open ai has reduced the prices for gpt 5.6 models but the new price hasnt been updated yet in azure pricing page

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open ai has reduced the prices for gpt 5.6 models but the new price hasnt been updated yet in azure pricing page

Tushaar V 0

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/azure-openai/

Hendrik 50 Reputation points

2026-08-07T12:19:04.5433333+00:00

Please avoid the foundry! Better switch to OpenRouter, Bedrock or OpenAI direct. Azure is slop and a fraud. 3 weeks ago many customers paid 6-8 times more then there usage. Azure still hasn't corrected this error. After not showing GPT 5.6 usage in cost management for 2 weeks, they have just recalculated it over night and that completely wrong. We will receive a 6k invoice for 1k$ usage. Imagine that.

They will send invoices for that in 2 days with millions of $ more then they should earn. Its a fraud, from Microsoft! Please my friend. Do yourself a favor and do not use the Azure Foundry. Its not trustable. I know it sounds crazy because it is Microsoft, but when you are google about a but the issue, you will see, it is true!

You can also see it that they are not reducing the prices from those models. Bedrock did it one day later. Avoid it!!!
Thanmayi Godithi 11,825 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-09-01T16:55:53.44+00:00

Hi Tushaar V ,

Thank you for raising this question.

OpenAI price changes and Azure OpenAI pricing updates are managed separately. When OpenAI announces a price reduction, it may take some time before the corresponding Azure pricing pages and billing meters are updated across Azure regions and commercial agreements.

The authoritative source for Azure OpenAI pricing is the Azure pricing page. Once pricing updates are officially rolled out in Azure, the updated rates will be reflected there and applied according to Azure's billing policies.

If you would like confirmation on the status of a specific GPT‑5.6 pricing update, please share us in the Private message.

Thank you.

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Hendrik 50 Reputation points

2026-08-07T12:19:04.5433333+00:00

Please avoid the foundry! Better switch to OpenRouter, Bedrock or OpenAI direct. Azure is slop and a fraud. 3 weeks ago many customers paid 6-8 times more then there usage. Azure still hasn't corrected this error. After not showing GPT 5.6 usage in cost management for 2 weeks, they have just recalculated it over night and that completely wrong. We will receive a 6k invoice for 1k$ usage. Imagine that.

They will send invoices for that in 2 days with millions of $ more then they should earn. Its a fraud, from Microsoft! Please my friend. Do yourself a favor and do not use the Azure Foundry. Its not trustable. I know it sounds crazy because it is Microsoft, but when you are google about a but the issue, you will see, it is true!

You can also see it that they are not reducing the prices from those models. Bedrock did it one day later. Avoid it!!!
Thanmayi Godithi 11,825 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-09-01T16:55:53.44+00:00

Hi Tushaar V ,

Thank you for raising this question.

OpenAI price changes and Azure OpenAI pricing updates are managed separately. When OpenAI announces a price reduction, it may take some time before the corresponding Azure pricing pages and billing meters are updated across Azure regions and commercial agreements.

The authoritative source for Azure OpenAI pricing is the Azure pricing page. Once pricing updates are officially rolled out in Azure, the updated rates will be reflected there and applied according to Azure's billing policies.

If you would like confirmation on the status of a specific GPT‑5.6 pricing update, please share us in the Private message.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi @Tushaar V

Pricing updates on the public Azure OpenAI Pricing page lag direct OpenAI announcements due to Azure's enterprise billing table deployment cycle across Enterprise Agreements (EA) and Microsoft Customer Agreements (MCA).

Key things to know:

Billing Cycle Updates: Azure updates price meters on standard monthly billing synchronization cadences.
Enterprise Features Included: Azure OpenAI rates cover enterprise SLA commitments, VNet private endpoints, customer-managed keys (CMK), and regional compliance guarantees.
Automatic Adjustment: Once updated meters publish, rate reductions automatically apply to your deployment usage meters without requiring model redeployment.

Ref: Azure OpenAI Service Pricing Details