Grok 4 pricing
Grok 4 costs $1.25 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens as of October 2026. Tracked daily since 25 July 2026 across 94 snapshots.
Current rates
- Input: $1.25 per 1M tokens
- Output: $2.50 per 1M tokens
- Cached input: $0.20 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 256,000 tokens
No price movement recorded for Grok 4 over the tracked period — the rate has held steady.
Cheaper alternatives to Grok 4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.75 | $3.75 | 4% |
| Mistral Large 3 | $0.50 | $1.50 | 52% |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | $0.20 | $1.20 | 71% |
| Llama 4 Maverick (400B) | $0.15 | $0.60 | 83% |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | $0.10 | $0.50 | 87% |
Cite this data
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Text
YemHub (2026). Grok 4 API pricing history. YemHub AI Pricing Index. Retrieved 26 October 2026, from https://yemhub.com/price-history/grok-4/
BibTeX
@misc{yemhub2026grok4apipricinghistory,
author = {{YemHub}},
title = {Grok 4 API pricing history},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://yemhub.com/price-history/grok-4/}},
note = {YemHub AI Pricing Index, accessed 2026-10-26}
}