API PRICES
xAI · grok-3
Provider prices, cheapest first
xAI · grok-3 official price: not yet recorded. Cheapest relay: i.v1api.cc, group "china" 2.4 CNY_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 33 sites have comparable prices; 77 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.
Price ranges per million tokens
Relay USD credit prices · Lowest 1.5625 · median 4.5 · highest 42 · 18 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Relay CNY credit prices · Lowest 2.4 · median 5.6 · highest 17.175 · 8 quotes CNY / per million tokens, site credit
Official prices are the vendor's cash prices. Inference providers also list cash prices and can be compared directly. Relays list prices in site credit; what you actually pay depends on each site's top-up rate, so they cannot be compared with official prices directly.
Unit: CNY credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.
Price range: lowest 2.4 · median 5.6 · highest 17.175 (8 quotes, CNY credits per million total tokens)
Relays
Prices below are in site credit, not cash.
| # | Provider | Plan / conditions | Input ↑CNY credits / 1M | Output CNY credits / 1M | Cache readCNY credits / 1M | BlendedCNY credits / 1M | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recent price | |||||||
| 01 | aifast.siteAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | default Default group, 0.4 yuan per dao (US dollar) [machine translation]Original: 默认分组，0.4元一刀 Operator pending verification | 1.2 | 6 | — | 2.4Median price ÷ this price: 2.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 01 | i.v1api.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | china Chinese models, Alibaba channel, Kimi/Minimax/Deepseek, 60% of list price, rate multiplier 0.6 [machine translation]Original: 国产模型，阿里渠道，Kimi/Minimax/Deepseek，6折，倍率0.6 Operator pending verification | 1.2 | 6 | — | 2.4Median price ÷ this price: 2.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | ai.soruxgpt.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | reverse-low Assorted low-price reverse-engineered channels [machine translation]Original: 各路低价逆向渠道 Operator pending verification | 1.4 | 7 | — | 2.8Median price ÷ this price: 2× | Full prices and sources |
| 04 | api.34ku.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | default Name on site: grok-3-reasoning Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 2.6 | 13 | — | 5.2Median price ÷ this price: 1.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 05 | hy88.myAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | grok_officialOperator pending verification | 3 | 15 | 0.75 | 6Median price ÷ this price: 0.9× | Full prices and sources |
| 06 | www.ggwk1.onlineAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | gpt-4.5 dedicated line fast-cycling pool [machine translation]Group on site: gpt-4.5 专线速刷 gpt-4.5 dedicated line fast-cycling pool - 1x [machine translation]Original: gpt-4.5 专线速刷-1倍 Operator pending verification | 4 | 20 | — | 8Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 07 | 8s.hkAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | All models auto [machine translation]Group on site: 全模型自动 Recommended|all-model auto load optimization [machine translation]Original: 推荐|全模型自动负载优化 Operator pending verification | 6 | 30 | 1.5 | 12Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 08 | api.ccode.vipAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Grok forwarding [machine translation]Group on site: Grok 转发 Grok Official Repost - Grok forwarding [machine translation]Original: Grok Official Repost - Grok 转发 Operator pending verification | 8.4 | 43.5 | — | 17.175Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| Older price | |||||||
| 01 | aidianwo.comAsk or discussCollected: Carried previous price Not updated this time; showing the previous price View 1 plans | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 7 | 15 | — | 9Median price ÷ this price: 0.6× | Full prices and sources |
Related variants · 7 rows · not ranked
These are special editions of the model (thinking, max, search, batch, long context, free, etc.). They are priced differently from the base model, so they are listed separately and not ranked. Names that only add an effort level such as low, high or nothinking are compared with the base model.
- grok-3-deepsearch (-deepsearch · search or tool): 6 rows
- grok-3-think (-think · thinking edition): 1 rows
- api.34ku.com · default · grok-3-deepsearch · Input 2.6 / Output 13 CNY credits / 1M
- i.v1api.cc · deepseek · grok-3-deepsearch · Input 3.6 / Output 10.8 CNY credits / 1M
- i.v1api.cc · china · grok-3-deepsearch · Input 3.6 / Output 10.8 CNY credits / 1M
- 8s.hk · All models auto [machine translation]Group on site: 全模型自动 · grok-3-deepsearch · Input 4 / Output 20 CNY credits / 1M
- 8s.hk · All models auto [machine translation]Group on site: 全模型自动 · grok-3-think · Input 4 / Output 20 CNY credits / 1M
- i.v1api.cc · grok · grok-3-deepsearch · Input 6 / Output 18 CNY credits / 1M
- i.v1api.cc · default · grok-3-deepsearch · Input 6 / Output 18 CNY credits / 1M
How this ranking works
All per-token prices: 97,455 prices from 871 sites (about 765 companies). 89,631 are ranked, from 861 sites (about 755 companies); 7,824 more are listed separately and not ranked. Prices collected up to 2026-10-17.
This model has 307 recorded prices; 125 can be compared directly (86 ranked, 39 listed separately). Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 97, billed per request or another unit 46, ratio looks unset 17, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 16, display unit not confirmed 2, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 2
15 recent · 1 stale (older than 10 days, or not updated by this refresh) · 0 unverified timestamps. Minimum and median only count recent paid prices; older prices stay in the table. 0 zero-valued pairs are separately unverified, without proof of free eligibility. Timing does not verify payment, upstream identity or quality.
Prices are converted to site credits using each site’s published ratio. What you actually pay depends on its top-up rate. Input, output and cache prices in each row come from the same plan. Several sites run by the same company take one place in the ranking: its cheapest plan, with the other sites listed under it. We judge “same company” by identical prices, status pages or homepage code; this is not a legal finding. To see every site’s prices, choose “All plans” or filter by provider.
“Self-declared unofficial channel” means the plan name itself says “reverse-engineered” or similar. We have not verified their source or quality. Minimum and median only count regular plans.
Sources not accepted this cycle and reasons
FAQ
Which API is cheapest for xAI · grok-3?
i.v1api.cc, group "china", 2.4 CNY credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 33 sites have comparable prices.
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