xAI Grok Model Pricing and Tool Costs Documentation
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Summary
The article details xAI's pricing structure for their AI models and tools, specifically focusing on the Grok model. It explains that costs are based on two components: token usage (billed at model-specific rates) and server-side tool invocations. The article provides specific pricing for various tools including web search ($5 per 1k calls), X search ($5 per 1k calls), and code execution. It also covers different Grok model variants (Grok-1, Grok-2, Grok-3) with their respective capabilities and pricing tiers, including context window sizes, vision capabilities, and rate limits.
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Since the agent autonomously decides how many tools to call, costs scale with query complexity.
Tool Invocation Costs: Tool Description Cost / 1k Calls Tool Name Web Search Search the internet and browse web pages $5 / 1k calls web_search
X Search Search X posts, user profiles, and threads $5 / 1k calls x_search
Code Execution Run Python code in a sandboxed environment
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