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Grok 4.3

xAI Grok 4.3 β€” pricing, 1000k context window, API cost calculator and alternatives.

By xAI

πŸ‘ Vision Accepts images alongside text. Quality varies β€” text recognition (OCR) is largely solved; nuanced visual reasoning is not. Glossary β†’ πŸ”§ Tools Function calling β€” the model can structure responses as tool calls with typed arguments. Reliability differs between providers. Glossary β†’ {} JSON Forces output to be valid JSON, reducing parse errors. Some providers also let you constrain to a schema. Glossary β†’
Context window Maximum tokens (input + output) the model can process in a single request. Glossary β†’
1,000,000
tokens
Input price What the model charges for tokens you send (prompt + context). Glossary β†’
$1.2500
per 1M tokens
Output price What the model charges for tokens it generates. Usually 3–5Γ— pricier than input. Glossary β†’
$2.5000
per 1M tokens

Specs

Provider
xAI
Slug
x-ai/grok-4-3
Capabilities
vision, tools, json_mode

Pricing freshness

Tier
standard
Currency
USD
As of
2026-05-08 17:08 UTC
Estimate monthly cost β†’ See alternatives to Grok 4.3 β†’

Pricing history

Tracking Grok 4.3 pricing since 2026-05-08. We'll plot the chart here once it changes.

Quickstart β€” call Grok 4.3 from your app

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "model": "x-ai/grok-4-3",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Official docs: https://openrouter.ai/docs

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Frequently asked questions

What is Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.3 is a large language model API from xAI with a 1M-token context window. It costs $1.25 per 1M input tokens and $2.5 per 1M output tokens.

How much does Grok 4.3 cost?

Grok 4.3 is priced at $1.25 per 1M input tokens and $2.5 per 1M output tokens via the xAI API. A 50/50 input/output workload of 1M total tokens costs about $1.875.

What is the context window of Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.3 supports up to 1M tokens of context per request β€” roughly 2000 pages of English text or 125000 lines of code at a typical density.

Does Grok 4.3 support vision, tool use, or JSON mode?

Grok 4.3 supports vision, tool/function calling, and structured JSON mode.

Who makes Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.3 is built and operated by xAI. Pricing, context window, and capabilities on this page are refreshed nightly from xAI's public catalog.

Can I self-host Grok 4.3?

Grok 4.3 is API-only β€” its weights are not publicly distributed by xAI, so it cannot be self-hosted today.

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