Grok 3 Mini: API pricing, providers and specs
Grok 3 Mini is a text model by xAI. 6 providers serve it, from $0.50 to $4 /1M; the lowest price is at Helicone.
How Grok 3 Mini compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Mid-priced: its lowest price is $0.50 /1M against a median of $1.10; 34% of comparable models cost less.
- Its 131K-token context window is larger than 21% of them (median 262K), about 200 pages of text.
- On LMArena's Text board it ranks #53 of the 120 comparable models scored there.
- 6 providers serve it; 69% of comparable models have fewer.
Grok 3 Mini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Helicone | $0.30/1M | From$0.50/1M | $0.075/1M | — |
 Requesty | $0.30/1M | From$0.50/1M | $0.30/1M | 131K |
 AIHubMix | $0.30/1M | From$0.501/1M | — | — |
 Azure | $0.25/1M | From$1.27/1M | — | — |
 LaoZhang API | $0.30/1M | $1.80/1M | — | — |
 FastRouter | $0.60/1M | $4/1M | $0.15/1M | 131K |
- HeliconeFrom$0.50
- RequestyFrom$0.50
- AIHubMixFrom$0.501
- AzureFrom$1.27
- LaoZhang API$1.80
- FastRouter$4
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
- —
- Arena score
- 1369Text
Alternatives to Grok 3 Mini
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 3 Minithis model | $0.50/1M | 131K | 1369 | 6 |
 GLM-5.3 | $1.10/1M | 1.05M | 1623 | 49 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash | $0.20/1M | 1.05M | 1608 | 45 |
 Qwen3.8 27B | $0.50/1M | 262K | 1591 | 33 |
| GPT-6 Luna | $0.40/1M | 1.05M | 1578 | 28 |
 Sonar | $1/1M | 127K | — | 9 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | $0.30/1M | 1M | 1585 | 27 |
 MiMo-V2.6-Pro | $0.696/1M | 1.05M | 1625 | 21 |
| Qwen3.8 Flash Next | $0.376/1M | 262K | 1628 | 5 |
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Grok 3 Mini FAQ
The lowest price for Grok 3 Mini is $0.50 /1M, at Helicone.
Helicone, at $0.50 /1M. 6 providers serve Grok 3 Mini; the table above lists every one with its price.
Grok 3 Mini reads up to 131K tokens per request.
We have not found Grok 3 Mini's weights published by its maker.
6 API providers serve Grok 3 Mini. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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