Model Router
Azure AI Foundry chatModel Router is an Azure AI Foundry chat model.Input is priced at $0.140/M tokens Route Model Router via Future AGI's Agent Command Center for unified observability, caching, and 15 routing strategies including cost-optimized fallback.
Estimate Model Router spend
Pick a workload, fine-tune the sliders, and see the monthly bill.
Estimate uses $0.1400/M input · $0.000000/M output. Provider pricing changes. Production costs vary with retries, streaming overhead, and tool-call rounds.
Want this for free? Cache + route via Agent Command Center — first 100K requests and 100K cache hits free every month.
Pricing
Per-token rates, expressed in USD per 1M tokens. Verified May 12, 2026.
| Input | $0.140/M | |
| Output | — |
Limits
- Context window
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- Max input
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- Max output
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- Modalities
- text
Capabilities
- Function calling — not advertised
- Parallel tool calls — not advertised
- Vision input — not advertised
- Audio input — not advertised
- Audio output — not advertised
- PDF input — not advertised
- Streaming ✓ supported
- Structured output — not advertised
- Prompt caching — not advertised
- Reasoning — not advertised
Where it's strong
Watch out for
- !high cost — input + output rates are in the top 97% of priced chat peers; consider a cheaper sibling for high-volume workloads
- !agentic workflows — no advertised function-calling; use a tool-capable model and route via Agent Command Center for fallback
- !strict structured output — no JSON-schema enforcement, expect retry loops
Benchmarks pending
We haven't logged public benchmark scores for Model Router yet. Have one to contribute? Submit a source — citations help us prioritise.
Call Model Router via Agent Command Center
One OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Routing, fallback, semantic caching, guardrails, and cost tracking come along for the ride. First 100K requests + 100K cache hits free every month.
agentcc / @agentcc/client). Per-call metadata — provider, cost, latency, cache hit, request id — is returned on x-agentcc-* response headers, so any HTTP client can read it.# Model Router via the Agent Command Center Python SDK
# pip install agentcc
import os
from agentcc import AgentCC
client = AgentCC(
api_key=os.environ["AGENTCC_API_KEY"], # from app.futureagi.com → Settings → API Keys
base_url="https://gateway.futureagi.com/v1",
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="azure-ai-foundry/model-router",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, Model Router!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
print(f"Tokens: {resp.usage.total_tokens}")
# Per-call gateway metadata is returned on x-agentcc-* response headers.
# When you need it programmatically, use .with_raw_response to get them:
raw = client.chat.completions.with_raw_response.create(
model="azure-ai-foundry/model-router",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Same call, but I want the headers."}],
)
print("Provider:", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-provider"))
print("Latency:", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-latency-ms"), "ms")
print("Cost: ", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-cost"), "USD")
print("Cache: ", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-cache"))AGENTCC_API_KEY with a key fromapp.futureagi.com.Gateway docs ↗Compare with similar models
Model Router doesn't have a public Arena ELO score yet, so we group by provider only — quality-tier comparisons need a benchmark.
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- Claude Sonnet 4.6Azure AI Foundry · $3.00/M in · $15.00/M out · 1,000,000 ctx
- Claude Opus 4.5Azure AI Foundry · $5.00/M in · $25.00/M out · 200,000 ctx
FAQ
How much does Model Router cost?
Input is priced at $0.140 per 1M tokens and output at $0.000000 per 1M tokens (Azure AI Foundry, last verified May 12, 2026).
What is the context window of Model Router?
Context window for Model Router is not currently public.
Does Model Router support function calling?
Model Router does not currently advertise function-calling support. For agentic workloads, prefer a tool-calling-capable model and route via Agent Command Center for fallback.
Is Model Router good for production?
Model Router is best evaluated against your own production traces. Pipe traffic through Agent Command Center to compare it head-to-head against alternatives in shadow mode.
How can I route to Model Router with fallback?
Use Agent Command Center: a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint that supports cost-optimized routing, latency-aware retries, model fallback, and shadow traffic. Configure once, swap models without app changes.
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