same
o4 Mini $0.550 $1.10 $2.20 $4.40Azure OpenAI
openai-gpt-3.5-turbo-0613 $1.00 $1.00 $2.00 $2.00Same
openai-gpt-4-0314 $15.00 $30.00 $30.00 $60.00Azure OpenAI
openai-gpt-4-1106-preview $10.00 $10.00 $30.00 $30.00Same
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 $0.075 $0.150 $0.300 $0.600Azure OpenAI
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(54)
54
models available on both
Azure OpenAIOpenRouter
83 total314 total
OpenRouterOnly on OpenRouter(260)
Aion 2.0$0.800/M
Aion-1.0$4.00/M
Coder Large$0.500/M
Command A$2.50/M
DeepSeek V3$0.320/M
Gemma 2 27B$0.650/M
Gemma 3 12B$0.040/M
Gemma 3 27B$0.080/M
Gemma 3 4B$0.040/M
Gemma 3n 4B$0.060/M
GLM 4 32B$0.100/M
GLM 4.5$0.600/M
GLM 4.5 Air$0.130/M
GLM 4.5V$0.600/M
GLM 4.6$0.390/M
GLM 4.6V$0.300/M
GLM 4.7$0.380/M
GLM 5$0.600/M
GLM 5.1$1.05/M
GPT-OSS-20b$0.030/M
Grok 4$3.00/M
Grok 4 Fast$0.200/M
Hermes 4 70B$0.130/M
INTELLECT-3$0.200/M
Kimi K2 0711$0.570/M
Kimi K2.5$0.440/M
LFM2-24B-A2B$0.030/M
Mercury 2$0.250/M
MiMo v2 Omni$0.400/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$0.300/M
MiniMax-01$0.200/M
Mistral Nemo$0.010/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
Palmyra X5$0.600/M
Phi 4$0.065/M
Qwen VL Max$0.520/M
Qwen VL Plus$0.137/M
Qwen-Max$1.04/M
Qwen-Plus$0.260/M
Qwen-Turbo$0.033/M
Qwen3 14B$0.060/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
QwQ 32B$0.150/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
Spotlight$0.180/M
Trinity Mini$0.045/M
UI-TARS 7B$0.100/M

Full Provider Pricing

Frequently Asked Questions

Azure OpenAI is cheaper on 8 out of 54 shared models. OpenRouter is cheaper on 3 models. 43 models have the same price.
Azure OpenAI and OpenRouter share 54 models. Azure OpenAI has 29 exclusive models, while OpenRouter has 260 exclusive models.
OpenRouter offers 314 models compared to Azure OpenAI's 87. However, model count alone doesn't determine the better provider — consider pricing, latency, and which specific models you need.