Vendor comparison
Perplexity vs xAI
Every Perplexity and xAI LLM model side by side: pricing per million tokens, context windows, and capabilities. Refreshed nightly from upstream.
Perplexity
5 models| Model | Context | In $/1M | Out $/1M |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sonar
vision
|
127k | 1.0000 | 1.0000 |
| Sonar Deep Research | 128k | 2.0000 | 8.0000 |
|
Sonar Pro
vision
|
200k | 3.0000 | 15.0000 |
|
Sonar Pro Search
vision
|
200k | 3.0000 | 15.0000 |
|
Sonar Reasoning Pro
vision
|
128k | 2.0000 | 8.0000 |
xAI
11 models| Model | Context | In $/1M | Out $/1M |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Grok 3
tools, json_mode
|
131k | 3.0000 | 15.0000 |
|
Grok 3 Beta
tools, json_mode
|
131k | 3.0000 | 15.0000 |
|
Grok 3 Mini
tools, json_mode
|
131k | 0.3000 | 0.5000 |
|
Grok 3 Mini Beta
tools, json_mode
|
131k | 0.3000 | 0.5000 |
|
Grok 4
vision, tools, json_mode
|
256k | 3.0000 | 15.0000 |
|
Grok 4 Fast
vision, tools, json_mode
|
2000k | 0.2000 | 0.5000 |
|
Grok 4.1 Fast
vision, tools, json_mode
|
2000k | 0.2000 | 0.5000 |
|
Grok 4.20
vision, tools, json_mode
|
2000k | 1.2500 | 2.5000 |
|
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
vision, json_mode
|
2000k | 2.0000 | 6.0000 |
|
Grok 4.3
vision, tools, json_mode
|
1000k | 1.2500 | 2.5000 |
|
Grok Code Fast 1
tools, json_mode
|
256k | 0.2000 | 1.5000 |