Grok 4 API Pricing
12 available providers and 12 live price sources tracked, including 0 official provider.
Data snapshot:
30-second decision
- Lowest recorded input price: $0.0083/1M tokens
- Compare official API and relay quotes with their service terms
- Choose this model when reasoning and output quality matter more than cost; compare Terra or Luna for routine or high-volume work.
Task fit and model switching guide
Derived from official positioning and current ComputeUnion provider and pricing data.
Discount vs official API
Input-price difference for the same model; negative values are above official price.
Official baseline unavailable; discount is not calculated.
Price composition
Input and output remain paired within each provider quote.
Capability radar
Task-fit levels derived from official positioning, not an independent benchmark.
Channel cost and evidence map
X-axis is observed example monthly cost; Y-axis is price-evidence strength.
External capability comparison
Not enough verified related-model data is available for comparison.
Choose a related model for Grok 4
Compare price, capability, and provider coverage; select a model name for its detail page.
| Model | Official role | Official input/output | External score | Providers | Lowest example monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 4.3 | Not classified | — / — | — | 10 | $0.07 |
| GPT-5.5 | Frontier flagship | $5 / $30 | 55 | 18 | $0.46 |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Not classified | $5 / $25 | — | 18 | $0.25 |
- Prices: current official and provider quotes in ComputeUnion, calculated within each provider.
- Capability: official task positioning plus safely matched Artificial Analysis metrics; neither is presented as a ComputeUnion benchmark.
- Evidence: official, live API, platform-submitted, and unreviewed quotes remain visibly separated.
Best-fit tasks
- Best suited to complex reasoning.
- Best suited to coding.
- Suitable for general production workloads.
When to switch models
- Compare Grok 4.3 when stronger capability is needed without ignoring cost.
- Compare Grok 3 when lower cost with strong capability matters.
ComputeUnion market view
- ComputeUnion currently tracks 12 providers, including 0 official and 12 live price sources.
Task guidance is generated by fixed rules from official positioning and ComputeUnion market data; it is not an independent benchmark or guarantee.
Provider summary and buying decision
Evidence tier first, then normalized price within each tier.
| Provider / operator | Price evidence | Public operating history | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | API docs | Refund policy | Payment / invoice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RunAPIunknown | Live API pricePlatform page ↗Observed: | —Unknown | $0.0083 | $0.0207 | View docs ↗ | Not provided | alipay · wechatunknown |
| TreeRouterunknown | Live API pricePlatform page ↗Observed: | —Unknown | $0.0083 | $0.0207 | View docs ↗ | Not provided | alipay · wechatunknown |
| LaoZhang APIunknown | Live API pricePlatform page ↗Observed: | —Unknown | $0.0276 | $0.069 | View docs ↗ | Not provided | alipay · wechatunknown |
| PoloAPIunknown | Live API pricePlatform page ↗Observed: | —Unknown | $0.0276 | $0.069 | View docs ↗ | Not provided | alipay · wechatunknown |
| ProAI APIunknown | Live API pricePlatform page ↗Observed: | —Unknown | $0.0276 | $0.069 | View docs ↗ | Not provided | alipay · wechatunknown |
| UiUiAPIunknown | Live API pricePlatform page ↗Observed: | —Unknown | $0.0276 | $0.069 | View docs ↗ | Not provided | alipay · wechat · visa · mastercardunknown |
| YunWu AIunknown | Live API pricePlatform page ↗Observed: | —Unknown | $0.0683 | $0.1707 | View docs ↗ | Not provided | alipay · wechatunknown |
| CrazyRouterunknown | Live API pricePlatform page ↗Observed: | —Unknown | $0.11 | $0.275 | View docs ↗ | Not provided | —unknown |
| 302.AIunknown | Live API pricePlatform page ↗Observed: | —Unknown | $0.20 | $0.50 | View docs ↗ | Not provided | alipay · visa · mastercard · amex · unionpayunknown |
| OhMyGPTunknown | Live API pricePlatform page ↗Observed: | —Unknown | $0.22 | $0.55 | View docs ↗ | Not provided | alipay · wechatunknown |
| OpenRouterunknown | Live API pricePlatform page ↗Observed: | —Unknown | $1.25 | $2.50 | View docs ↗ | Not provided | visa · mastercard · cryptounknown |
| Poixe AIunknown | Live API pricePlatform page ↗Observed: | —Unknown | $36.00 | $180.00 | View docs ↗ | Not provided | alipay · wechat · visa · mastercardunknown |
Platform-submitted information or domain verification does not mean the price was independently checked and is not a ComputeUnion guarantee of pricing, availability, refunds, compliance, invoices, or service quality.
Estimate monthly cost
The estimate uses the displayed price without assuming discounts or cache hits.
FAQ
How is Grok 4 API priced?
Input and output tokens are billed separately. A complete official input/output baseline is not currently recorded, so provider quotes are normalized per million tokens.
Which provider is cheapest for Grok 4?
The lowest recorded input price is $0.0083/1M tokens from RunAPI; verify provider terms and the observation date before production use.
How do official and relay prices differ?
Official and relay channels can differ in price, latency, limits, and service terms; evaluate them separately for production traffic.