xAI: Grok 3 Mini API Pricing
Live token cost for xAI: Grok 3 Mini from xAI. Use the figures below for budgeting, then tune your exact request mix in the interactive calculator. Prices refresh every 24 hours from OpenRouter.
Capabilities
xAI: Grok 3 Mini cost at scale
Estimated monthly cost across common production volumes. Assumes 30-day months and the request shapes shown.
| Tier | Requests / day | In / out tokens | $ / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | 1,000 | 500 / 200 | $7.50 |
| Startup | 10,000 | 1,500 / 500 | $210.00 |
| Growth | 100,000 | 3,000 / 800 | $3,900.00 |
| Enterprise | 1,000,000 | 8,000 / 2,000 | $102,000.00 |
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Frequently asked questions
How much does xAI: Grok 3 Mini cost?
xAI: Grok 3 Mini costs $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output tokens, with cached input at $0.07 per 1M tokens. A typical 1,500-token in / 500-token out request costs $0.00070.
Does xAI: Grok 3 Mini support cached input?
Yes. xAI: Grok 3 Mini supports prompt caching at $0.07 per 1M cached input tokens. Reuse the same system prompt or context across requests to cut input cost dramatically.
What is the xAI: Grok 3 Mini context window?
xAI: Grok 3 Mini supports a context window of 131,072 tokens (131K).
What is xAI: Grok 3 Mini good for?
xAI: Grok 3 Mini is a good fit for general-purpose LLM tasks via the xAI API — chat, code, writing, summarization. For other use cases, run your specific input/output mix through the interactive calculator to compare against alternative models.