Grok 2
retiredxAI · Frontier
xAI's first API model. The public API beta (grok-beta) charged $5/$15; the $2/$10 Grok pricing baseline arrived that December.
Input / 1M
$2.00
Output / 1M
$10.00
Cached input / 1M
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Context window
128K
Where it sits
10% above the frontier median
blended $/Mtok across 24 frontier models
Output costs 5× input
$2.00 in / $10.00 out per 1M
Down 47% since launch (Oct 2024)
blended price vs launch
Computed live from current prices and this model's history — not hand-written, so it stays accurate as prices move.
Price history
Input (solid)Output (dashed)
Blended price change (3:1 I/O mix)
- 30d
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- 90d
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- 1y
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- Since launch
- decreased 46.7%
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2024 | $2.00 | $10.00 | — | Repriced with the grok-2-1212 release | docs.x.ai |
| 21 Oct 2024 | $5.00 | $15.00 | — | Public API beta pricing (grok-beta); $5/$15 confirmed via Wayback docs.x.ai capture 2024-12-17 (coexisting with grok-2-1212); 2024-10-21 effective date remains approximate — no earlier price-table capture exists | docs.x.ai |