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Current version

Grok 4.6

Entry cost

Free Playground available; pay-as-you-go API pricing with Grok 4.6 starting at $2.00/1M input and $6.00/1M output tokens.

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The short answers

What is the latest version of Grok?
The current shipped version of Grok is Grok 4.6.
How much does Grok cost?
Grok has no published flat entry price. Free Playground available; pay-as-you-go API pricing with Grok 4.6 starting at $2.00/1M input and $6.00/1M output tokens.
What AI model does Grok use?
Grok runs primarily on grok-4.5.

Source: xAIx.ai · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

  • Real-time X search
  • Think and Big Brain modes
  • Voice mode
  • Image generation
  • API access
  • text generation
  • agentic coding
  • voice agent
  • real-time search
  • image generation
  • video generation
  • file management
  • structured outputs
  • function calling
  • Text generation
  • Agentic coding
  • Real-time voice agents
  • Video generation
  • Web search
  • Function calling
  • Structured outputs
  • RAG (Collections)
  • Workflows & Automations
  • text-generation
  • coding-assistant
  • image-generation
  • video-generation
  • speech-to-text
  • text-to-speech
  • real-time-search
  • file-analysis
  • agentic-workflows
  • Intelligent coding (Grok Build)
  • Real-time web & X search
  • Image & video generation
  • Voice API (Speech to Speech)
  • RAG (Collections API)
  • Multi-agent workflows
  • Text Generation
  • Reasoning
  • Structured Outputs
  • Image Generation
  • Video Generation
  • Speech to Speech
  • Text to Speech
  • Speech to Text
  • Function Calling
  • Web Search
  • X Search
  • Code Execution
  • Code generation
  • Agentic tool calling
  • Voice API
  • X search
  • File management
  • reasoning
  • coding agent
  • voice api
  • file search
  • Code execution
  • Search
  • code generation
  • speech to speech
  • text to speech
  • speech to text
  • Batch API
  • code execution
  • web search
  • agentic tool calling
  • x search
  • voice API
  • configurable reasoning
  • speech-to-speech
  • grok build
  • Coding
  • coding
  • speech-to-speech voice
  • agentic-coding
  • voice-agents
  • web-search
  • rag
  • voice agents
  • Streaming
  • Speech-to-Speech
  • Text-to-Speech
  • Speech-to-Text
  • Grok Build
  • image-to-video
  • function-calling
  • Real-time Search
  • Agentic Tool Calling
  • RAG / Collections
  • Image Understanding

Pricing

  • Console / Playground

    Free playground access to test models before purchasing credits

    Free

Entry price over time

7/29/2026 · $309/14/2026 · $0

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • grok-4.5

    xAI

    disclosed
  • grok-4.6

    xAI

    disclosed
  • grok-imagine-image

    xAI

    disclosed
  • grok-imagine-image-2.0

    SpaceXAI

    disclosed
  • grok-imagine-image-quality

    xAI

    disclosed
  • grok-imagine-video

    xAI

    disclosed
  • grok-imagine-video-1.5

    SpaceXAI

    disclosed

Context window

500000

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • azure-ai-foundry
  • oracle-cloud
  • google-cloud-vertex-ai
  • amazon-bedrock
  • databricks
  • github-copilot

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • version

    Grok moved to 4.6

    Grok 4.64.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Streaming

    82 tracked83 tracked · +Streaming

    source
  • version

    Grok moved to Grok 4.6

    4.6Grok 4.6

    source
  • version

    Grok moved to Grok 4.6

    4.6Grok 4.6

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 500k

    500000500k

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Speech-to-Speech, Text-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text

    83 tracked87 tracked · +Speech-to-Speech, Text-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text, Grok Build

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 500000

    500k500000

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $0/mo

    $2$0

    source
  • version

    Grok moved to 4.6

    Grok 4.64.6

    source
  • version

    Grok moved to Grok 4.6

    4.6Grok 4.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: image-to-video

    87 tracked88 tracked · +image-to-video

    source
  • version

    Grok moved to 4.6

    Grok 4.64.6

    source
  • version

    Grok moved to Grok 4.6

    4.6Grok 4.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: function-calling

    88 tracked89 tracked · +function-calling

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Real-time Search, Agentic Tool Calling

    89 tracked91 tracked · +Real-time Search, Agentic Tool Calling

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: RAG / Collections

    91 tracked92 tracked · +RAG / Collections

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $2/mo

    $0$2

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Image Understanding

    92 tracked93 tracked · +Image Understanding

    source
  • version

    Grok moved to 4.6

    Grok 4.64.6

    source
  • model

    QA auto-correction: model stack updated to grok-4.6, grok-4.5, grok-imagine-image-quality, grok-imagine-image, grok-imagine-video after a unanimous jury read of the source page

    Grok 4, Grok 4 Fast, grok-4.5, grok-imagine-image, grok-imagine-image-quality, grok-imagine-videogrok-4.6, grok-4.5, grok-imagine-image-quality, grok-imagine-image, grok-imagine-video

    source
  • version

    QA auto-correction: version updated to Grok 4.6 after a unanimous jury read of the source page

    Grok 4.5Grok 4.6

    source
  • version

    Grok moved to 4.6

    Grok 4.64.6

    source
  • version

    Grok moved to Grok 4.6

    4.6Grok 4.6

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: x search

    69 tracked70 tracked · +x search

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 500k

    500000500k

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: code execution, web search, agentic tool calling

    66 tracked69 tracked · +code execution, web search, agentic tool calling

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: configurable reasoning, speech-to-speech

    71 tracked73 tracked · +configurable reasoning, speech-to-speech

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: voice API

    70 tracked71 tracked · +voice API

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 500000

    500k500000

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Batch API

    65 tracked66 tracked · +Batch API

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $0/mo

    $2$0

    source
  • model

    Grok added grok-imagine-image-2.0, grok-imagine-video-1.5 to its model stack

    grok-4.5, grok-4.6, grok-imagine-image, grok-imagine-image-quality, grok-imagine-videogrok-4.5, grok-4.6, grok-imagine-image, grok-imagine-image-2.0, grok-imagine-image-quality, grok-imagine-video, grok-imagine-video-1.5

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: grok build

    73 tracked74 tracked · +grok build

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: coding, speech-to-speech voice

    75 tracked77 tracked · +coding, speech-to-speech voice

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Coding

    74 tracked75 tracked · +Coding

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: agentic-coding, voice-agents, web-search

    77 tracked81 tracked · +agentic-coding, voice-agents, web-search, rag

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: voice agents

    81 tracked82 tracked · +voice agents

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Text Generation, Reasoning, Structured Outputs

    3812

    source
  • capability

    Context window now 500000

    500,000 tokens500000

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Intelligent coding (Grok Build), Real-time web & X search, Image & video generation

    329

    source
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How to cite this page

Free to cite and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Permalink: https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/grok

APA
Tomorrow. (2026). Grok — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-09-17, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/grok
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-grok,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {Grok — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/grok}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-09-17}
}