xAI price history
Every pricing change we record for xAI API models, newest first. Tracking began May 11, 2026. Prices re-verified Aug 15, 2026.
What changed
3 recorded changes · newest first · every move keeps its receipt-
Aug 12, 2026
New model added: Grok 4.6 new listing
Grok 4.6 began being tracked.
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Jul 29, 2026
Data correction: Grok 4.20 data correction
Published $2.00/$6.00 was grok-4.5's price, not grok-4.20's. xAI's official per-model table (docs.x.ai/docs/pricing, receipt sha 8cea267d7b) lists Grok 4.20 at $1.25 in / $2.50 out (cached $0.20); grok-4.5 is the $2.00/$6.00 SKU. Our prior receipt anchored on developers/models, which renders only grok-4.5's hero price, so a sibling model's number was published on this row. Data correction, not a market move: xAI did not cut Grok 4.20's price on 2026-07-28. Supersedes the wrong baseline+carry-forward span. Corroborated by the docs/models embedded JSON (grok-4.20 12500/25000 per-token = $1.25/$2.50) and OpenRouter x-ai/grok-4.20 ($1.25/$2.50). (input_per_mtok: $2.00 → $1.25 · output_per_mtok: $6.00 → $2.50)
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Jul 8, 2026
New model added: Grok 4.5 new listing
Grok 4.5 began being tracked.
Current xAI prices
5 models · cheapest blended firstPer 1M tokens, cheapest blended first. "First tracked" is when this model entered our price history.
| Model | Blended* | Input | Output | First tracked |
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| Grok Build 0.1 | $1.25 | $1.00 | $2.00 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Grok 4.20 | $1.56 | $1.25 | $2.50 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Grok 4.3 | $1.56 | $1.25 | $2.50 | May 11, 2026 |
| Grok 4.6 | $3.00 | $2.00 | $6.00 | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Grok 4.5 | $3.00 | $2.00 | $6.00 | Jul 8, 2026 |
About this log
ModelPriceWatch re-verifies xAI API pricing against its official pricing page on a twice-daily refresh cycle and records every change here.
Quick stats
- Models tracked
- 5
- Recorded changes
- 3
- Tracking since
- May 11, 2026
- Last change
- Aug 12, 2026