Grok Token API pricing. grok-4.6, grok-4.5 and 15 more models. xAI Console, REST API, Python xAI SDK and 2 more tools integrations. Includes cache tiers and rate limits. API key setup, usage quotas, and official entry—is it worth it?
The Grok Token API updates page tracks all official announcements, feature releases, and pricing changes for Grok Token API. (Currently 1 posts, last updated on 2026-08-11.) Posts are listed in reverse chronological order to help developers, product managers, and AI users quickly understand the latest changes and make informed decisions about renewals, switching, or integration.
All updates are curated from the official Grok Token API pricing page, covering model releases and deprecations, API changes, pricing adjustments and promotions, quota and rate limit updates, and third-party integration adapters. Check back regularly, or visit the Grok Token API pricing page for full plan details, top-up deals, and API key setup guides.
Grok Token API FAQ: How to Save More? Pricing, Cache Deals, API Key Setup & Top-up Questions
xAI Grok Token API Pricing Comparison: How to Calculate grok-4.3 Flagship vs grok-build-0.1 Coding Input/Output Rates and Cache Hit Savings
xAI Grok Token API charges input and output tokens separately — grok-4.3 is the flagship text model while grok-build-0.1 is the coding model, and both support cache hit discounts and short/long context pricing tiers. When comparing, don't look at base unit prices alone — factor in cache hit rate and context length as well. Model-specific pricing should be confirmed against this page and the xAI official pricing page.
xAI Grok Token API Top-Up: How to Recharge, Balance Deduction Rules, and Gift vs Purchased Balance Priority
Bind a payment method in the console.x.ai dashboard and charges are deducted automatically based on token consumption × model unit price in USD — there is no prepaid balance concept. There is no monthly subscription or fixed-fee plan. Note that the console only manages API billing; Grok consumer subscriptions (SuperGrok) are a separate recurring billing system with different entry and invoices.
xAI Grok Token API Official Entry, API Key Application, and Configuration for Claude Code, Cursor, and Cline
The official entry for xAI Grok Token API is console.x.ai — register and create an API key in the console. To connect tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or Cline, select OpenAI-compatible format and set the base URL to api.x.ai. Note that the console.x.ai API key and grok.com SuperGrok membership are separate systems with independent keys and quotas.
xAI Grok Token API Cache Hit Discount and Cost Optimization: How to Stack Batch API and Other Deals
xAI Grok Token API supports Prompt Caching with input pricing significantly lower on cache hits — repeated system prompts and long conversation histories benefit most. Batch API offers a discount on standard rates for text and language models, suitable for offline jobs, but image and video are billed at standard rates. Tool calls (Web Search, X Search, etc.) are billed per invocation separately and do not qualify for Batch discounts. Specific deals should be confirmed against this page and the official documentation.
xAI Grok Token API Rate Limits and Quota: Key-Tier RPM/TPM Concurrency Caps and Handling Rate Limit Errors
xAI Grok Token API has no prepaid balance concept — you're billed based on actual usage. Rate limits are tied to your API key tier, with RPM, TPM, and concurrency caps increasing automatically with usage. Run stress tests during staging to verify your current key's concurrency capacity — exceeding limits returns rate limit errors. Specific values and upgrade thresholds follow the xAI console.
