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Grok 3: API pricing, providers and specs

Textby xAIReleased Feb 19, 2025

Grok 3 is a text model by xAI. 6 providers serve it, from $15 to $25 /1M; the lowest price is at LaoZhang API.

A newer version is out: Grok 4.20 · released Mar 12, 2026

Lowest price$15/1Mat LaoZhang API
Maker's price—The maker does not sell it
Providers6
Context131K

How Grok 3 compares

Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.

  • Pricey for its class: at $15 /1M, its lowest price is above 91% of comparable models (median $1.10).
  • Its 131K-token context window is larger than 21% of them (median 262K), about 200 pages of text.
  • 6 providers serve it; 69% of comparable models have fewer.

Grok 3 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.

ProviderInputOutputPrompt cachingContext
Helicone$3/1MFrom$15/1M$0.75/1M—
Azure$3/1MFrom$15/1M——
LaoZhang API$3/1M$15/1M——
AIHubMix$3/1M$15/1M——
Requesty$5/1MFrom$25/1M$5/1M131K
FastRouter$5/1M$25/1M$1.25/1M131K
Output price by provider, /1M, cheapest first
  1. LaoZhang API$15
  2. AIHubMix$15
  3. HeliconeFrom$15
  4. AzureFrom$15
  5. FastRouter$25
  6. RequestyFrom$25
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
131K≈ 200 pages of text
Max output
—
Capabilities
Prompt caching, JSON, Reasoning, Tool calling
Released
Feb 19, 2025
License
—
Open weights
—
Monthly searches
23K

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