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Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between Microsoft Azure and Fireworks AI. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.
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| GPU Model ↑ | Microsoft Azure Price | Fireworks AI Price | Price Diff ↕ | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure | Not Available | — | ||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • | ||||
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure | Not Available | — | ||
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • | ||||
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure | 8x GPU | Not Available | — | |
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • $11.06/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price Not Available | ||||
H200 141GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure | 8x GPU | Not Available | — | |
H200 141GB VRAM • $10.60/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price Not Available | ||||
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure | 8x GPU | Not Available | — | |
MI300X 192GB VRAM • $6.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price Not Available | ||||
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure | Not Available | — | ||
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure | Not Available | — | ||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • | ||||
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure | Not Available | — | ||
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • | ||||
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure | 8x GPU | Not Available | — | |
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • $11.06/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price Not Available | ||||
H200 141GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure | 8x GPU | Not Available | — | |
H200 141GB VRAM • $10.60/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price Not Available | ||||
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure | 8x GPU | Not Available | — | |
MI300X 192GB VRAM • $6.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price Not Available | ||||
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure | Not Available | — | ||
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • | ||||
| Model ↑ | Microsoft Azure | Fireworks AI | Input Diff ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
DeepSeek | Not available | $0.220 in $0.660 out | — |
DeepSeek | Not available | $0.210 in $0.629 out | — |
DeepSeek | Not available | $1.32 in $3.96 out | — |
DeepSeek | Not available | $0.220 in $0.660 out | — |
Zhipu | Not available | $1.40 in $4.40 out | — |
Z AI | Not available | $1.40 in $4.40 out | — |
Z AI | Not available | $0.150 in $0.500 out | — |
OpenAI | $1.25 in $10.00 out | Not available | — |
OpenAI | $1.25 in $10.00 out | Not available | — |
OpenAI | $0.250 in $2.00 out | Not available | — |
OpenAI | $1.75 in $14.00 out | Not available | — |
OpenAI | $1.75 in $14.00 out | Not available | — |
OpenAI | $1.75 in $14.00 out | Not available | — |
OpenAI | $2.50 in $15.00 out | Not available | — |
OpenAI | $0.750 in $4.50 out | Not available | — |
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Unified AI platform with a catalog of models, agents, and tools for building and governing AI applications
Seamless integration with Microsoft ecosystem and enterprise tools
Strong hybrid and multi-cloud support with Azure Arc
Industry-leading security features and compliance certifications
Extensive worldwide network of data centers and edge locations
Text, vision, audio, image, and embedding models, including recent releases such as Kimi K3, GLM 5.2, DeepSeek V4, MiniMax M3, and Qwen3.7 Plus
Industry-leading throughput and latency with fast inference engine
SFT, DPO, and reinforcement fine-tuning of models up to 1T+ parameters, from guided runs through writing your own trainer and RL loop
Drop-in replacement for closed-model APIs - change the base URL to migrate, with the same SFT data format for fine-tuning
H100, H200, B200, B300, and GB300 deployments with per-second billing and autoscaling
Async bulk inference jobs run at scale for less than standard serverless requests
GPU-enabled VMs for various workloads
Managed Kubernetes service with GPU support
End-to-end ML platform with GPU acceleration
Pay for compute capacity by the second, with no long-term commitments or upfront payments
Significant cost reduction versus pay-as-you-go rates in exchange for a one-year or three-year term; suited to stable, predictable workloads
Unused Azure compute capacity at deep discounts for interruptible workloads
Cost savings for existing Windows Server and SQL Server licenses
Save money across select compute services globally by committing to spend a fixed hourly amount for 1 or 3 years
Pay-per-token pricing across Standard, Priority, and Fast serverless tiers with postpaid billing and no cold starts
Cached input tokens billed at a reduced rate on supported models
Async bulk inference billed at a discount to standard serverless requests
Embedding models billed per 1M input tokens, tiered by model parameter count
Supervised and preference fine tuning billed per 1M training tokens with LoRA or full-parameter options; reinforcement fine tuning billed per GPU hour
Shared always-on trainer pool for LoRA training with no provisioning or idle cost, billed per token prefilled, sampled, and trained
Per-second billing for H100, H200, B200, B300, and GB300 GPU deployments with no start-up charges; region-restricted deployments in the US or Europe are priced at 1.25x the standard rate
Guaranteed capacity with higher rate limits and earliest access to new hardware, arranged through sales
Sign up for Azure and get started with free credits
Configure your subscription, resource groups, and access controls
Select from VMs, containers, or serverless based on your needs
Launch your first GPU-enabled instance or AI service
Browse 100+ models at fireworks.ai/models
Experiment with prompts interactively without coding
Create an API key from user settings in your account
Use OpenAI-compatible endpoints or Fireworks SDK
Transition to on-demand GPU deployments for production workloads
60+ regions worldwide with multiple availability zones
Basic, Developer, Standard, and Professional Direct support plans with 24/7 options. Extensive documentation and community resources.
18+ global regions across 8 cloud providers with multi-region deployments and BYOC support for enterprise
Documentation, Discord community, status page, email support, and dedicated enterprise support with SLAs