API PRICES
xAI · grok-4.6
Provider prices, cheapest first
Price comparison
- Official (cash)
- Input 2 / output 6 USD/million tokensxAI ·
- Lowest inference provider (cash)
- Input 2 / output 6 USD/million tokensOpenRouter · Aggregator ·
- Lowest relay (credit)
- 0.15 CNY credit/million total tokensfactory.pub "Grok" ·
Official and inference-provider prices are cash; relay prices are site credit (USD credit or CNY credit), a different unit, compared separately. Relay prices are per million total tokens at 75% input and 25% output.
All official and inference price observations
xAI · grok-4.6 official price: input 2, output 6 USD per million tokens (xAI, observed 2026-10-24). Cheapest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 2, output 6 USD per million tokens. Cheapest relay: factory.pub, group "Grok" 0.15 CNY_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-23). 169 sites have comparable prices; 638 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output. Conditions: Context tier: PROMPT_LT_200K · long context pricing: a prompt reaching 200k tokens bills all tokens of the request at the higher rate · Context tier: OPENROUTER_DEFAULT_WHEN_NO_OVERRIDE · Additional web_search price 0.005 USD (per unit as declared by OpenRouter)
Price ranges per million tokens
Official cash prices · Lowest 3 · median 4.5 · highest 6 · 2 quotes USD / per million tokens
Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 3 · median 3 · highest 3 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Relay USD credit prices · Lowest 0.1 · median 1.2 · highest 70.2 · 92 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Relay CNY credit prices · Lowest 0.15 · median 0.66 · highest 3 · 30 quotes CNY / per million tokens, site credit
Official price
| Provider | Tariff | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xAI | Standard | 2 | 6 | 0.5 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Context tier: PROMPT_LT_200K · long context pricing: a prompt reaching 200k tokens bills all tokens of the request at the higher rateFull price conditions{
"sourceUnit": null,
"sourceAmounts": null,
"conditions": [],
"contextTier": "PROMPT_LT_200K",
"processingMode": null,
"conditionNotes": [
"long context pricing: a prompt reaching 200k tokens bills all tokens of the request at the higher rate"
],
"effectiveFrom": null,
"effectiveUntil": null
}Official source | |
| xAI | Standard | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Context tier: PROMPT_GE_200K · long context pricing: a prompt reaching 200k tokens bills all tokens of the request at the higher rateFull price conditions{
"sourceUnit": null,
"sourceAmounts": null,
"conditions": [],
"contextTier": "PROMPT_GE_200K",
"processingMode": null,
"conditionNotes": [
"long context pricing: a prompt reaching 200k tokens bills all tokens of the request at the higher rate"
],
"effectiveFrom": null,
"effectiveUntil": null
}Official source |
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.
Inference providers
| Provider | Tariff | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source | vs official |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter · Aggregator | Standard | 2 | 6 | 0.5 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Context tier: OPENROUTER_DEFAULT_WHEN_NO_OVERRIDE · Additional web_search price 0.005 USD (per unit as declared by OpenRouter)Full price conditions{
"sourceUnit": "USD_PER_TOKEN",
"sourceAmounts": {
"cacheRead": "0.0000005",
"input": "0.000002",
"output": "0.000006"
},
"conditions": [],
"contextTier": "OPENROUTER_DEFAULT_WHEN_NO_OVERRIDE",
"processingMode": null,
"conditionNotes": [
"Additional web_search price 0.005 USD (per unit as declared by OpenRouter)"
],
"effectiveFrom": null,
"effectiveUntil": null
}Official source |
Other tariffs and prices to review
Inference providers
| Provider | Tariff | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter · Aggregator | Standard | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Context tier: OPENROUTER_MIN_PROMPT_TOKENS_200000 · OpenRouter override for prompts from 200000 tokens (boundary inclusivity not stated) · Additional web_search price 0.005 USD (per unit as declared by OpenRouter)Full price conditions{
"sourceUnit": "USD_PER_TOKEN",
"sourceAmounts": {
"cacheRead": "0.000001",
"input": "0.000004",
"output": "0.000012"
},
"conditions": [
"OpenRouter override for prompts from 200000 tokens (boundary inclusivity not stated)"
],
"contextTier": "OPENROUTER_MIN_PROMPT_TOKENS_200000",
"processingMode": null,
"conditionNotes": [
"Additional web_search price 0.005 USD (per unit as declared by OpenRouter)"
],
"effectiveFrom": null,
"effectiveUntil": null
}Official source |
Older official and inference provider prices
Earlier price observations and their original conditions
Official price
| Provider | Tariff | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xAI | Standard | 2 | 6 | 0.5 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Context tier: PROMPT_LT_200K · long context pricing: a prompt reaching 200k tokens bills all tokens of the request at the higher rateFull price conditions{
"sourceUnit": null,
"sourceAmounts": null,
"conditions": [],
"contextTier": "PROMPT_LT_200K",
"processingMode": null,
"conditionNotes": [
"long context pricing: a prompt reaching 200k tokens bills all tokens of the request at the higher rate"
],
"effectiveFrom": null,
"effectiveUntil": null
}Official source | |
| xAI | Standard | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Context tier: PROMPT_GE_200K · long context pricing: a prompt reaching 200k tokens bills all tokens of the request at the higher rateFull price conditions{
"sourceUnit": null,
"sourceAmounts": null,
"conditions": [],
"contextTier": "PROMPT_GE_200K",
"processingMode": null,
"conditionNotes": [
"long context pricing: a prompt reaching 200k tokens bills all tokens of the request at the higher rate"
],
"effectiveFrom": null,
"effectiveUntil": null
}Official source |
Inference providers
| Provider | Tariff | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter · Aggregator | Standard | 2 | 6 | 0.5 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Context tier: OPENROUTER_DEFAULT_WHEN_NO_OVERRIDE · Additional web_search price 0.005 USD (per unit as declared by OpenRouter)Full price conditions{
"sourceUnit": "USD_PER_TOKEN",
"sourceAmounts": {
"cacheRead": "0.0000005",
"input": "0.000002",
"output": "0.000006"
},
"conditions": [],
"contextTier": "OPENROUTER_DEFAULT_WHEN_NO_OVERRIDE",
"processingMode": null,
"conditionNotes": [
"Additional web_search price 0.005 USD (per unit as declared by OpenRouter)"
],
"effectiveFrom": null,
"effectiveUntil": null
}Official source | |
| OpenRouter · Aggregator | Standard | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Context tier: OPENROUTER_MIN_PROMPT_TOKENS_200000 · OpenRouter override for prompts from 200000 tokens (boundary inclusivity not stated) · Additional web_search price 0.005 USD (per unit as declared by OpenRouter)Full price conditions{
"sourceUnit": "USD_PER_TOKEN",
"sourceAmounts": {
"cacheRead": "0.000001",
"input": "0.000004",
"output": "0.000012"
},
"conditions": [
"OpenRouter override for prompts from 200000 tokens (boundary inclusivity not stated)"
],
"contextTier": "OPENROUTER_MIN_PROMPT_TOKENS_200000",
"processingMode": null,
"conditionNotes": [
"Additional web_search price 0.005 USD (per unit as declared by OpenRouter)"
],
"effectiveFrom": null,
"effectiveUntil": null
}Official source |
Unit: CNY credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.
Price range: lowest 0.15 · median 0.66 · highest 3 (30 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 | factory.pubAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Grok Grok4.7 model available [machine translation]Original: 有Grok4.7模型可用 Operator pending verification | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.025 | 0.15Median price ÷ this price: 4.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 02 | api.celestiai.devAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | grok Grok Operator pending verification | 0.14 | 0.42 | 0.035 | 0.21Median price ÷ this price: 3.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | api.shiro.unoAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Grok full-strength 0.1x [machine translation]Group on site: Grok满血 0.1x High cache cursor pro full-strength [machine translation]Original: 高缓 cursor pro满血 Operator pending verification | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.05 | 0.3Median price ÷ this price: 2.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | xhaoo.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | grok This is a gork reverse proxy [machine translation]Original: 此为 gork 反代 Operator pending verification | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.05 | 0.3Median price ÷ this price: 2.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 05 | api.yanai.it.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | grok Lao Ma (Musk) the philanthropist, just for fun [machine translation]Original: 老马慈善家,用着玩 Operator pending verification | 0.24 | 0.72 | 0.06 | 0.36Median price ÷ this price: 1.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 06 | ai.kdysite.cloudAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | grok-heavy High intelligence, full-strength [machine translation]Original: 高智商满血 Operator pending verification | 0.26 | 0.78 | 0.065 | 0.39Median price ÷ this price: 1.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 07 | api.sqface.sbsAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | grok grok Musk [machine translation]Original: grok马斯克 Operator pending verification | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.075 | 0.45Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 07 | mochiapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | grok 普通+super混合号池(模拟缓存) (Not yet translated) Operator pending verification | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.075 | 0.45Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 07 | zhangsan.yunAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | grokOperator pending verification | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.075 | 0.45Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | api.ciyuanapis.xyzAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | grok_heavy grok heavy Operator pending verification | 0.33 | 0.99 | — | 0.495Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 11 | ahhilai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Grok-Heavy Currently only Grok-4.5, Grok-4.6 [machine translation]Original: 暂时只有Grok-4.5,Grok-4.6 Operator pending verification | 0.36 | 1.08 | 0.09 | 0.54Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 12 | 78code.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | grok grok Operator pending verification | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.6Median price ÷ this price: 1.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 12 | api.yunhe.oneAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Grok Build Subscription account pool, full features, any use case [machine translation]Original: 订阅号池,全功能,不限使用场景 Operator pending verification | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.6Median price ÷ this price: 1.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 12 | nowcoding.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Grok Grok discount channel, usable in Claude Code and Codex, model name grok-4.6 [machine translation]Original: Grok优惠渠道,可在Claude Code和Codex中使用,模型名grok-4.6 Operator pending verification | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.6Median price ÷ this price: 1.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 15 | autorouter.netAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | Grok Grok Operator pending verification | 0.44 | 1.32 | 0.11 | 0.66Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 15 | bajie-api.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | gorkOperator pending verification | 0.44 | 1.32 | 0.11 | 0.66Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 17 | oai2api.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | grok_heavy grok heavy full price [machine translation]Original: grok heavy 正价 Operator pending verification | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.125 | 0.75Median price ÷ this price: 0.9× | Full prices and sources |
| 18 | api.iksvip.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | grok-cheap grok promotion group, may go offline at any time [machine translation]Original: grok 促销分组,可能随时下线 Operator pending verification | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.15 | 0.9Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 19 | viseapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | grok Extremely fast! Do not look at the rate multiplier, look at the price. Special price! [machine translation]Original: 速度极快!不要看倍率,要看价格 价格便宜! Operator pending verification | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 1.2Median price ÷ this price: 0.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 20 | api.darl.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default User group [machine translation]Original: 用户分组 Operator pending verification | 1 | 1 | — | 1Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 20 | ai.astrumflow.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | High-speed Grok [machine translation]Group on site: 高速Grok High-speed SuperGrok account pool [machine translation]Original: 高速SuperGrok号池 Operator pending verification | 1 | 3 | 0.25 | 1.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 20 | www.ggwk1.onlineAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | grok - special price group [machine translation]Group on site: grok-特价组 Self-built account pool special price group [machine translation]Original: 自建号池特价分组 Operator pending verification | 1 | 3 | 0.25 | 1.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 20 | api.kaopuapi.xyzAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default GPT (please no jailbreaking or penetration), image2, video, grok (jailbreak freely) [machine translation]Original: GPT(请别破限和渗透),image2,视频,grok(随便破限) Operator pending verification | 1 | 8 | 0.4 | 2.75Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 24 | openkun.xyzAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Grok Heavy Name on site: grok-4.6-xhigh Grok Official Build SuperGrok Operator pending verification | 1.4 | 4.35 | 0.14 | 2.1375Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 25 | suanlitaikong.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | grok-credit billing [machine translation]Group on site: grok-额度计费 grok-credit billing [machine translation]Original: grok-额度计费 Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.15 | 1.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
Special groups · 4 rows · not ranked
These plans are marked as test, internal, disabled, gated by top-up or membership, or have a near-zero ratio. They may not be purchasable or stable, so they are listed separately and left out of the ranking and statistics.
- near-zero-ratio group: 4 rows
- bearlab.ai · [Grok] Free account pool [machine translation]Group on site: 【Grok】Free号池 · grok-4.6 · Input 0.04 / Output 0.12 CNY credits / 1M
- api.novaeworld.top · grok-free · grok-4.6-xhigh · Input 0.044 / Output 0.13 CNY credits / 1M
- ai.kdysite.cloud · grok-free · grok-4.6 · Input 0.06 / Output 0.18 CNY credits / 1M
- api.yunserver.cn · grok-cheap · grok-4.6 · Input 0.544 / Output 1.632 CNY credits / 1M
How this ranking works
All per-token prices: 93,968 prices from 854 sites (about 751 companies). 84,786 are ranked, from 838 sites (about 736 companies); 9,182 more are listed separately and not ranked. Prices collected up to 2026-10-24.
This model has 1187 recorded prices; 298 can be compared directly (268 ranked, 30 listed separately). Not comparable yet: tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 495, price not parsed yet 193, new price under review; showing the previous one 86, billed per request or another unit 55, ratio looks unset 24, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 16, display unit not confirmed 8
44 recent · 5 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-4.6?
factory.pub, group "Grok", 0.15 CNY credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-23. 169 sites have comparable prices.
What is the official price for xAI · grok-4.6?
Input 2, output 6 USD per million tokens, checked 2026-10-24. Lowest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 2, output 6 USD per million tokens.
How do I use xAI · grok-4.6 in Claude Code or Codex?
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