Grok 3 Pricing
FlagshipxAI · 131K tokens context
Grok 3 from xAI costs $3.00 per 1 million input tokens and $15.00 per 1 million output tokens as of May 2026. The model supports a 131,072-token context window (approximately 98,304 words) with a 8K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0030 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0300.
| Input price | $3.00 / 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Output price | $15.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output / input ratio | 5.0× |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens (~98,304 words) |
| Maximum output | 8,192 tokens |
| Cost per 1K tokens (input) | $0.0030 |
| Tier | Flagship |
| Last verified |
Grok 3 is xAI's flagship — a step up from Grok 2 on reasoning and coding benchmarks with the same X-platform real-time context.
Input Price
$3.00
per 1 million tokens
Output Price
$15.00
per 1 million tokens
Context Window
131K tokens
max 8K output
Cost Examples
| Request Type | Tokens | Input Cost | Output Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 word article | 1,333 | $0.004 | $0.006 |
| 10-page document (2,500 words) | 3,333 | $0.01 | $0.015 |
| 1,000 lines of code | 5,000 | $0.015 | $0.0225 |
| 100K token document | 100,000 | $0.30 | $0.45 |
Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.
Strengths
- ✓Frontier-class reasoning
- ✓Real-time X data integration
- ✓Larger output limit than Grok 2
Limitations
- –More expensive than Grok 2
- –Smaller ecosystem than OpenAI/Anthropic
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