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Foundry Models

API service

by Microsoft

Model catalog (11,000+ models from Azure, Anthropic, Meta, Mistral, Hugging Face and others) with managed-compute and serverless per-token deployment.

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Own page's 'Billing for serverless deployments' section, live 2026-09-14: serverless models are billed per-token ("billed for inputs and outputs to the APIs, typically in tokens"), managed compute is billed by "virtual machine core hours", and "Foundry Models sold by Azure are billed via Azure meters as First Party Consumption Services" while partner/community models are "billed through Azure Marketplace". Distinct mechanism from Content Safety's per-unit metering — not shared text. Recurring free access is not stated either way.

What it does

• Model inference
• Model hosting

Sources

Pricing

Pricing page · 14 Sep 2026

Own page's 'Billing for serverless deployments' section, live 2026-09-14: serverless models are billed per-token ("billed for inputs and outputs to the APIs, typically in tokens"), managed compute is billed by "virtual machine core hours", and "Foundry Models sold by Azure are billed via Azure meters as First Party Consumption Services" while partner/community models are "billed through Azure Marketplace". Distinct mechanism from Content Safety's per-unit metering — not shared text.

Description

Official documentation · 23 Sep 2026

Foundry Models' own product page: "Innovate faster using more than 11,000+ models packed for out-of-the-box-use"; serverless and managed-compute deployment. The old learn.microsoft.com url now lands on the '(classic)' portal docs.

What it does

Official documentation · 23 Sep 2026

Foundry Models' own product page: "Innovate faster using more than 11,000+ models packed for out-of-the-box-use"; serverless and managed-compute deployment. The old learn.microsoft.com url now lands on the '(classic)' portal docs.

Sold within

Pricing page · 14 Sep 2026

Own page, live 2026-09-14: "Foundry Models sold by Azure are billed via Azure meters as First Party Consumption Services" — states its own billing mechanism directly; independently confirmed.

Name

Official documentation · 14 Sep 2026

URL

Official documentation · 23 Sep 2026

Foundry Models' own product page: "Innovate faster using more than 11,000+ models packed for out-of-the-box-use"; serverless and managed-compute deployment. The old learn.microsoft.com url now lands on the '(classic)' portal docs.

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