Azure OpenAI Service vs Hugging Face Inference pricing

Name: Azure OpenAI Service (LLM APIs)
Brand: Azure OpenAI Service

Verified 2026-10-24 (1 day ago)Source: Azure OpenAI Service: azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cognitive-services/openai-service/, Hugging Face Inference: huggingface.co/pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

These services do not bill on a shared metric, so a like-for-like cost is unlisted.

Cheapest model per service, USD per 1M tokens

Cheapest priced model of each service
Service	Cheapest model	Input	Output	Models listed
Azure OpenAI Service	GPT-5-nano Global	$0.05	$0.40	110
Hugging Face Inference	plan pricing	unlisted	unlisted	n/a

Every model

Every model of both services, USD per 1M tokens
Model	Service	Input	Output
GPT-5-nano Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.05	$0.40
GPT-5-nano Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.06	$0.44
GPT-6 Luna (short context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.10	$0.50
GPT-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.10	$0.40
GPT-6 Luna (short context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.11	$0.55
GPT-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.11	$0.44
GPT-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.11	$0.44
gpt-oss-120b	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.15	$0.60
GPT-4o-Mini-Audio-Preview-2024-12-17-Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.15	$0.60
GPT-4o-mini-0718 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.15	$0.60
GPT-4o-Mini-Audio-Preview-2024-12-17-US/EU – Data Zones	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.165	$0.66
GPT-4o-Mini-Audio-Preview-2024-12-17-Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.165	$0.66
GPT-4o-mini-0718 US/EU – Data Zones	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.165	$0.66
GPT-4o-mini-0718 Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.165	$0.66
GPT-6 Luna (long context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.20	$0.75
GPT-5.6-luna (short context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.20	$1.20
GPT-5.4 nano Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.20	$1.25
GPT-6 Luna (long context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.22	$0.825
GPT-5.6-luna (short context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.22	$1.32
GPT-5.1-codex-mini Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.25	$2
GPT-5-mini Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.25	$2
GPT-5-mini Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.28	$2.20
GPT-5.6-luna (long context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.40	$1.80
GPT-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.40	$1.60
GPT-5.6-luna (long context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.44	$1.98
GPT-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.44	$1.76
GPT-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.44	$1.76
GPT-5.4 mini Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.75	$4.50
GPT-5.4 mini Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$0.83	$4.95
o4-mini 2025-04-16 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.10	$4.40
o3 mini 2025-01-31 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.10	$4.40
o1-mini 2024-09-12 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.10	$4.40
o4-mini 2025-04-16 Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.21	$4.84
o4-mini 2025-04-16 Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.21	$4.84
o3 mini 2025-01-31-US/EU – Data Zones	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.21	$4.84
o3 mini 2025-01-31 Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.21	$4.84
o1-mini 2024-09-12 US/EU – Data Zones	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.21	$4.84
o1-mini 2024-09-12 Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.21	$4.84
GPT-5.1 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.25	$10
GPT-5.1-chat Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.25	$10
GPT-5.1-codex Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.25	$10
GPT-5.1-codex-max Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.25	$10
GPT-5 2025-08-07 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.25	$10
GPT-5 Codex Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.25	$10
GPT-5 chat Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.25	$10
GPT-5.1 Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.38	$11
GPT-5 Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.38	$11
GPT-5.3 Codex Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.75	$14
GPT-5.3 Chat Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.75	$14
GPT-5.2 Codex Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.75	$14
GPT-5.2 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.75	$14
GPT-5.2-chat latest Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.75	$14
GPT-5.2 Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.93	$15.40
GPT-5.2-chat Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$1.93	$15.40
GPT-6.1 Sol (short context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$2	$10
GPT-6 Sol (short context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$2	$10
GPT-5.6-terra (short context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$2	$12
o3 2025-04-16 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$2	$8
GPT-4.1-2025-04-14 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$2	$8
GPT-6.1 Sol (short context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.20	$11
GPT-6 Sol (short context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.20	$11
GPT-5.6-terra (short context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.20	$13.20
o3 2025-04-16 Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.20	$8.80
o3 2025-04-16 Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.20	$8.80
GPT-4.1-2025-04-14 Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.20	$8.80
GPT-4.1-2025-04-14 Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.20	$8.80
GPT-5.4 (<272k context length) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.50	$15
GPT-4o-Audio-Preview-2024-12-17-Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.50	$10
GPT-4o-2024-1120 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.50	$10
GPT-4o-2024-08-06 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.50	$10
GPT-5.4 (<272k context length) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.75	$16.50
GPT-4o-Audio-Preview-2024-12-17-US/EU – Data Zones	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.75	$11
GPT-4o-Audio-Preview-2024-12-17-Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.75	$11
GPT-4o-2024-1120 US/EU – Data Zones	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.75	$11
GPT-4o-2024-1120 Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.75	$11
GPT-4o-2024-08-06 US/EU – Data Zones	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.75	$11
GPT-4o-2024-08-06 Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$2.75	$11
computer-use-preview Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$3	$12
GPT-6.1 Sol (long context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$4	$15
GPT-6 Sol (long context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$4	$15
GPT-5.6-sol (short context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$4	$20
GPT-5.6-terra (long context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$4	$18
GPT-6.1 Sol (long context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$4.40	$16.50
GPT-6 Sol (long context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$4.40	$16.50
GPT-5.6-sol (short context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$4.40	$22
GPT-5.6-terra (long context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$4.40	$19.80
GPT-Chat Latest 08062026 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$5	$30
GPT-5.5 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$5	$30
GPT-5.4 (>272k context length) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$5	$22.50
GPT-4o-2024-0513 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$5	$15
GPT-Chat Latest 07012026 Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$5.50	$33
GPT-5.5 Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$5.50	$33
GPT-4o-2024-0513 US/EU – Data Zones	Azure OpenAI Service	$5.50	$16.50
GPT-4o-2024-0513 Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$5.50	$16.50
GPT-5.6-sol (long context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$8	$30
GPT-5.6-sol (long context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$8.80	$33
GPT-6 Astra (short context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$10	$50
GPT-5.5 Long Context Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$10	$45
o3-deep research Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$10	$40
GPT-6 Astra (short context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$11	$55
GPT-5.5 Long Context Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$11	$49.50
GPT-5 Pro Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$15	$120
o1 2024-12-17 Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$15	$60
o1 2024-12-17 US/EU – Data Zones	Azure OpenAI Service	$16.50	$66
o1 2024-12-17 Regional	Azure OpenAI Service	$16.50	$66
o1 preview 2024-09-12 US/EU – Data Zones	Azure OpenAI Service	$16.50	$66
GPT-6 Astra (long context) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$20	$75
GPT-6 Astra (long context) Data Zone	Azure OpenAI Service	$22	$82.50
GPT-5.4 Pro (<272k context length) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$30	$180
GPT-5.4 Pro (>272k context length) Global	Azure OpenAI Service	$60	$270

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 Hugging Face Inference aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
Position	Azure OpenAI Service	Hugging Face Inference
Free	no tier	no tier
Entry	no tier	$9 / moPRO Account
Mid	no tier	$20 / moTeam
Top	no tier	$50 / moEnterprise

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
Measure	Azure OpenAI Service	Hugging Face Inference
Tightest limit	unlisted	unlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

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