- Phi 4 — $0.14 sample workload
- Phi 4 Mini Instruct — $0.26 sample workload
- WizardLM-2 8x22B — $0.93 sample workload
Microsoft LLM API Models & Pricing
Browse Microsoft LLM API models with normalized prompt pricing, output pricing, context windows, release dates, and popularity signals.
3Models tracked
3Priced models
3Popular models
0Latest releases
Provider shortlist
Use Microsoft as a model-level shortlist, not a single default choice.
Start from the cost, context, and popularity picks below, then open the model pages or head-to-head comparisons before choosing an API.
Cost pick
Phi 4
$0.14 sample workload
Context pick
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
131.07K context window
Popular pick
Phi 4
#139 popularity signal
When to avoid
Verify model fit
Do not choose by provider name alone. Compare model-level input price, output price, context window, release timing, and current availability before production use.
- Phi 4 Mini Instruct — 131.07K
- WizardLM-2 8x22B — 65.54K
- Phi 4 — 16.38K
Microsoft comparisons
Search Microsoft comparisons| Comparison | Sample Cost Winner | Larger Context | Newest Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aion-2.0 vs Phi 4 | Phi 4 | Aion-2.0 | |
| Claude 3.5 Haiku vs Phi 4 | Phi 4 | Claude 3.5 Haiku | |
| 🔥Claude Opus 4.6 vs Phi 4 | Phi 4 | Claude Opus 4.6 | |
| 🔥Claude Opus 4.7 vs Phi 4 | Phi 4 | Claude Opus 4.7 | |
| Claude Sonnet 4 vs Phi 4 | Phi 4 | Claude Sonnet 4 | |
| 🔥Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Phi 4 | Phi 4 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | |
| DeepSeek V3 0324 vs Phi 4 | Phi 4 | DeepSeek V3 0324 | |
| DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus vs Phi 4 | Phi 4 | DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus |
Cross-Provider Alternatives
Open alternatives hubUse this shortlist when Microsoft is not a hard requirement and your first constraint is workload cost.
| Alternative | Provider | Sample Cost | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🔥Owl Alpha | OpenRouter | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1.05M |
| New🔥Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | NVIDIA | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1M |
| 🔥Laguna M.1 (free) | Poolside | $0 | $0 | $0 | 262.14K |
| Nemotron 3 Super (free) | NVIDIA | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1M |
| gpt-oss-120b (free) | OpenAI | $0 | $0 | $0 | 131.07K |
| Laguna XS.2 (free) | Poolside | $0 | $0 | $0 | 262.14K |
Microsoft model catalog
Browse all models| Model | Prompt | Output | Context | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phi 4 | $0.07 | $0.14 | 16.38K | #139 |
| WizardLM-2 8x22B | $0.62 | $0.62 | 65.54K | #200 |
| Phi 4 Mini Instruct | $0.08 | $0.35 | 131.07K | #235 |