Grok 2: API pricing, providers and specs
Grok 2 is a text model by xAI. One provider serves it: AIHubMix, at $9 /1M.
A newer version is out: Grok 4.20 · released Mar 12, 2026
Lowest price$9/1Mat AIHubMix
Maker's price—The maker does not sell it
Providers1
Context—
How Grok 2 compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Pricey for its class: at $9 /1M, its lowest price is above 85% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- On LMArena's Text board it ranks #81 of the 120 comparable models scored there.
- 1 providers serve it; 0% of comparable models have fewer.
Grok 2 prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AIHubMix | $1.80/1M | $9/1M | — | — |
Prices in US dollars, updated daily from each provider. Prices last checked Oct 25, 2026.
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- xAI
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- —
- Max output
- —
- Capabilities
- —
- Released
- Aug 22, 2025
- License
- —
- Open weights
- Yes, downloadable
- Arena score
- 1305Text
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 41 xAI modelsGrok 2 FAQ
The lowest price for Grok 2 is $9 /1M, at AIHubMix.
Yes. Grok 2's weights can be downloaded from its maker's Hugging Face page, under the — license.
1 API providers serve Grok 2. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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