Azure & Cloud
September 4, 2026GPT-6 Astra in Foundry: the price, the gate and the EU gap
GPT-6 Astra arrived in Microsoft Foundry on 3 September 2026 at $10/$50 per million tokens, the same list price as Claude Fable 5.1 and 2.5x GPT-5.6 Sol on promo, behind a Limited Access gate and with no EU Data Zone. The cost math on document jobs and 60-turn agent loops, the 272K long-context cliff, what the Critical cyber rating means for refusals, and how a Swedish team should handle residency until the EU zone lands at its new 20% premium.
GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI
Microsoft Foundry
Azure OpenAI
AI Agents
LLM Cost
Data Residency
EU AI Act
Limited Access
GPT-5.6
By Falak Mahmood