xAI pricing

xAI API Pricing

Q: How much does the xAI API cost?

xAI API cost depends on the selected model, input tokens, output tokens, request volume, retries, and any cached input when available or discount rules that apply. Use the pricing table and calculator with your own workload assumptions instead of relying on a single average price.

Q: How do I estimate monthly xAI API cost?

Estimate one request with input tokens, expected output tokens, model choice, and current per-1M-token pricing. Then multiply by requests per user, active users, days per month, retry rate, and fallback calls.

Q: Which xAI models are usually used for?

Grok models are usually evaluated for workflows such as general assistants, reasoning-heavy tasks, multi-provider routing. The best route depends on quality, latency, context size, output length, and monthly budget.

Q: Is xAI cheaper than OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini?

xAI can be cheaper or more expensive depending on the exact model, prompt size, output length, cache eligibility, retry rate, and quality target. Compare total workflow cost across providers before switching production traffic.

Q: Why are some xAI prices shown as Not listed?

Not listed means the current local pricing source does not expose a confirmed numeric value for that field. It is intentionally not treated as zero. Check the official xAI pricing page and billing dashboard before launch.

Q: How can I control monthly xAI API spend?

Control spend by setting monthly budget limits, measuring input and output tokens separately, capping output length, reducing repeated context, reviewing retry cost, and comparing model routes before high-volume traffic grows.

xAI pricing rows include Grok model costs, retirement or redirect notes where present, and official xAI documentation links for current billing checks.

Estimate AI API Cost View Dataset

MODELS COVERED: 13
DATA SOURCE: Official xAI
PRICING UNIT: Per 1M tokens
LAST VERIFIED: Oct 15, 2026

API cost estimate

Estimate xAI API Cost

Choose a current xAI model from the same pricing rows, enter input tokens, output tokens, and request volume, then review the estimated monthly API cost.

xAI cost planning

Estimate xAI API cost before monthly usage scales.

Start with realistic input tokens, output tokens, model choice, request volume, and any cached input when available rules that apply. Then compare the estimate against current model pricing and budget limits before launch.

Dedicated model pages

Pricing by model

Open a model page for its verified source, workload examples, price history, lifecycle details, and nearby alternatives.

Current model pricing

Model costs per 1M tokens.

Null or unverified values are displayed as Not listed, never as zero.

Model	Input	Output	Cached Input	Batch Input	Batch Output	Unit	Status
Grok 3`Model ID: grok-3`Provider: xAIVerification: verified. V2 has no default-safe current price for this row (verified); displayed price is a legacy fallback and must not be treated as V2 verified pricing. Evidence Verified: Sep 20, 2026Checked: Sep 20, 2026Official sources (4): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3 Official source 4	Input · USD per 1M input tokens$1.25	Output · USD per 1M output tokens$2.50	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokens$0.200	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	USD per 1M tokens	retiredRetired; requests redirect to Grok 4.3
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)`Model ID: grok-4.20-0309-non-reasoning`Provider: xAIDisplayed pricing: Standard · Short context · <200k prompt tokens · whole requestVerification: verified. The verified canonical tiers price the whole request by total prompt tokens, including cached tokens; structured components preserve Batch rates. Evidence Verified: Oct 9, 2026Checked: Oct 9, 2026Official sources (2): Official source 1 Official source 2	Input · USD per 1M input tokens$1.25	Output · USD per 1M output tokens$2.50	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokens$0.200	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokens$1.00	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokens$2.00	USD per 1M tokens	latestStandard
Grok 4.20`Model ID: grok-4.20-0309-reasoning`Provider: xAIDisplayed pricing: Standard · Short context · <200k prompt tokens · whole requestVerification: verified. The verified canonical tiers price the whole request by total prompt tokens, including cached tokens; structured components preserve Batch rates. Evidence Verified: Oct 9, 2026Checked: Oct 9, 2026Official sources (2): Official source 1 Official source 2	Input · USD per 1M input tokens$1.25	Output · USD per 1M output tokens$2.50	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokens$0.200	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokens$1.00	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokens$2.00	USD per 1M tokens	latestStandard
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta`Model ID: grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309`Provider: xAIDisplayed pricing: Standard · Short context · <200k prompt tokens · whole requestVerification: verified. The verified canonical tiers price the whole request by total prompt tokens, including cached tokens; structured components preserve Batch rates. Evidence Verified: Oct 9, 2026Checked: Oct 9, 2026Official sources (2): Official source 1 Official source 2	Input · USD per 1M input tokens$1.25	Output · USD per 1M output tokens$2.50	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokens$0.200	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokens$1.00	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokens$2.00	USD per 1M tokens	previewStandard
Grok 4.3`Model ID: grok-4.3`Provider: xAIDisplayed pricing: Standard · Short context · <200k prompt tokens · whole requestVerification: verified. xAI recommends Grok 4.3 for most text use cases and notes model aliases can move to newer versions. Evidence Verified: Sep 20, 2026Checked: Sep 20, 2026Official sources (4): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3 Official source 4	Input · USD per 1M input tokens$1.25	Output · USD per 1M output tokens$2.50	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokens$0.200	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokens$1.00	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokens$2.00	USD per 1M tokens	activeStandard
Grok 4.5`Model ID: grok-4.5`Provider: xAIDisplayed pricing: Standard · Short context · <200k prompt tokens · whole requestVerification: verified. Available since 2026-07-16. Above 200K tokens, xAI lists $4 input, $0.60 cached input, and $12 output per 1M tokens. Grok 4.5 is not supported by the Batch API. Evidence Verified: Sep 20, 2026Checked: Sep 20, 2026Official sources (3): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3	Input · USD per 1M input tokens$2.00	Output · USD per 1M output tokens$6.00	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokens$0.300	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	USD per 1M tokens	activeStandard
Grok 4.6`Model ID: grok-4.6`Provider: xAIDisplayed pricing: Standard · Short context · <200k prompt tokens · whole requestVerification: verified. Available on the xAI API since 2026-08-12. At 200K or more total prompt tokens, including cached tokens, xAI lists $4 input, $1 cached input, and $12 output per 1M tokens for the whole request. Grok 4.6 is not supported by the Batch API. Evidence Verified: Oct 9, 2026Checked: Oct 9, 2026Official sources (6): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3 Official source 4 Official source 5 Official source 6	Input · USD per 1M input tokens$2.00	Output · USD per 1M output tokens$6.00	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokens$0.500	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	USD per 1M tokens	latestStandard
Grok 4.7`Model ID: grok-4.7`Provider: xAIDisplayed pricing: Standard · Short context · ≤200k prompt tokens · whole requestVerification: verified. Effective from 2026-09-21. Available on the public xAI API since 2026-09-21. Up to and including 200K total prompt tokens uses $2 input, $0.50 cached input, and $6 output; above 200K the whole request uses $4, $1, and $12. Cached prompt tokens count toward the threshold. Grok 4.7 Fast is limited to Cursor and Grok Build, Batch is unsupported, and the US regional endpoint adds 10%. Evidence Verified: Sep 23, 2026Checked: Sep 23, 2026Official sources (4): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3 Official source 4	Input · USD per 1M input tokens$2.00	Output · USD per 1M output tokens$6.00	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokens$0.500	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	USD per 1M tokens	latestStandard
Grok Build 0.1`Model ID: grok-build-0.1`Provider: xAIDisplayed pricing: Standard · Short context · <200k prompt tokens · whole requestVerification: verified. Effective from 2026-07-03. Fast coding model trained for agentic coding workflows. Evidence Verified: Not availableChecked: Not availableOfficial source: Official source	Input · USD per 1M input tokens$1.00	Output · USD per 1M output tokens$2.00	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokens$0.200	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	USD per 1M tokens	activeCoding
Grok Voice 2.0`Model ID: grok-voice-2.0`Provider: xAIVerification: verified. Effective from 2026-07-29. V2 marks this row as unsafe for default calculations: deprecated_identity, missing_verified_current_price. Evidence Verified: Oct 15, 2026Checked: Oct 15, 2026Official sources (3): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3	Input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokensNot listed	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	USD per 1M tokens	legacydeprecated
Grok Voice 3.0`Model ID: grok-voice-3.0`Provider: xAIVerification: verified. Effective from 2026-10-14. V2 marks this row as unsafe for default calculations: missing_verified_current_price. Evidence Verified: Oct 15, 2026Checked: Oct 15, 2026Official sources (3): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3	Input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokensNot listed	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	USD per 1M tokens	latestactive
Grok Voice Transcribe 1.0`Model ID: grok-voice-transcribe-1.0`Provider: xAIVerification: verified. Effective from 2026-09-17. V2 marks this row as unsafe for default calculations: missing_verified_current_price, retired_identity. Evidence Verified: Sep 21, 2026Checked: Sep 21, 2026Official sources (3): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3	Input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokensNot listed	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	USD per 1M tokens	retiredretired
Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0`Model ID: grok-voice-transcribe-2.0`Provider: xAIVerification: verified. Effective from 2026-09-17. V2 marks this row as unsafe for default calculations: missing_verified_current_price. Evidence Verified: Sep 21, 2026Checked: Sep 21, 2026Official sources (3): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3	Input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	Cached input · USD per 1M cached input tokensNot listed	Batch input · USD per 1M input tokensNot listed	Batch output · USD per 1M output tokensNot listed	USD per 1M tokens	latestactive

Use these xAI pricing rows as planning inputs: calculate your monthly API cost with realistic token counts, or compare this provider with other AI models before routing production traffic.

Canonical pricing tiers

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) short- and long-context pricing.

These standard API prices come from the canonical tier records attached to this model. Values are shown in USD per 1M tokens and are not inferred from the base row.

Context tier	Total prompt token rule	Regular input	Cached input	Output	Unit
Short contextshort	<200k prompt tokens	$1.25	$0.200	$2.50	USD / 1M tokens
Long contextlong	≥200k prompt tokens	$2.50	$0.400	$5.00	USD / 1M tokens

Total prompt tokens

Total prompt tokens are regular input tokens plus cached input tokens. Both count toward the tier threshold.

Whole-request pricing

When a tier's threshold condition matches, that tier prices the entire standard request. This is a tier switch, not progressive pricing across token bands.

Price-record evidence

Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
Model ID: grok-4.20-0309-non-reasoning
Provider: xAI

Evidence

Verified: Oct 9, 2026Checked: Oct 9, 2026Official sources (2): Official source 1 Official source 2

Canonical pricing tiers

Grok 4.20 short- and long-context pricing.

These standard API prices come from the canonical tier records attached to this model. Values are shown in USD per 1M tokens and are not inferred from the base row.

Context tier	Total prompt token rule	Regular input	Cached input	Output	Unit
Short contextshort	<200k prompt tokens	$1.25	$0.200	$2.50	USD / 1M tokens
Long contextlong	≥200k prompt tokens	$2.50	$0.400	$5.00	USD / 1M tokens

Total prompt tokens

Total prompt tokens are regular input tokens plus cached input tokens. Both count toward the tier threshold.

Whole-request pricing

When a tier's threshold condition matches, that tier prices the entire standard request. This is a tier switch, not progressive pricing across token bands.

Price-record evidence

Grok 4.20
Model ID: grok-4.20-0309-reasoning
Provider: xAI

Evidence

Verified: Oct 9, 2026Checked: Oct 9, 2026Official sources (2): Official source 1 Official source 2

Canonical pricing tiers

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta short- and long-context pricing.

These standard API prices come from the canonical tier records attached to this model. Values are shown in USD per 1M tokens and are not inferred from the base row.

Context tier	Total prompt token rule	Regular input	Cached input	Output	Unit
Short contextshort	<200k prompt tokens	$1.25	$0.200	$2.50	USD / 1M tokens
Long contextlong	≥200k prompt tokens	$2.50	$0.400	$5.00	USD / 1M tokens

Total prompt tokens

Total prompt tokens are regular input tokens plus cached input tokens. Both count toward the tier threshold.

Whole-request pricing

When a tier's threshold condition matches, that tier prices the entire standard request. This is a tier switch, not progressive pricing across token bands.

Price-record evidence

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta
Model ID: grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309
Provider: xAI

Evidence

Verified: Oct 9, 2026Checked: Oct 9, 2026Official sources (2): Official source 1 Official source 2

Canonical pricing tiers

Grok 4.3 short- and long-context pricing.

These standard API prices come from the canonical tier records attached to this model. Values are shown in USD per 1M tokens and are not inferred from the base row.

Context tier	Total prompt token rule	Regular input	Cached input	Output	Unit
Short contextshort	<200k prompt tokens	$1.25	$0.200	$2.50	USD / 1M tokens
Long contextlong	≥200k prompt tokens	$2.50	$0.400	$5.00	USD / 1M tokens

Total prompt tokens

Total prompt tokens are regular input tokens plus cached input tokens. Both count toward the tier threshold.

Whole-request pricing

When a tier's threshold condition matches, that tier prices the entire standard request. This is a tier switch, not progressive pricing across token bands.

Price-record evidence

Grok 4.3
Model ID: grok-4.3
Provider: xAI

Evidence

Verified: Sep 20, 2026Checked: Sep 20, 2026Official sources (4): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3 Official source 4

Canonical pricing tiers

Grok 4.5 short- and long-context pricing.

These standard API prices come from the canonical tier records attached to this model. Values are shown in USD per 1M tokens and are not inferred from the base row.

Context tier	Total prompt token rule	Regular input	Cached input	Output	Unit
Short contextshort	<200k prompt tokens	$2.00	$0.300	$6.00	USD / 1M tokens
Long contextlong	≥200k prompt tokens	$4.00	$0.600	$12.00	USD / 1M tokens

Total prompt tokens

Total prompt tokens are regular input tokens plus cached input tokens. Both count toward the tier threshold.

Whole-request pricing

When a tier's threshold condition matches, that tier prices the entire standard request. This is a tier switch, not progressive pricing across token bands.

Price-record evidence

Grok 4.5
Model ID: grok-4.5
Provider: xAI

Evidence

Verified: Sep 20, 2026Checked: Sep 20, 2026Official sources (3): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3

Canonical pricing tiers

Grok 4.6 short- and long-context pricing.

These standard API prices come from the canonical tier records attached to this model. Values are shown in USD per 1M tokens and are not inferred from the base row.

Context tier	Total prompt token rule	Regular input	Cached input	Output	Unit
Short contextshort	<200k prompt tokens	$2.00	$0.500	$6.00	USD / 1M tokens
Long contextlong	≥200k prompt tokens	$4.00	$1.00	$12.00	USD / 1M tokens

Total prompt tokens

Total prompt tokens are regular input tokens plus cached input tokens. Both count toward the tier threshold.

Whole-request pricing

When a tier's threshold condition matches, that tier prices the entire standard request. This is a tier switch, not progressive pricing across token bands.

Price-record evidence

Grok 4.6
Model ID: grok-4.6
Provider: xAI

Evidence

Verified: Oct 9, 2026Checked: Oct 9, 2026Official sources (6): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3 Official source 4 Official source 5 Official source 6

Canonical pricing tiers

Grok 4.7 short- and long-context pricing.

These standard API prices come from the canonical tier records attached to this model. Values are shown in USD per 1M tokens and are not inferred from the base row.

Context tier	Total prompt token rule	Regular input	Cached input	Output	Unit
Short contextshort	≤200k prompt tokens	$2.00	$0.500	$6.00	USD / 1M tokens
Long contextlong	>200k prompt tokens	$4.00	$1.00	$12.00	USD / 1M tokens

Total prompt tokens

Total prompt tokens are regular input tokens plus cached input tokens. Both count toward the tier threshold.

Whole-request pricing

When a tier's threshold condition matches, that tier prices the entire standard request. This is a tier switch, not progressive pricing across token bands.

Price-record evidence

Grok 4.7
Model ID: grok-4.7
Provider: xAI

Evidence

Verified: Sep 23, 2026Checked: Sep 23, 2026Official sources (4): Official source 1 Official source 2 Official source 3 Official source 4

Canonical pricing tiers

Grok Build 0.1 short- and long-context pricing.

These standard API prices come from the canonical tier records attached to this model. Values are shown in USD per 1M tokens and are not inferred from the base row.

Context tier	Total prompt token rule	Regular input	Cached input	Output	Unit
Short contextshort	<200k prompt tokens	$1.00	$0.200	$2.00	USD / 1M tokens
Long contextlong	≥200k prompt tokens	$2.00	$0.400	$4.00	USD / 1M tokens

Total prompt tokens

Total prompt tokens are regular input tokens plus cached input tokens. Both count toward the tier threshold.

Whole-request pricing

When a tier's threshold condition matches, that tier prices the entire standard request. This is a tier switch, not progressive pricing across token bands.

Price-record evidence

Grok Build 0.1
Model ID: grok-build-0.1
Provider: xAI

Evidence

Verified: Not availableChecked: Not availableOfficial source: Official source

xAI API pricing guide

What is xAI API pricing?

xAI API pricing is the usage-based cost of running Grok models through API requests. The practical estimate depends on the selected model, input tokens, output tokens, monthly request volume, retries, and any listed caching or discount rules.

How to estimate xAI API cost

Estimate one representative request first: input tokens, expected output tokens, selected Grok models, request volume, retry rate, and cached input when available assumptions when they are listed. Then multiply by monthly traffic.

Open the xAI API cost calculator

xAI model pricing table

Use the table on this page to compare available xAI rows per 1M tokens. Not listed values stay visible as Not listed, so unknown prices are not accidentally treated as zero.

Compare xAI models

Compare total workflow cost, not only the cheapest input token price. Output length, quality, retries, context size, and fallback routing can change the real monthly API bill.

Compare xAI with other providers

xAI model use cases

Which xAI models are usually used for.

Use cases are planning categories, not pricing promises. Estimate each workflow with its own token shape, expected answer length, quality requirement, and fallback behavior.

General assistants

Grok routes may be evaluated for chat, research, summarization, and general assistant workflows.

Reasoning-heavy tasks

For deeper reasoning tasks, estimate output length, retry behavior, and fallback calls instead of only comparing input token price.

Multi-provider routing

Teams comparing xAI often model it as one route in a broader provider mix with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, or DeepSeek.

Provider comparison

xAI pricing vs OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini.

Compare xAI with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek by input price, output price, cached-input behavior, context needs, latency, quality, and cost per successful task. Always verify current provider pricing before launch or procurement decisions.

Monthly spend control

How to control monthly xAI API spend.

Estimate before launch

Model a normal, high, and worst-case month with expected requests, input tokens, output tokens, retries, and model routes before exposing a feature to real traffic.

Set budget limits

Decide which app, workspace, customer tier, or internal team can spend against the provider budget. Review burn rate weekly during launches and pricing changes.

Reduce avoidable tokens

Shorten repeated instructions, cap output length, avoid sending full history when a summary works, and route routine tasks to lower-cost models when quality testing supports it.

Official sources

Source URLs used for this provider.

xAI model documentation xAI model documentation xAI model documentation xAI model documentation xAI model documentation

Cost examples

1M input tokens: $1.25
Model: Grok 3

1M output tokens: $2.50
Model: Grok 3

10M input + 2M output: $17.50
Model: Grok 3

Calculate a workload with xAI pricing context.

The existing calculator route is linked directly without invented provider or model query parameters.

Estimate Your AI API Cost

Pricing data is informational and may lag provider changes. Always verify final billing decisions against provider pricing pages, contracts, dashboards, and invoices.

xAI API pricing FAQ

How much does the xAI API cost?

xAI API cost depends on the selected model, input tokens, output tokens, request volume, retries, and any cached input when available or discount rules that apply. Use the pricing table and calculator with your own workload assumptions instead of relying on a single average price.

How do I estimate monthly xAI API cost?

Estimate one request with input tokens, expected output tokens, model choice, and current per-1M-token pricing. Then multiply by requests per user, active users, days per month, retry rate, and fallback calls.

Which xAI models are usually used for?

Grok models are usually evaluated for workflows such as general assistants, reasoning-heavy tasks, multi-provider routing. The best route depends on quality, latency, context size, output length, and monthly budget.

Is xAI cheaper than OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini?

xAI can be cheaper or more expensive depending on the exact model, prompt size, output length, cache eligibility, retry rate, and quality target. Compare total workflow cost across providers before switching production traffic.

Why are some xAI prices shown as Not listed?

Not listed means the current local pricing source does not expose a confirmed numeric value for that field. It is intentionally not treated as zero. Check the official xAI pricing page and billing dashboard before launch.

How can I control monthly xAI API spend?

Control spend by setting monthly budget limits, measuring input and output tokens separately, capping output length, reducing repeated context, reviewing retry cost, and comparing model routes before high-volume traffic grows.