xAI (Grok)

Grok 3 Mini

xAI's compact Grok 3 Mini model for fast, low-cost inference on the first-party API.

ActiveReleased April 3, 2025Available from 4 providers
Tool callingCan invoke external tools and APIs (function calling) mid-response.Structured outputCan return JSON or schema-constrained responses instead of free text.ReasoningUses extended thinking / chain-of-thought for harder multi-step problems.Effort controlLets you dial thinking depth (low / medium / high) to trade cost for quality.Fine-tuningSupports training a custom variant on your own data (vendor fine-tune API or self-hosted open weights).

Source: xAI API docs, xAI console, Metadata verification, Field resolution verification

Price per 1M tokens
$0.3 in / $0.5 out
Context window131,072
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Priced across4 providers

Pricing

Every billing leg from the live catalog, in USD per 1M tokens.

Billing legRate
Input$0.3 / M
Output$0.5 / M

Cost calculator

Billing-grade math over the rate card above, including the thinking tokens most estimates miss.

Hidden reasoning tokens bill as output. 1.0x = thinking off. Medium-effort reasoning typically lands near 3x; heavy reasoning runs 6x to 8x. Set it to match your workload.

Estimated monthly cost
$90.00
at current list prices
Fresh input$60.00
Output incl. thinking$30.00
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Compare providers

The same model, priced across every platform that serves it. Lowest combined in/out rate is flagged.

PlatformRegionInput / MOutput / MBatchAccess
xAILowest
-$0.3$0.5-First-party API
Azure AI Foundry
-$0.25$1.27-Direct
Azure AI Foundry · Data zone
-$0.275$1.38-Direct
Azure AI Foundry · Regional
$0.275$1.38-Direct

Some hosts price by region. Shown rates match the selected region.

Price history

Has this model gotten cheaper or more expensive?

No changePriced at $0.3 / $0.5 per 1M since April 20, 2026.

More from xAI (Grok)

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Grok 4.6
xai/grok-4.6
$2 / $6 in / out per 1M
Grok 4.5
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$2 / $6 in / out per 1M
Grok 4.3
xai/grok-4.3
$1.25 / $2.5 in / out per 1M
Grok 4.20
xai/grok-4.20
$2 / $6 in / out per 1M
Grok 3
xai/grok-3
$3 / $15 in / out per 1M

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