Last refreshed 2026-06-15. Next refresh: weekly.
Why use MAI-Image-2 on Microsoft Foundry?
Microsoft Foundry offers MAI-Image-2 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $5.00/1M input tokens. Microsoft Foundry is a unified Azure platform-as-a-service offering for enterprise AI operations, model builders, and application development.
Input / 1M
$5.00
Output / 1M
$33.00
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Docs fallbackInstall
Use the provider REST API or SDKAuth
Create a provider API keyCall
model: mai-image-2Model ID
mai-image-2Request example
Curated snippets for this provider are not sourced yet. Use Microsoft Foundry documentation with model ID
mai-image-2.Gotchas
No curated gotchas have been sourced for this exact provider/model route yet.
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $5.00 |
| Output tokens | $33.00 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodal
About MAI-Image-2
Microsoft AI second-generation image generation model. 2x faster than its predecessor, with improved handling of natural lighting, diverse skin tones, and in-image text. Ranked top-3 on Arena.ai leaderboard at launch. Available via MAI Playground and Microsoft Foundry API; rolling out to Copilot and Bing Image Creator. Official announcement: march 19, 2026.
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Model Specs
Released2026-03-19
ArchitectureDiffusion