Grok 4 Cost Calculator

Grok 4 is xAI's flagship with native X (Twitter) integration for real-time information and reasoning. 256K context, strong at current-events queries that other models can't answer.

Input

$3.00

per 1M tokens

Output

$15.00

per 1M tokens

Context window

256K

tokens

Released

2025-07

Cutoff 2025-04

Model

≈ Estimated tokenizer·$3.00 in·$15.00 out (per 1M)

Quick start with a use case

Input tokens

Output tokens

Total cost per call$0.0105

Input$0.003000

Output$0.007500

Cost comparison

Standard

$0.0105

With Caching

Not supported

With Batch

Not supported

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Detailed pricing

Grok 4 pricing breakdown

All pricing dimensions including caching and batch discounts.

Type	Price (per 1M tokens)	Note
Input	$3.0000	Standard input tokens
Output	$15.0000	Generated output tokens

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 vs alternatives

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

Model	Per call	vs Grok 4
Grok 4 xAI · this page	$0.0105	—
DeepSeek V4-Flash DeepSeek	$0.000280	−97%
DeepSeek V3.2 DeepSeek	$0.000480	−95%
GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI	$0.000800	−92%
GPT-5 mini OpenAI	$0.001250	−88%
Mistral Large 3 Mistral	$0.001250	−88%

Recommended use

When to choose Grok 4

Grok 4 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 256K 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 costs $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical chat call (1000 input + 500 output tokens) costs approximately $0.0105. Use the calculator above to estimate your specific use case.