Which is cheaper, Amazon Bedrock or Azure OpenAI Service?

AWS is cheaper in 3 of 4 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 66.9%.

How do Amazon Bedrock and Azure OpenAI Service compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Oct 14, 2026AWSAzure

Overall Winner

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AWS Wins

Azure Wins

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AWS wins 3 of 4 price comparisons, averaging 66.9% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.000025/hr to $1.20/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Amazon Bedrock workloads

Comparing Amazon Bedrock and Azure OpenAI Service across 4 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon Bedrock	Azure Azure OpenAI Service	Diff	Cheapest
Amazon Bedrock - Amazon Bedrock	$0.0000/hr USE1-google.gemma-4-e2b-mantle-output-tokens-flex ($0.03/mo)	$0.0000/hr gpt-4.1-nano-ft cached input global - gpt-4.1-nano-ft cached input global Tokens ($0.02/mo)	+37.5%	Tie
Amazon Bedrock - Amazon Bedrock	$0.0001/hr USE1-Llama3-2-3B-output-tokens ($0.11/mo)	$0.0014/hr gpt 4o 1120 Batch Inp DZ - gpt 4o 1120 Batch Inp DZ Tokens ($1.00/mo)	+89.1%	AWS
Amazon Bedrock - Amazon Bedrock	$0.0007/hr USE1-NovaMultiModalEmbeddings-input-video-second ($0.51/mo)	$0.0100/hr gpt aud mini Inp glbl - gpt aud mini Inp glbl Tokens ($7.30/mo)	+93.0%	AWS
Amazon Bedrock - Amazon Bedrock	$0.6250/hr USE1-xai.grok-4.3-mantle-input-tokens-flex ($456.25/mo)	$1.2000/hr DS31 - V4.1 Flash Output Glbl 1M Tokens ($876.00/mo)	+47.9%	AWS