grok-4 pricing
grok-4 is priced at $3.50 per 1M input tokens and $14.00 per 1M output tokens, with roughly 210 ms to first token and about 95 tokens/sec output throughput.
Price per 1M tokens
Input $3.50 · Output $14.00 · Output/input ratio 4.0x.
- 1M input + 1M output tokens: $17.50
- 10M input + 2M output tokens/month: $63.00
- 100M input + 20M output tokens/month: $630.00
Cheaper alternatives to grok-4
Same workload, lower output price. Validate quality before switching.
- gemini-3.5-pro — $12.00/1M output (14% cheaper)
- gpt-5 — $12.00/1M output (14% cheaper)
- azure-gpt-5 — $12.00/1M output (14% cheaper)
- gemini-2.5-pro — $10.00/1M output (29% cheaper)
How much are you wasting on grok-4?
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