Is Microsoft Azure AI Foundry o4-mini deprecated?
Deprecated
Yes. o4-mini is deprecated and Microsoft Azure AI Foundry shuts it down on 2026-10-16 — in ~3 months.
Lifecycle dates
- Status
- Deprecated
- Deprecation announced
- not announced
- Shutdown date
- (in ~3 months)
Pricing & context
- Input
- $1.10 / M tokens
- Output
- $4.40 / M tokens
- Context window
- 200K tokens
- Model maker
- OpenAI
Sources
- learn.microsoft.com https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
- prices.azure.com https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?$filter=serviceName eq 'Foundry Models' and contains(meterName,'o4-mini 0416 Inp glbl')
- azure.microsoft.com https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/cognitive-services/openai-service/
Verified against the source on . Dataset snapshot . Providers can change a date without notice — the link above is always the final word.
Common questions
- Is o4-mini deprecated?
- Yes. o4-mini is deprecated and Microsoft Azure AI Foundry shuts it down on 2026-10-16 — in ~3 months.
- When does o4-mini shut down?
- Microsoft Azure AI Foundry has announced 2026-10-16 as the shutdown date for o4-mini.
- What does o4-mini cost?
- $1.10 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens, as last verified on 2026-07-18.
- What can I use instead of o4-mini?
- Active alternatives from Microsoft Azure AI Foundry include o3, o3-pro, Phi-4-mini-instruct.