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Grok API pricing, 20 to 25% under xAI.
Draftworks serves Grok 4.3 through the same OpenAI-compatible API as the rest of the catalog: $1.00 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output on the Base tier, against xAI's published $1.25 and $2.50. No xAI account, no separate integration.
| Per 1M tokens | xAI list | Draftworks Base | Draftworks Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 4.3grok-4.3 | |||
| Input | $1.25 | $1.00 | $0.938 |
| Cached input | $0.20 | $0.16 | $0.15 |
| Output | $2.50 | $2.00 | $1.88 |
xAI column is xAI's published API price. Base applies from your first dollar; Scale applies permanently at $5,000 lifetime purchases. The same discount covers every model in the catalog.
Common questions.
- How much does the Grok API cost on Draftworks?
- Grok 4.3 is $1.00 per 1M input tokens, $0.16 per 1M cached input, and $2.00 per 1M output on the Base tier, against xAI's list of $1.25, $0.20, and $2.50. The Scale tier, reached at $5,000 in lifetime purchases, pays 25% under list.
- Is this the real Grok 4.3?
- Yes. The model is served from Azure's Grok fleet, responses report the model id, and every response carries an Ed25519-signed receipt over the model id, token counts, and hashes of the exact request and response bytes.
- Do I need an xAI account?
- No. One Draftworks API key covers Grok 4.3 alongside the GPT-5.6 family and Kimi K2.7 Code, billed from one prepaid credit balance.
- Which endpoint does Grok use?
- POST /v1/chat/completions with the standard OpenAI request shape, including streaming and tool calls. Grok's reasoning tokens are billed as output, exactly as xAI meters them.
- What is the context window?
- 200,000 tokens.