gpt-realtime-whisper

Emerging No retirement date OpenAI Under 15 regions tracked

Available in 8 of 35 tracked regions with 2 deployment SKU types.

Global

Deployment options Lifecycle Availability matrix

Total regions 8

Coverage 23%

SKU types 2

Next retirement None set

Widest SKU footprint Global coverage 8 regions · 23% coverage · Global

Lifecycle

No deprecation or retirement date has been announced for this model in Microsoft's retirement table. See the lifecycle guide for how dates are set.

Pricing

Pay-as-you-go · Global $0.017 per audio minute Audio model · see the estimator for the assumptions behind this figure

Estimate monthly cost

Meter	List price	Unit
Audio	$1.02	per hour

Pay-as-you-go list price in USD for East US 2 from the Azure Retail Prices API, checked daily, last updated 2026-11-01. Excludes tax and negotiated discounts; other regions can differ.

Deployment Options

Global

Global deployments

Worldwide availability with intelligent routing

Best for applications needing global reach with automatic failover

Global Standard 8 regions · 23% coverage

Global coverage 8 regions · 23% coverage

Canada Central Central US East US 2 France Central South India Sweden Central UAE North West US 3

⚠ Data may be processed in any Azure region — not suitable for HIPAA, FedRAMP, or strict data-residency requirements

Full Availability Matrix

8 regions

Region	Global Standard	Global coverage
Canada Central	✓	✓
Central US	✓	✓
East US 2	✓	✓
France Central	✓	✓
South India	✓	✓
Sweden Central	✓	✓
UAE North	✓	✓
West US 3	✓	✓

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Last updated: 2026-11-12 16:36 UTC