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Retiring tts Retires Dec 15, 2026 · in 32 days

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Emerging Retires in 32 days OpenAI Under 15 regions tracked

Available in 3 of 35 tracked regions with 2 deployment SKU types.

Global Standard

Deployment options Lifecycle Availability matrix

Total regions 3

Coverage 9%

SKU types 2

Next retirement in 32 days

Widest SKU footprint Standard 3 regions · 9% coverage · Standard

Lifecycle

001 Retiring within 90 days in 32 days

Today

Retires Dec 15, 2026

Pricing

Pay-as-you-go · Global · estimate $0.0135 per minute of speech Audio model · see the estimator for the assumptions behind this figure

Estimate monthly cost

Meter	List price	Unit
Characters	$15.00	per 1M characters

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 coverage 3 regions · 9% coverage

North Central US Sweden Central West US 3

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

Standard

Standard deployments

Pay-as-you-go regional deployments

Best for variable workloads and cost-sensitive applications

Standard 3 regions · 9% coverage

North Central US Sweden Central West US 3

✓ Single-region deployment — HIPAA-eligible in supported regions with a BAA from Microsoft

Full Availability Matrix

3 regions

Region	Global coverage	Standard
North Central US	✓	✓
Sweden Central	✓	✓
West US 3	✓	✓

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