USD per 1M tokens
Model pricing detail
xAI grok-4.5 Model pricing detail
xAI grok-4.5 pricing: input $2.00, cached input $0.300, output $6.00 per 1M tokens, sample monthly cost, and official source.
Content quality
Model page context
This generated page is intended to answer the pricing question directly while preserving links to the underlying evidence. xAI lists grok-4.5 at $2 input and $6 output per 1M tokens.
USD per 1M tokens
USD per 1M tokens
Sample workload: 10,000 requests/month, 8,000 input tokens, 1,500 output tokens, and 30% cached input when cached pricing is listed.
Data confidence
xAI grok-4.5 Source status
Pricing Verified Freshness values are generated from source check metadata, validation status, and stored pricing history snapshots only.
Most recent successful source verification.
Latest generated or historical pricing update.
Recorded pricing changes in stored snapshots.
Objective source, validation, and history signals.
Higher means fewer or smaller price changes.
Higher means more pricing movement.
Data sources: provider source, methodology, history, Trust Center.
Price / performance
Value Score
Sourced benchmark and price signal.
Among models with sourced benchmark coverage.
Lower combined price ranks better.
Uses available pricing stability metadata.
No Value Score is shown because this model does not currently have both sourced benchmark coverage and complete listed input/output pricing.
Model pricing detail
Current token rates
Prices can change without notice. Verify the linked provider source before buying or deploying.
| Provider | Model | Input / 1M | Cached / 1M | Output / 1M | Sample monthly cost | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xAI | grok-4.5 USD per 1M tokens | $2.00 | $0.300 | $6.00 | $209.20 | Official source |
Provider
Same provider model prices
| Provider | Model | Input / 1M | Cached / 1M | Output / 1M | Sample monthly cost | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xAI | grok-build-0.1 USD per 1M tokens | $1.00 | $0.200 | $2.00 | $90.80 | Official source |
| xAI | grok-4.20-0309-non-reasoning USD per 1M tokens | $1.25 | $0.200 | $2.50 | $112.30 | Official source |
| xAI | grok-4.20-0309-reasoning USD per 1M tokens | $1.25 | $0.200 | $2.50 | $112.30 | Official source |
| xAI | grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309 USD per 1M tokens | $1.25 | $0.200 | $2.50 | $112.30 | Official source |
| xAI | grok-4.3 USD per 1M tokens | $1.25 | $0.200 | $2.50 | $112.30 | Official source |
Compare
Cheapest alternatives for the same workload
| Provider | Model | Input / 1M | Cached / 1M | Output / 1M | Sample monthly cost | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Gemini | gemini-exp-1114 USD per 1M tokens | N/A | Not listed | N/A | N/A | Official source |
| Google Gemini | gemma-3-27b-it USD per 1M tokens | N/A | Not listed | N/A | N/A | Official source |
| Google Gemini | learnlm-1.5-pro-experimental USD per 1M tokens | N/A | Not listed | N/A | N/A | Official source |
| Google Gemini | lyria-3-clip-preview USD per 1M tokens | N/A | Not listed | N/A | N/A | Official source |
| Google Gemini | lyria-3-pro-preview USD per 1M tokens | N/A | Not listed | N/A | N/A | Official source |
| OpenRouter | inclusionai/ling-2.6-flash USD per 1M tokens | $0.010 | $0.002 | $0.030 | $1.06 | Official source |
| OpenRouter | mistralai/mistral-nemo USD per 1M tokens | $0.019 | Not listed | $0.030 | $1.97 | Official source |
| Groq | meta-llama/llama-prompt-guard-2-22m USD per 1M tokens | $0.030 | Not listed | $0.030 | $2.85 | Official source |
| OpenRouter | nex-agi/nex-n2-mini USD per 1M tokens | $0.025 | $0.003 | $0.100 | $2.96 | Official source |
| OpenRouter | ibm-granite/granite-4.0-h-micro USD per 1M tokens | $0.017 | Not listed | $0.112 | $3.04 | Official source |
FAQ
Model pricing FAQ
How much does grok-4.5 cost per 1M tokens?
grok-4.5 costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens, $0.300 / 1M cached input, and $6.00 per 1M output tokens.
What is the source for grok-4.5 pricing?
This page links to the official xAI pricing source. Verify the source before buying or deploying.
How do I estimate monthly grok-4.5 cost?
Multiply input, cached input, and output tokens by their price per 1M tokens, then multiply by monthly request volume.
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Historical intelligence
grok-4.5 pricing history signals
xAI grok-4.5 first appears on 2026-07-29, last updates on 2026-07-29, and has 0 pricing change(s). The stored history shows no price move is present in the stored snapshots.
From stored provider history snapshots
Last stored snapshot date
Changed tracked price fields
Only counted when capability fields exist in snapshots
Calendar days from latest tracked change
No increase in snapshots
No decrease in snapshots
Between stored change dates
Average absolute changed-field movement per tracked month
Inverse of pricing stability score
Cheapest-rank positions moved over time
No price move recorded
The available snapshots do not show a changed tracked price field.
Contextual insights
xAI grok-4.5 Model pricing detail data notes
- xAI lists grok-4.5 at $2 input and $6 output per 1M tokens.
- The listed context window is 500,000 token context, which should be checked against workload memory needs.
- Pricing history first tracked this model on 2026-07-29.
Current pricing comes from dist/data/providers.json, provider history files in dist/data/history/, and generated internal page links. The public build was last generated on 2026-08-04.
Model details use source-backed current pricing, context metadata, generated alternatives, and pricing history when available.
Static build timestamp from the pricing dataset.
The current data suggests is that xAI grok-4.5 Model pricing detail should be evaluated through the page's linked price, source, history, and related model context. xAI lists grok-4.5 at $2 input and $6 output per 1M tokens.
Editorial information
Reviewed by AI Pricing Hub Editorial
2026-08-04
Methodology explains collection, validation, limitations, and update cadence.