Grok 4.6
Fresh input / cached input / output cost breakdown, active and scheduled rates, provenance, same-model deployment markup, and cost-comparable alternatives for this purchasable lane.
Illustrative workloads
Pick a useful starting shape, then fine-tune every input below.
Workload and pricing scenario
Adjust the token shape, cache behavior, time window, and service tier. Every number below updates immediately.
Workload cost calculator
Share of input tokens served from cache. Applied only to models with a cache meter.
Rows with a rate that changes by time of day, promo window or service tier are priced for this scenario instead of their flat listed rate; a brand-colored label under the model name names which one applies. Context size for band-priced rows uses the input-token count below.
Picking a specific hour also previews time-of-day rates that are scheduled but have not started billing yet; those rows are labelled · preview with their start instant. Now only ever shows rates that are billable at this moment.
What this lane charges right now
Priced under the workload and scenario above. The full published schedule below always shows every variant regardless of which scenario is selected.
Where this workload's cost goes
60M input tokens (90% cache hit) and 210K output tokens, at the resolved rate above.
$12.00 + $27.00 + $1.26 = $40.26
How much to trust these numbers
Microsoft Foundry public preview, Global Standard only. The Foundry preview documents a 200K context window, distinct from xAI's 500K direct-API window; the current Foundry Global retail meters match xAI's short-context token rates.
Azure Retail Prices API, serviceName 'Foundry Models', productName 'Azure Grok Models', captured 2026-09-11: effective 2026-09-01 meters '4.6 Inp Glbl Tokens' $0.002/1K ($2.00/M), '4.6 Cached Glbl Tokens' $0.0005/1K ($0.50/M), and '4.6 Outp Glbl Tokens' $0.006/1K ($6.00/M), with the commercial majority across 39 regions; the two US Government regions carry a 1.25x outlier and are excluded. Microsoft's current Foundry deployment guide documents Grok 4.6 as preview and Global Standard only, so the separate 4.6 Data Zone meter group is not inferred into this catalog.
Same-model deployment markup
How much this Foundry lane costs over the same model's Direct API rate.
| Lane | Deployment | Workload cost | Foundry markup |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 4.6 xAI direct API | Direct API | $40.26 | $0.00 (0%) |
Other lanes within ±25% of this workload's cost
Same provider first, then ranked by cost proximity, for 60M in / 210K out. This is a cost ranking only — never a quality recommendation.
- Grok 4.6Grok · xAI direct APISame providerDirect API$40.26CHF 32.41$0.00 (0%) vs this lane
- Kimi K3Kimi · Fireworks-hostedFoundry ·Data Zone$41.08CHF 33.07+$0.825 (+2%) vs this lane
- Kimi K3Kimi · Kimi direct APIDirect API$37.35CHF 30.07-$2.91 (-7%) vs this lane
- GLM 5.3GLM · Fireworks-hostedFoundry ·Data Zone$35.05CHF 28.21-$5.21 (-13%) vs this lane
- GPT-5.6 Terra Long ContextOpenAI / Azure OpenAIFoundry ·Global$49.38CHF 39.75+$9.12 (+23%) vs this lane