> xAI Console
xAI's API serves the Grok family — flagship grok-4.6 with 500K context at $2.00/$6.00 per 1M and configurable reasoning — plus Voice (agent/TTS/STT) and Imagine image/video generation, all in an OpenAI-compatible shape. X Search and Web Search are first-party server-side tools; free credits are promotional, not a published standing program.
// pros
- Grok 4.6 pairs a 500K-token context with configurable reasoning effort at $2.00/$6.00 per 1M — the flagship of the Grok line.
- Multimodal under one account: Voice API (agent $0.08/min, TTS $15/M chars, STT from $0.10/hr) and Imagine (images from $0.02, video from $0.05/sec).
- X Search and Web Search ship as server-side tools — the only major API with direct, first-party access to live X data.
- Pinned model aliases (name-date) for reproducible evals, plus auto-updating name-latest aliases for everyday work.
- Batch API support on eligible models for discounted offline workloads.
// cons
- No realtime event knowledge without paying for the search tools — base completions stop at the knowledge cutoff (Grok 4.6: Feb 1, 2026).
- The docs publish no standing free-credit program; promotional amounts vary by account, region and campaign, and must be confirmed in the console.
- logprobs are silently ignored on grok-4.20+ — evaluation code relying on them loses signal without an error.
- Frontier pricing ($2/$6) is the top of this directory's per-token range — volume work should go through the Batch API.
Use it where X's live data or Grok's reasoning is the point: -latest aliases for interactive work, name-date pins for evals, and the Batch API for anything runnable offline.
written by Mike Fleming, Uprouter editorial · verified against official sources September 16, 2026
Free tier present — value not quantified
This provider offers a free tier, but its terms don’t convert cleanly into a USD figure (e.g. request-count limits or capacity-dependent pools). We refuse to print a misleading zero here. See the note below and the official pricing page for the exact limits.
note: No standing free-credit program published in xAI's docs (checked 2026-09-16). Promotional credits vary by account/region/campaign — confirm in the console at sign-up.
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier (source-reported) | free | — | — | — | New accounts typically get $25 in promotional credits (expiring ~30 days); opting into the data-sharing program can add ~$150/month (up to ~$175/month total). Policy subject to change by xAI. |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| grok-beta | — | — | — |
| grok-2 | — | — | — |
| grok-3 | — | — | — |
| grok-4 family (subject to what /v1/models actually exposes) | — | — | — |
$ Does xAI Console have a free tier?
Yes — xAI Console offers a free tier. Always confirm current limits on xAI Console's official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does xAI Console cost per 1M tokens?
xAI Console does not publish simple per-1M-token pricing (it may bill per request, per output, or via a subscription plan). Check their official pricing page for exact figures.
$ Is xAI Console safe to use?
Uprouter rates xAI Console as low risk. Low data-integrity risk: first-party docs with explicit per-model pricing, versioning and deprecation behavior (last updated Aug 21, 2026). The commercial caveat: there is no published standing free tier — credits are promotional and region-dependent, so any 'free Grok' plan is campaign-dependent rather than structural. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
Raw community sentiment, shown unblended. Votes never feed into objective data fields like price, risk, or status — and never into sort order.
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// more_informationprice history · live status · risk & confidence · code snippets
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Uprouter runs its own probes; best-effort, not a guarantee. Probe results depend on our network location and cadence — for production, always use the provider’s own status page.
risk_&_confidence
Low data-integrity risk: first-party docs with explicit per-model pricing, versioning and deprecation behavior (last updated Aug 21, 2026). The commercial caveat: there is no published standing free tier — credits are promotional and region-dependent, so any 'free Grok' plan is campaign-dependent rather than structural.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# xAI Console's own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://YOUR-PROVIDER-ENDPOINT/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "grok-beta",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.