Grok 4.5 Pricing
FlagshipxAI · 500K tokens context
Grok 4.5 from xAI costs $2.00 per 1 million input tokens and $6.00 per 1 million output tokens as of July 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 500,000-token context window (approximately 375,000 words) with a 32K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0020 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0200.
| Input price | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Output price | $6.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output / input ratio | 3.0× |
| Context window | 500,000 tokens (~375,000 words) |
| Maximum output | 32,000 tokens |
| Cost per 1K tokens (input) | $0.0020 |
| Tier | Flagship |
| Last verified |
Grok 4.5 is SpaceXAI's smartest model with frontier performance on coding, knowledge work, and STEM.
Input Price
$2.00
per 1 million tokens
Output Price
$6.00
per 1 million tokens
Context Window
500K tokens
max 32K output
Cost Examples
| Request Type | Tokens | Input Cost | Output Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 word article | 1,333 | $0.00267 | $0.0024 |
| 10-page document (2,500 words) | 3,333 | $0.00667 | $0.006 |
| 1,000 lines of code | 5,000 | $0.01 | $0.009 |
| 100K token document | 100,000 | $0.20 | $0.18 |
Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.
Strengths
- ✓Large 500K-token context window
- ✓Frontier-class quality on complex tasks
- ✓Multimodal: understands images as well as text
Limitations
- –Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider
- –Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider
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