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Azure OpenAI vs Gemini API pricing

Azure OpenAI is cheaper to start: $0.1 per million input tokens, $0.5 per million output, global against $0.25 per million input tokens, $1.5 per million output for Gemini API. Azure OpenAI has changed its listed prices 4 times since 2023. Gemini API has not changed its listed prices since 2026.

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Azure OpenAI vs Gemini API at a glance

Current list prices as last read from each pricing page.

Azure OpenAI

Full analysis
Starts at
$0.1 per million input tokens, $0.5 per million output, globalGPT-6 Luna, USD per million tokens, standard global deployment (regional and Data Zone before global existed)
Top listed plan
$10 per million input tokens, $50 per million output, globalGPT-6 Astra
Priced by
Usage based
Free plan
Not recorded
Price history
since 2023
Price changes
4

Gemini API

Full analysis
Starts at
$0.25 per million input tokens, $1.5 per million outputGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, USD per million tokens, paid tier, prompts up to 200K tokens
Top listed plan
$2 per million input tokens, $12 per million output for prompts up to 200K tokensGemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Priced by
Usage based
Free plan
Yes
Price history
since 2026
Price changes
none

Azure OpenAI vs Gemini API price history

Both histories on one chart. The default line is each product's cheapest paid plan.

$0.02$0.05$0.10$0.20$0.50$1$2202420252026$0.75 Gemini API Gemini 3.8 Flash, input$0.10 Azure OpenAI Cheapest model, input
Azure OpenAI: USD per million tokens, standard global deployment (regional and Data Zone before global existed). Gemini API: USD per million tokens, paid tier, prompts up to 200K tokens. Click a legend entry to add or hide a plan. Log scale.
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ObservedAzure OpenAI Cheapest model, inputGemini API Gemini 3.8 Flash, input
Oct 20, 2023$1.50
Jan 5, 2024$1
May 19, 2024$0.50
Aug 1, 2024$0.15
Aug 1, 2025$0.05
Nov 1, 2025$0.05
Aug 1, 2026$0.20
Sep 1, 2026$0.10
Sep 21, 2026$0.75
Oct 3, 2026$0.10$0.75

Plans side by side

Every plan currently listed, with the price it started at where we have it.

Azure OpenAIUSD per million tokens, standard global deployment (regional and Data Zone before global existed)

PlanPriceListed since
Flagship model, input$10was $30 in 2023Oct 2023
Flagship model, output$50was $60 in 2023Oct 2023
Cheapest model, input$0.10was $1.50 in 2023Oct 2023
Cheapest model, output$0.50was $2 in 2023Oct 2023

Gemini APIUSD per million tokens, paid tier, prompts up to 200K tokens

PlanPriceListed since
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, input$2Sep 2026
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, output$12Sep 2026
Gemini 3.8 Flash, input$0.75Sep 2026
Gemini 3.8 Flash, output$3.75Sep 2026

What changed, and when

Every dated price move we have on record for either product, newest first.

  1. Sep 2026Azure OpenAI changed its plans and prices. Flagship model, input went from $5 to $10 (+100%). Flagship model, output went from $30 to $50 (+67%). Cheapest model, input went from $0.20 to $0.10 (-50%). Cheapest model, output went from $1.20 to $0.50 (-58%).
  2. Aug 2026Azure OpenAI raised the Cheapest model input and output prices. Cheapest model, input went from $0.05 to $0.20 (+300%). Cheapest model, output went from $0.40 to $1.20 (+200%).
  3. May 2026Azure OpenAI raised the Flagship model input and output prices. Flagship model, input went from $1.75 to $5 (+186%). Flagship model, output went from $14 to $30 (+114%).
  4. Dec 2025Azure OpenAI raised the Flagship model input and output prices. Flagship model, input went from $1.25 to $1.75 (+40%). Flagship model, output went from $10 to $14 (+40%).
  5. Aug 2025Azure OpenAI cut the Flagship model input and Cheapest model input and output prices. Flagship model, input went from $2.50 to $1.25 (-50%). Cheapest model, input went from $0.15 to $0.05 (-67%). Cheapest model, output went from $0.60 to $0.40 (-33%).
  6. Nov 2024Azure OpenAI cut the Flagship model input and output prices. Flagship model, input went from $5 to $2.50 (-50%). Flagship model, output went from $15 to $10 (-33%).
  7. Aug 2024Azure OpenAI cut the Flagship model input and output and Cheapest model input and output prices. Flagship model, input went from $10 to $5 (-50%). Flagship model, output went from $30 to $15 (-50%). Cheapest model, input went from $0.50 to $0.15 (-70%). Cheapest model, output went from $1.50 to $0.60 (-60%).
  8. May 2024Azure OpenAI cut the Cheapest model input and output prices. Cheapest model, input went from $1 to $0.50 (-50%). Cheapest model, output went from $2 to $1.50 (-25%).
  9. Jan 2024Azure OpenAI cut the Flagship model input and output and Cheapest model input prices. Flagship model, input went from $30 to $10 (-67%). Flagship model, output went from $60 to $30 (-50%). Cheapest model, input went from $1.50 to $1 (-33%).

Azure OpenAI vs Gemini API pricing questions

Is Azure OpenAI or Gemini API cheaper?
Azure OpenAI starts lower at $0.1 per million input tokens, $0.5 per million output, global, Gemini API at $0.25 per million input tokens, $1.5 per million output. Prices are as shown on each pricing page when it was last read.
Has Azure OpenAI or Gemini API raised prices?
Azure OpenAI: Flagship model, input has been listed since Oct 2023, starting at $30. It came down to $10 by Jan 2024 (-67%), then came down to $5 by Aug 2024 (-50%), then came down to $2.50 by Nov 2024 (-50%), then came down to $1.25 by Aug 2025 (-50%), then went up to $1.75 by Dec 2025 (+40%), then went up to $5 by May 2026 (+186%), and finally went up to $10 by Sep 2026 (+100%). Flagship model, output has been listed since Oct 2023, starting at $60. It came down to $30 by Jan 2024 (-50%), then came down to $15 by Aug 2024 (-50%), then came down to $10 by Nov 2024 (-33%), then went up to $14 by Dec 2025 (+40%), then went up to $30 by May 2026 (+114%), and finally went up to $50 by Sep 2026 (+67%). Cheapest model, input has been listed since Oct 2023, starting at $1.50. It came down to $1 by Jan 2024 (-33%), then came down to $0.50 by May 2024 (-50%), then came down to $0.15 by Aug 2024 (-70%), then came down to $0.05 by Aug 2025 (-67%), then went up to $0.20 by Aug 2026 (+300%), and finally came down to $0.10 by Sep 2026 (-50%). Cheapest model, output has been listed since Oct 2023, starting at $2. It came down to $1.50 by May 2024 (-25%), then came down to $0.60 by Aug 2024 (-60%), then came down to $0.40 by Aug 2025 (-33%), then went up to $1.20 by Aug 2026 (+200%), and finally came down to $0.50 by Sep 2026 (-58%). Gemini API has not changed its listed prices since 2026.
Do Azure OpenAI and Gemini API have a free plan?
Gemini API lists a free plan. We have not recorded one for Azure OpenAI.
How are Azure OpenAI and Gemini API priced?
Azure OpenAI: usage based, USD per million tokens, standard global deployment (regional and Data Zone before global existed). Gemini API: usage based, USD per million tokens, paid tier, prompts up to 200K tokens.

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