Grok 4.6 API pricing
xAI · Mid-range price tier · Proprietary · released 2026-07. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $600.00 on Grok 4.6; the next cheaper model in the Mid-range price tier for this workload, Kimi K3.1 Pro, does it for $456.05. Grok 4.6 has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 64th cheapest of 113 models in the Mid-range price tier. None of its 2 hosts undercuts the price we quote. It is rated a stable release but does not meet all four criteria of the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $2.00 per 1M tokens
- Output: $6.00 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): $1.60 / $4.80 per 1M tokens
- Prompt-cache read: $0.50 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 500K tokens
- Arena ELO: 1430 as of 2026-11-08
Available on
Direct API, AWS Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, OpenRouter
AWS Bedrock regions: ap-northeast-1, ap-southeast-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-2
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Market position
On blended price ($4.80 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 37% of models in the Mid-range price tier: 64th cheapest of 113, tied with 8 others. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 24% of priced text models in the catalogue: 224th cheapest of 303, tied with 8 others. Its Arena ELO of 1430 ranks 66th of the 160 models that carry one, tied with one other, above 58% of them. With an Arena score of 1430, Grok 4.6 clears OptimNow's Standard working quality threshold: Standard (Arena 1420+), used for meeting summary, invoice processing and call summary. Each threshold is a distance below the best ranked model, which scores 1530 on Arena scores as of 8 Nov 2026.
Licence, size and capabilities
Grok 4.6 is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 500K context window once costs $1.00 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 2 different hosts. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
The price we quote is already the cheapest of the 2 hosts: xAI at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens. The dearest, Amazon Bedrock, charges 1.1x the cheapest.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| xAI (model maker, price we quote) | $2.00 | $6.00 |
| Amazon Bedrock | $2.20 | $6.60 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where xAI publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $465 – $600 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $670 – $880 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $2.1K – $2.7K |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $1.5K – $1.6K |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $1.6K – $1.8K |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $478 – $660 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $634 – $820 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $2.4K – $3.0K |
Price history
Grok 4.6 has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Alternatives to Grok 4.6
4 of the 4 comparable models below cost less than Grok 4.6: MiMo-V2.5 undercuts it by 68%, for 2 Arena points less.
- Next cheaper model in the Mid-range price tier: GLM 5.2 (Zhipu) at $4.7621 blended, 1% less.
- Next more expensive: Aion 3.5 (aion-labs) at $5.10 blended, 6% more.
The nearest models in the Mid-range price tier on Arena ELO, each with its blended price and score difference against Grok 4.6.
- GLM 4.5 (Zhipu): $0.60 in / $2.20 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1430 (64% cheaper, same Arena ELO)
- MiMo-V2.5 (Xiaomi): $0.40 in / $2.00 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1428 (68% cheaper, 2 ELO points lower)
- R1 0528 (DeepSeek): $0.50 in / $2.15 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1428 (66% cheaper, 2 ELO points lower)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (Google): $0.30 in / $2.50 out per 1M, Arena ELO 1434 (62% cheaper, 4 ELO points higher)
- Cheapest within 15 Arena points: Gemma 4 26B A4B (Google), 98% cheaper, 4 ELO points higher, out of 43 models in that band.
- Highest Arena ELO within 20% of this price: Qwen3.8 Max (0902) (Alibaba), same blended price, 55 ELO points higher, out of 8 models in that price band.
Grok 4.6 head to head
Other models from xAI
xAI has 6 other models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Grok Build 0.1: $1.00 / $2.00
- Grok 4.20: $1.25 / $2.50
- Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: $1.25 / $2.50
- Grok 4.3: $1.25 / $2.50
- Grok 4.5: $2.00 / $6.00
- Grok 4.7: $2.00 / $6.00
Common questions about Grok 4.6 pricing
- How much does Grok 4.6 cost?
- Grok 4.6 costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens. That is the model maker's own rate (xAI). Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for Grok 4.6?
- The price we quote is already the cheapest of the 2 hosts: xAI at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens. The dearest, Amazon Bedrock, charges 1.1x the cheapest. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does Grok 4.6 offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, both. Batch API pricing is $1.60 per 1M input tokens and $4.80 per 1M output tokens, and prompt-cache reads cost $0.50 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-12.
- What would Grok 4.6 cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $600 on Grok 4.6 at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can Grok 4.6 be self-hosted?
- No, as far as this site records. Grok 4.6 is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token.
- Has the price of Grok 4.6 changed?
- Grok 4.6 has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
It publishes a batch rate, and that discount is conditional: when the batch discount applies.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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