Azure OpenAI
Listed at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/openai-service
Overall Rank #2 ⭐⭐⭐ Highly Recommended
⚠️ Available via 21Vianet (restricted model set) | 🌍 International
💰 Token Pricing
| Type | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Input | GPT-4o: $2.50/M, GPT-4o-mini: $0.15/M, o1: $15/M, o3: $10/M | per million tokens |
| Output | GPT-4o: $10/M, GPT-4o-mini: $0.60/M, o1: $60/M, o3: $40/M | per million tokens |
💡 Free Credits:
🤖 Supported Models (8)
GPT-4oGPT-4o-minio1o3GPT-4 TurboGPT-3.5 TurboDALL-E 3Whisper
✨ Pros
- ✓Azure-hosted OpenAI models, data stays within Azure cloud
- ✓21Vianet provides compliant China access
- ✓Enterprise security/compliance (HIPAA/ISO/SOC2)
- ✓Provisioned Throughput for reserved capacity
- ✓Deep Azure ecosystem integration
- ✓Data not used for training (unlike direct OpenAI)
⚠️ Cons
- ×Pricing same as OpenAI official, no advantage
- ×International version not accessible in China; 21Vianet has fewer models
- ×Complex setup (requires Azure OpenAI application)
- ×Long approval process (3-5 business days average)
- ×Provisioned Throughput has minimum commitment
🎯 Best For
Enterprise customers needing Microsoft compliance; compliant OpenAI access in China; existing Azure customers