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Grok Review
xAI's Grok models, their real-time X integration, and how they price against the field.
Updated 19 Sept 2026
Live
- New this month31models
- Moved 30d▼37 ▲35prices
- Median$0.900/Mblended
- Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5$8.00/MAnthropic
- OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro$0.450/MOpenAI
- Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview$4.50/MGoogle
- SpaceXAI: Grok 4.7$3.00/MxAI
- DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017▲ $0.525/M+100% 30d
- Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B$0.180/MMeta
- Mistral: Mistral Large 4▲ $1.05/M+1.7% 30d
- Qwen: Qwen-Plus$0.390/MQwen (Alibaba)
- Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legallistedyesterday
- Particle AI: Particle-1listed6 days ago
- OpenAI: GPT-6.1 Terra Pro (batch)listed8 days ago
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What happened in AI, what it costs, and which model to pick.
Live pricing and releases for 429 models across 62 providers, with independent analysis and plain-English guides.
Source: OpenRouter (live)
"Listed" means first seen on OpenRouter, which can lag a vendor's announcement.
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Popular models, live prices
| Model | Input /M | Output /M | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 | |
| OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini | $0.250 | $2.00 | |
| Google: Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.825 | $4.13 | |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | $0.300 | $1.20 |
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Value
Cheapest right now
- 1
Mistral
$0.029
/M blended
- 2
Scaledown
$0.030
/M blended
- 3
Scaledown
$0.030
/M blended
- 4
Inclusionai
$0.032
/M blended
- 5
$0.042
/M blended
- 6
OpenAI
$0.043
/M blended
Blended price, 75% input / 25% output.
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