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Bedrock Guardrails vs Azure Content Safety: monthly cost

Monthly cost of AWS Bedrock Guardrails and Content Safety in Foundry Control Plane (formerly Azure AI Content Safety) side by side at 10k to 10M requests, from each vendor’s list price.

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Classification500 in · 5 out tokens · 1 text unit

Requests / monthBedrock GuardrailsAzure Content Safety
10k$1.50$3.75
100k$15.00$37.50
1M$150$375
10M$1,500$3,750

Formula: 1,000,000 requests × 1 text units × $0.15 ÷ 1,000

Chatbot turn1,000 in · 300 out tokens · 1 text unit

Requests / monthBedrock GuardrailsAzure Content Safety
10k$1.50$3.75
100k$15.00$37.50
1M$150$375
10M$1,500$3,750

Formula: 1,000,000 requests × 1 text units × $0.15 ÷ 1,000

Agent loop step4,000 in · 500 out tokens · 4 text units

Requests / monthBedrock GuardrailsAzure Content Safety
10k$6.00$15.00
100k$60.00$150
1M$600$1,500
10M$6,000$15,000

Formula: 1,000,000 requests × 4 text units × $0.15 ÷ 1,000

Price notes

  • AWS Bedrock Guardrails · Content filters (text). Charged per enabled filter. Denied topics $0.15/1k, sensitive info $0.10/1k, contextual grounding $0.10/1k, Automated Reasoning $0.17/1k per policy; regex and word filters free. A text unit is up to 1,000 characters.
  • Azure AI Content Safety · S0 text records (East US). A text record is up to 1,000 characters. Commitment tiers are cheaper at volume. Free tier: F0 tier: 5,000 text records and 5,000 images per month free; usage stops at the limit. Not deducted here.
  • List prices before free allowances and taxes. Presets are our assumptions, not vendor figures.

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Cheapest: AWS Bedrock Guardrails (InvokeGuardrailChecks content filters) $7.00/month

Monthly cost per API, cheapest first
API and planPer monthPrice dateDetails
AWS Bedrock GuardrailsInvokeGuardrailChecks content filters · $0.07 per 1,000 text units$7.002026-10-17
AWS Bedrock GuardrailsContent filters (text) · $0.15 per 1,000 text units$15.002026-10-17
Azure AI Content SafetyS0 text records (East US) · $0.375 per 1,000 text units$37.502026-10-17

List prices before free allowances and taxes. Formula on hover (cost cell) or under Formula. Presets are our assumptions, not vendor figures.

Not shown for this usage: AWS Bedrock Guardrails (Content filters (image)); Azure AI Content Safety (S0 images (East US)). Per-image and per-text-unit plans appear when those inputs are above 0.

FAQ

Is Bedrock Guardrails or Azure Content Safety cheaper?

Bedrock Guardrails is cheaper for chatbot-size requests: $150 vs $375 a month at 1M requests (prices verified 2026-10-17).

How are the prices compared?

Bedrock Guardrails: $0.15 per 1,000 text units (Content filters (text)). Azure Content Safety: $0.375 per 1,000 text units (S0 text records (East US)). Same requests and token sizes for both, list prices before free allowances.

Does price decide which to use?

No. Check limits, status and fit on each API page and in the side-by-side compare tool before switching.

SourcesPricing pages

  1. 1AWS Bedrock Guardrails pricingaws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/Verified 2026-10-17
  2. 2Azure AI Content Safety pricingprices.azure.com/api/retail/pricesVerified 2026-10-17