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Azure OpenAI Service vs Google Gemini API pricing

Verified 2026-10-24 (1 day ago)Source: Azure OpenAI Service: azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cognitive-services/openai-service/, Google Gemini API: ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

Monthly cost of Azure OpenAI Service and Google Gemini API at three volumes and at your own
VolumeAzure OpenAI ServiceGoogle Gemini API
small1M input, 200K output$0.13 / moGPT-5-nano Global$0.18 / moGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
growing50M input, 10M output$6.50 / moGPT-5-nano Global$9 / moGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
scale1B input, 200M output$130 / moGPT-5-nano Global$180 / moGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
your volumeset above$6.50 / moGPT-5-nano Global$9 / moGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Each cell is the cheapest feasible plan, or the chosen model, at that volume, from the shared Overage cost function. "Cheapest model" only considers models with both an input and an output price listed. Volumes are example scenarios you can edit.

Cheapest model per service, USD per 1M tokens

Cheapest priced model of each service
ServiceCheapest modelInputOutputModels listed
Azure OpenAI ServiceGPT-5-nano Global$0.05$0.40110
Google Gemini APIGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite$0.10$0.4037

Every model

Every model of both services, USD per 1M tokens
ModelServiceInputOutput
GPT-5-nano GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.05$0.40
GPT-5-nano Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$0.06$0.44
GPT-6 Luna (short context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.10$0.50
GPT-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.10$0.40
GPT-6 Luna (short context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$0.11$0.55
GPT-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$0.11$0.44
GPT-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$0.11$0.44
gpt-oss-120bAzure OpenAI Service$0.15$0.60
GPT-4o-Mini-Audio-Preview-2024-12-17-GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.15$0.60
GPT-4o-mini-0718 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.15$0.60
GPT-4o-Mini-Audio-Preview-2024-12-17-US/EU – Data ZonesAzure OpenAI Service$0.165$0.66
GPT-4o-Mini-Audio-Preview-2024-12-17-RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$0.165$0.66
GPT-4o-mini-0718 US/EU – Data ZonesAzure OpenAI Service$0.165$0.66
GPT-4o-mini-0718 RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$0.165$0.66
GPT-6 Luna (long context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.20$0.75
GPT-5.6-luna (short context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.20$1.20
GPT-5.4 nano GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.20$1.25
GPT-6 Luna (long context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$0.22$0.825
GPT-5.6-luna (short context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$0.22$1.32
GPT-5.1-codex-mini GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.25$2
GPT-5-mini GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.25$2
GPT-5-mini Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$0.28$2.20
GPT-5.6-luna (long context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.40$1.80
GPT-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.40$1.60
GPT-5.6-luna (long context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$0.44$1.98
GPT-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$0.44$1.76
GPT-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$0.44$1.76
GPT-5.4 mini GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$0.75$4.50
GPT-5.4 mini Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$0.83$4.95
o4-mini 2025-04-16 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.10$4.40
o3 mini 2025-01-31 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.10$4.40
o1-mini 2024-09-12 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.10$4.40
o4-mini 2025-04-16 Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$1.21$4.84
o4-mini 2025-04-16 RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$1.21$4.84
o3 mini 2025-01-31-US/EU – Data ZonesAzure OpenAI Service$1.21$4.84
o3 mini 2025-01-31 RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$1.21$4.84
o1-mini 2024-09-12 US/EU – Data ZonesAzure OpenAI Service$1.21$4.84
o1-mini 2024-09-12 RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$1.21$4.84
GPT-5.1 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.25$10
GPT-5.1-chat GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.25$10
GPT-5.1-codex GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.25$10
GPT-5.1-codex-max GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.25$10
GPT-5 2025-08-07 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.25$10
GPT-5 Codex GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.25$10
GPT-5 chat GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.25$10
GPT-5.1 Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$1.38$11
GPT-5 Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$1.38$11
GPT-5.3 Codex GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.75$14
GPT-5.3 Chat GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.75$14
GPT-5.2 Codex GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.75$14
GPT-5.2 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.75$14
GPT-5.2-chat latest GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$1.75$14
GPT-5.2 Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$1.93$15.40
GPT-5.2-chat Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$1.93$15.40
GPT-6.1 Sol (short context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$2$10
GPT-6 Sol (short context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$2$10
GPT-5.6-terra (short context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$2$12
o3 2025-04-16 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$2$8
GPT-4.1-2025-04-14 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$2$8
GPT-6.1 Sol (short context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$2.20$11
GPT-6 Sol (short context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$2.20$11
GPT-5.6-terra (short context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$2.20$13.20
o3 2025-04-16 Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$2.20$8.80
o3 2025-04-16 RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$2.20$8.80
GPT-4.1-2025-04-14 Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$2.20$8.80
GPT-4.1-2025-04-14 RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$2.20$8.80
GPT-5.4 (<272k context length) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$2.50$15
GPT-4o-Audio-Preview-2024-12-17-GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$2.50$10
GPT-4o-2024-1120 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$2.50$10
GPT-4o-2024-08-06 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$2.50$10
GPT-5.4 (<272k context length) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$2.75$16.50
GPT-4o-Audio-Preview-2024-12-17-US/EU – Data ZonesAzure OpenAI Service$2.75$11
GPT-4o-Audio-Preview-2024-12-17-RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$2.75$11
GPT-4o-2024-1120 US/EU – Data ZonesAzure OpenAI Service$2.75$11
GPT-4o-2024-1120 RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$2.75$11
GPT-4o-2024-08-06 US/EU – Data ZonesAzure OpenAI Service$2.75$11
GPT-4o-2024-08-06 RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$2.75$11
computer-use-preview GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$3$12
GPT-6.1 Sol (long context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$4$15
GPT-6 Sol (long context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$4$15
GPT-5.6-sol (short context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$4$20
GPT-5.6-terra (long context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$4$18
GPT-6.1 Sol (long context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$4.40$16.50
GPT-6 Sol (long context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$4.40$16.50
GPT-5.6-sol (short context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$4.40$22
GPT-5.6-terra (long context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$4.40$19.80
GPT-Chat Latest 08062026 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$5$30
GPT-5.5 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$5$30
GPT-5.4 (>272k context length) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$5$22.50
GPT-4o-2024-0513 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$5$15
GPT-Chat Latest 07012026 Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$5.50$33
GPT-5.5 Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$5.50$33
GPT-4o-2024-0513 US/EU – Data ZonesAzure OpenAI Service$5.50$16.50
GPT-4o-2024-0513 RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$5.50$16.50
GPT-5.6-sol (long context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$8$30
GPT-5.6-sol (long context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$8.80$33
GPT-6 Astra (short context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$10$50
GPT-5.5 Long Context GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$10$45
o3-deep research GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$10$40
GPT-6 Astra (short context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$11$55
GPT-5.5 Long Context Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$11$49.50
GPT-5 Pro GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$15$120
o1 2024-12-17 GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$15$60
o1 2024-12-17 US/EU – Data ZonesAzure OpenAI Service$16.50$66
o1 2024-12-17 RegionalAzure OpenAI Service$16.50$66
o1 preview 2024-09-12 US/EU – Data ZonesAzure OpenAI Service$16.50$66
GPT-6 Astra (long context) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$20$75
GPT-6 Astra (long context) Data ZoneAzure OpenAI Service$22$82.50
GPT-5.4 Pro (<272k context length) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$30$180
GPT-5.4 Pro (>272k context length) GlobalAzure OpenAI Service$60$270
Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGoogle Gemini API$0.10$0.40
Gemini Embedding 2Google Gemini API$0.20unlisted
Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteGoogle Gemini API$0.25$1.50
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image (Nano Banana 2 Lite)Google Gemini API$0.25$1.50
Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle Gemini API$0.30$2.50
Gemini 3.8 Flash (Flex)Google Gemini API$0.375$1.875
Gemini 3.6 Flash (Flex)Google Gemini API$0.375$1.875
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image (Nano Banana 2)Google Gemini API$0.50$3
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSGoogle Gemini API$0.50unlisted
Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTSGoogle Gemini API$0.50unlisted
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle Gemini API$0.50$3
Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio (Live API)Google Gemini API$0.50$2
Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview TTSGoogle Gemini API$0.50unlisted
Gemini 3.8 Flash (Standard)Google Gemini API$0.75$3.75
Gemini 3.6 Flash (Standard)Google Gemini API$0.75$3.75
Gemini 3.8 LiveGoogle Gemini API$0.75$4.50
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended ThinkingGoogle Gemini API$0.75$4.50
Gemini 3.1 Flash Live PreviewGoogle Gemini API$0.75$4.50
Gemini 4 Argon (Flex)Google Gemini API$1$5
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS PreviewGoogle Gemini API$1unlisted
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview TTSGoogle Gemini API$1unlisted
Gemini Robotics ER 2 PreviewGoogle Gemini API$1$5
Gemini Robotics ER 2 Streaming PreviewGoogle Gemini API$1$5
Gemini 2.5 Pro (prompt <=200k tokens)Google Gemini API$1.25$10
Gemini 3.8 Flash (Priority)Google Gemini API$1.35$6.75
Gemini 3.6 Flash (Priority)Google Gemini API$1.35$6.75
Gemini Omni FlashGoogle Gemini API$1.50$9
Gemini Nano Banana 2.1Google Gemini API$1.50$7.50
Gemini 4 Argon (Standard)Google Gemini API$2$10
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (prompt <=200K tokens)Google Gemini API$2$12
Gemini 2.5 Pro (prompt >200k tokens)Google Gemini API$2.50$15
Gemini 4 Argon (Priority)Google Gemini API$3.60$18
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (prompt >200K tokens)Google Gemini API$4$18
Gemini 4 Argon (Batch)Google Gemini APIunlistedunlisted
Gemini 3.8 Flash (Batch)Google Gemini APIunlistedunlisted
Gemini 3.6 Flash (Batch)Google Gemini APIunlistedunlisted
Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro)Google Gemini APIunlisted$12

Models are compared by name and price, never by position. Pick one model per service, or "Cheapest model", in the cost table above.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of Azure OpenAI Service and Google Gemini API aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
PositionAzure OpenAI ServiceGoogle Gemini API
Freeno tier$0 / moFree
Entryno tierContact salesEnterprise
Midno tierno tier
Topno tierno tier

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
MeasureAzure OpenAI ServiceGoogle Gemini API
Tightest limitunlistedunlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.