Using MAI-Image-2.6 on Microsoft Foundry

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Microsoft Foundry exposes MAI-Image-2.6 through model ID MAI-Image-2.6. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at Microsoft Foundry and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Microsoft Foundry SDK or REST API to call MAI-Image-2.6 — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $5.00/1M input, $38.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

See Microsoft Foundry documentation for integration details.

Pricing on Microsoft Foundry

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$5.00
Output tokens$38.00
Image input$8.00

Capabilities

VisionMultimodal

About MAI-Image-2.6

MAI-Image-2.6 is Microsoft's quality-tier image generation/editing model (Foundry id MAI-Image-2.6), sibling to MAI-Image-2.6-Flash. Text-to-image and controllable edits with multi-reference and web grounding.

Model Specs

Released2026-08-10

Provider

Microsoft Foundry

Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States