Is Microsoft MAI-Image-2.5 Down?

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Last editorial review: 2026-06-09

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Known issues we've tracked

VERSION BUMP (2026-06-02, Microsoft Build): MAI-Image-2.5 launched as part of the 'seven new MAI models' wave. Vendor-published Arena results: #2 for image editing and #3 for text-to-image, with an overall Arena score 'surpassing Nano Banana Pro' and +75 points over MAI-Image-2 (text rendering +107, cartoon/anime/fantasy +90). New capabilities: advanced visual reasoning for scene understanding, fine-grained localized edit control, and face/identity consistency preservation across edits. Now live in PowerPoint and OneDrive (presentation visuals + photo editing), on Azure Foundry, MAI Playground, and via OpenRouter. Pricing: $5/1M text, $8/1M image-in, $47/1M image-out. The ultra-efficient MAI-Image-2.5-Flash ($1.75/$1.75/$19.50 per 1M) is NOW LIVE in Foundry alongside it (verified vendor-primary 2026-06-09).
2026-06-02•Microsoft AI (microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-image-2-5/, microsoft.ai/news/building-a-hillclimbing-machine-launching-seven-new-mai-models/)
Public preview on Azure Foundry -- availability is region-dependent. Global Standard deployment covers US + West Europe + Sweden Central + South India at launch. Other regions need to fall back to nearest available
2026-04•Microsoft Foundry catalog, Microsoft AI blog
Model card dated 2026-03-18 internally, publicly announced 2026-04-02 -- Microsoft has been running the model internally for several weeks before opening public preview, which explains the scale of Copilot/Bing integration at launch
2026-04•Microsoft model card PDF

Issues here are sourced from our editorial sweeps, not real-time telemetry. Newer issues may exist.

What to use if Microsoft MAI-Image-2.5 is down

Top AIToolTier-ranked alternatives in the same category, ordered by our overall score.

A

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)

8.9

Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Image model -- the best-in-class text-in-image renderer, now the default across the Gemini app

A

Leonardo AI

8.3

Versatile AI image generator with fine-tuned models and a generous free tier

A

Stable Diffusion

8.0

Open-source AI image generation with unlimited free local use and full customization

B

Midjourney

7.8

Industry-leading AI image generation with stunning artistic quality. V8.1 Alpha (2026-04-14, alpha.midjourney.com) brings default HD/2K output at ~3x V8 speed with improved prompt adherence

B

Ideogram

7.8

AI image generator that nails text rendering -- Ideogram 4.0 (June 3 2026) goes OPEN-WEIGHT with commercial license: 9.3B DiT, 0.97 X-Omni OCR, layout control, 2K photoreal. Plus Custom Models for brand-trained generation on Pro+ plans

About Microsoft MAI-Image-2.5

Tier B (7.4/10). Microsoft's in-house image model -- MAI-Image-2.5 launched 2026-06-02 at Build (#2 image editing, #3 text-to-image on Arena, surpassing Nano Banana Pro's Arena score; +75 overall vs MAI-Image-2). Live in PowerPoint + OneDrive, on Azure Foundry, MAI Playground, and OpenRouter. Ultra-efficient MAI-Image-2.5-Flash now LIVE in Foundry ($1.75/$1.75/$19.50 per 1M). Original MAI-Image-2 shipped 2026-04-02

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