Azure AI Foundry vs Together AI
Same workloads, both price lists, refreshed daily. On shared line items today: Azure AI Foundry is cheaper on 2 of 10 shared models (input or output price), Together AI on 3.
Azure AI Foundry
OpenAI models with Azure enterprise controls plus a broad third-party model catalog. The compliance-friendly way to run GPT-class models.
- Azure compliance/enterprise controls
- OpenAI models with SLAs
- Provisioned throughput
Together AI
High-performance open-weight inference (Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen) on a custom stack, plus fine-tuning and GPU clusters. Consistently among the fastest and cheapest for open models.
- Top-tier open-model throughput
- Fine-tuning pipeline
- Dedicated endpoints and clusters
Shared models, priced by both
List prices refreshed 2026-10-08 ยท input $/1M tokens| Model | Azure AI Foundry in/out | Together AI in/out | Cheaper input |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-OSS 120B | $0.150 / $0.600 | $0.150 / $0.600 | tie |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | $0.190 / $0.510 | $0.140 / $0.280 | Together AI |
| Llama 4 Scout | $0.200 / $0.780 | $0.180 / $0.590 | Together AI |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | $0.300 / $1.20 | $0.300 / $1.20 | tie |
| Kimi K2.6 | $0.950 / $4.00 | $1.20 / $4.50 | Azure AI Foundry |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | $0.950 / $4.00 | $0.950 / $4.00 | tie |
| DeepSeek V3 | $1.14 / $4.56 | $1.25 / $1.25 | Azure AI Foundry |
| DeepSeek-V3.1 | $1.23 / $4.94 | $0.600 / $1.70 | Together AI |
| DeepSeek R1 | $1.35 / $5.40 | $3.00 / $7.00 | Azure AI Foundry |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | $1.74 / $3.48 | $1.32 / $3.96 | Together AI |
Cheaper-on-count is a tally of listed prices, not a quality verdict: throughput, reliability and quantization differ between providers. Disclosure.