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Grok 4.5 pricing per token
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Grok 4.5 costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens (list pricing as of 2026-08-15, sourced from Xai). See the full rate card below and project your monthly spend in the calculator.

Rate card

Input$2.00 / 1M tokens
Output$6.00 / 1M tokens
Cache read$0.300 / 1M tokens
Cache writeNot published
Context window500,000 tokens
Max output500,000 tokens

Official source: xAI pricing page . Batch API discounts (typically 50%) are available via the calculator's Batch mode.

What would it cost you per month?

A chat app making 500 calls/day at 1.2K input + 400 output tokens spends roughly $72.00/mo on Grok 4.5. Enter your real workload for an exact projection and to compare against other models.

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