Grok 4.5 pricing
Grok 4.5 costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens as of October 2026. Tracked daily since 26 July 2026 across 93 snapshots.
Current rates
- Input: $2.00 per 1M tokens
- Output: $6.00 per 1M tokens
- Cached input: $0.30 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 500,000 tokens
- Above 200,000 tokens the rate changes to $4.00 input / $12.00 output
Recorded changes
| Date | Field | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 2026 | status | sota | active |
Cheaper alternatives to Grok 4.5
Ranked by blended cost assuming a 3:1 input-to-output ratio, which is typical of chat and agent workloads. Only currently callable models with a comparable context window are listed.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cheaper by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Large 4 | $1.36 | $4.18 | 31% |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | $1.25 | $4.25 | 33% |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | $1.00 | $5.00 | 33% |
| GPT-5.4 mini | $0.75 | $4.50 | 44% |
| Grok 4.3 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 48% |
Cite this data
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Text
YemHub (2026). Grok 4.5 API pricing history. YemHub AI Pricing Index. Retrieved 27 October 2026, from https://yemhub.com/price-history/grok-4-5/
BibTeX
@misc{yemhub2026grok45apipricinghistory,
author = {{YemHub}},
title = {Grok 4.5 API pricing history},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://yemhub.com/price-history/grok-4-5/}},
note = {YemHub AI Pricing Index, accessed 2026-10-27}
}