Grok · Mid-tier · 1,000K context window
$0.005000 per call at 3,000 input / 500 output tokens.
Per call
$0.005000
10K calls/mo
$50
Cache savings
84% off input
Batch savings
50% off all
Adjust token counts, volume, and discount toggles to model your email summarization spend. Prices verified daily against provider pricing pages.
Call Grok 4.3 with the OpenAI Python SDK pointed at api.x.ai:
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.x.ai/v1",
api_key=os.environ["XAI_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="grok-4.3",
max_tokens=500,
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Your prompt here"}]
)
# Cost: ~$0.005000 per call at standard rates
# Input: $1.25/MTok
# Output: $2.50/MTokPer-call cost for all models scoring 50+ on email summarization benchmarks. Hover for details.
Cheapest viable option: GPT 5.6 Luna at $0.001200/call (76% less, 84/100 quality).
Individually cheap, collectively expensive. A single thread is small, but summarization runs across an inbox at volume, so per-call price multiplied by message count is the number that matters, not the cost of any one summary. This is the use case where a fast-tier model and batch processing usually beat a smarter model outright.
For Grok 4.3 specifically, that means output tokens cost 2.0x more than input, at $2.50 vs $1.25 per MTok. At this use case’s 3,000/500 token split, output accounts for 25% of the $0.005000 per-call cost.
| Direction | $/MTok | Tokens per call |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $1.25 | 3,000 |
| Output | $2.50 | 500 |
Caching drops input cost from $1.25 to $0.20/MTok. For repeated system prompts, that saves $0.003150 per call.
Submit requests asynchronously and receive 50% off all token costs. This works best for offline pipelines where latency requirements are flexible.
| Monthly volume | Cost per call | Standard monthly | Cached monthly | You save with caching |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 calls | $0.005000 | $50 | $18.5 | $31.5 |
| 50,000 calls | $0.005000 | $250 | $92.5 | $157.5 |
| 100,000 calls | $0.005000 | $500 | $185 | $315 |
| 500,000 calls | $0.005000 | $2,500 | $925 | $1,575 |
| 1,000,000 calls | $0.005000 | $5,000 | $1,850 | $3,150 |
Benchmark data for email summarization is pending for Grok 4.3. Test against your own evaluation suite before moving to production.
Grok 4.3 scores by task type. Email Summarization highlighted.
| Task type | Confidence score | Rank out of 20 |
|---|
Confidence scores are a third-party benchmark snapshot from week 29 of 2026. This snapshot is 8 weeks old, so treat the scores as directional and validate against your own evals.
13 models score 80+ on email summarization benchmarks, sorted by input rate. Cheapest: GPT 5.6 Luna (76% less, 84/100 quality).
| Model | Provider | Input $/MTok | Output $/MTok | Quality | Per call | vs Grok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT 5.6 Luna | GPT | $0.20 | $1.20 | 84/100 | $0.001200 | 76% cheaper |
| Gemini 3 Flash | Gemini | $0.50 | $3.00 | 83/100 | $0.003000 | 40% cheaper |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Claude | $1.00 | $5.00 | 82/100 | $0.005500 | 10% more |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Gemini | $1.50 | $9.00 | 85/100 | $0.009000 | 80% more |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Claude | $2.00 | $10.00 | 91/100 | $0.0110 | 120% more |
| GPT 5.6 Terra | GPT | $2.00 | $12.00 | 92/100 | $0.0120 | 140% more |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | Gemini | $2.00 | $12.00 | 87/100 | $0.0120 | 140% more |
| GPT 5.4 | GPT | $2.50 | $15.00 | 91/100 | $0.0150 | 200% more |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Claude | $3.00 | $15.00 | 90/100 | $0.0165 | 230% more |
| GPT 5.6 Sol | GPT | $4.00 | $20.00 | 90/100 | $0.0220 | 340% more |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Claude | $5.00 | $25.00 | 88/100 | $0.0275 | 450% more |
| GPT 5.5 | GPT | $5.00 | $30.00 | 89/100 | $0.0300 | 500% more |
| Claude Fable 5 | Claude | $10.00 | $50.00 | 90/100 | $0.0550 | 1000% more |
Provider
Grok
Tier
Mid-tier
Context
1,000K tokens
Released
Mar 2026
xAI publishes no release date for this model; dated to the March 4.20-generation launch whose pricing and 1M context window it shares. Priced from the live models table, which is what matters for costing traffic.
| Model | Tier | Input $/MTok | Output $/MTok | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 4.6 | Flagship | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K |
| Grok 4.5 | Flagship | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K |
| Grok Build 0.1 | Fast / Budget | $1.00 | $2.00 | 256K |
You can compare Grok 4.3 head-to-head against any other model on our model comparison pages, or track how pricing has changed over time on the pricing history tracker.
See how Grok 4.3 costs change across different workload types.
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$0.0187/call
Code Refactoring
$0.0150/call
Code Review
$0.0112/call
PR Review
$0.0175/call
Security Review
$0.0138/call
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$0.0112/call
Document Summarization
$0.0150/call
PDF Summarization
$0.0225/call
Meeting Notes
$0.0150/call
Chatbot
$0.005000/call
RAG Pipeline
$0.0112/call
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$0.006250/call
FAQ Bot
$0.003875/call
Data Extraction
$0.007500/call
JSON Extraction
$0.005750/call
Invoice Parsing
$0.004000/call
Resume Parsing
$0.005125/call
Chain of Thought
$0.0163/call
Legal Analysis
$0.0225/call
Math Reasoning
$0.009375/call
Financial Analysis
$0.0200/call
Content Moderation
$0.000875/call
Sentiment Analysis
$0.000875/call
Categorization
$0.001375/call
Intent Detection
$0.000625/call
Copywriting
$0.005625/call
Blog Writing
$0.0213/call
Marketing Copy
$0.008500/call
Product Descriptions
$0.004375/call
A typical email summarization call using Grok 4.3 costs about $0.005000 per call. This estimate uses 3,000 input tokens and 500 output tokens at standard rates. Standard rates are $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens.
Our benchmark data does not yet include a email summarization ranking for Grok 4.3. We recommend testing it against your own evaluation criteria before production usage.
The most affordable model for email summarization above 80/100 quality is GPT 5.6 Luna. It comes from GPT at $0.20 per million input tokens. Output costs $1.20 per million tokens with a quality score of 84/100. Switching from Grok 4.3 to GPT 5.6 Luna saves about 76% per API call.
Three strategies lower Grok 4.3 costs for this task type effectively. Prompt caching gives a 84% discount on input tokens when reusing system prompts. The batch API gives 50% off all tokens for asynchronous processing workloads. Prompt optimization reduces token counts through more concise instructions and context windows. Combining caching with batching brings your cost from $0.005000 to about $0.000400 per call.
Grok has 3 other models alongside Grok 4.3 today: Grok 4.6 at $2.00/$6.00 per million tokens (flagship), Grok 4.5 at $2.00/$6.00 per million tokens (flagship), Grok Build 0.1 at $1.00/$2.00 per million tokens (fast / budget). The right choice depends on whether your email summarization workload prioritizes quality, cost, or speed.
Grok 4.3 supports a context window of 1,000K tokens per API call. This sets the maximum combined length of your input prompt and generated response. For email summarization, typical calls use 3,000 input and 500 output tokens. That is well within this limit, leaving room for longer prompts or multi-turn conversations.
This calculator estimates costs based on published rates only. Connect your API usage to see where your money goes and which models drive your spend.