Grok 4.5 Cost Calculator

Grok 4.5 succeeds Grok 4 with a dramatic price cut ($3/$15 → $2/$6, 60% cheaper output), doubled context (500K), and native real-time X integration.

Input

$2.00

per 1M tokens

Output

$6.00

per 1M tokens

Context window

500K

tokens

Released

2026-07

Cutoff —

Model

≈ Estimated tokenizer·$2.00 in·$6.00 out (per 1M)

Quick start with a use case

Input tokens

Output tokens

Total cost per call$0.005000

Input$0.002000

Output$0.003000

Cost comparison

Standard

$0.005000

With Caching

$0.004250

Save 15% ↓

With Batch

Not supported

Cutting costs? Open models start at $0.14/1M

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Detailed pricing

Grok 4.5 pricing breakdown

All pricing dimensions including caching and batch discounts.

Type	Price (per 1M tokens)	Note
Input	$2.0000	Standard input tokens
Output	$6.0000	Generated output tokens
Cached input	$0.5000	Reused prompt content

Cutting costs? Open models start at $0.14/1M

DeepSeek, Kimi & 200+ open models on Novita AI — often 5–20x cheaper than proprietary APIs for comparable tasks.

Try Novita AI

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How it compares

Grok 4.5 vs alternatives

Single-call cost (1000 input + 500 output tokens) ranked from cheapest.

Model	Per call	vs Grok 4.5
Grok 4.5 xAI · this page	$0.005000	—
DeepSeek V4-Flash DeepSeek	$0.000280	−94%
DeepSeek V3.2 DeepSeek	$0.000480	−90%
GPT-5 mini OpenAI	$0.001250	−75%
Mistral Large 3 Mistral	$0.001250	−75%
Gemini 3 Flash Google	$0.002000	−60%

Recommended use

When to choose Grok 4.5

Grok 4.5 shines for general-purpose tasks, complex multi-step reasoning, tasks needing real-time information, and image and document understanding. Token counts are estimated within ~10-20% margin.

✓Context window of 500K tokens handles long conversations and large documents.

✓Prompt caching available — significant savings for repeated system prompts.

✓Tool / function calling supported.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Grok 4.5 costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical chat call (1000 input + 500 output tokens) costs approximately $0.0050. Use the calculator above to estimate your specific use case.