How much does Grok 3 Mini cost?

Grok 3 Mini is billed pay-as-you-go at $0.09 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.

What can Grok 3 Mini do?

Grok 3 Mini is xAI's chat model, accessible through the Api.Airforce API.

Is Grok 3 Mini free to use?

Grok 3 Mini is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.

How do I use Grok 3 Mini via the API?

Grok 3 Mini is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID grok-3-mini with your Api.Airforce API key.

Who makes Grok 3 Mini?

Grok 3 Mini is xAI's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.

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Grok 3 Mini

API model name: grok-3-mini

Grok 3 Mini is xAI's chat model, served on the Api.Airforce unified API. It is priced at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens. That is below the provider's $0.30 official input rate. Access it through the OpenAI-compatible API with one key, alongside 100+ other models on Api.Airforce.

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Pricing

Input / 1M tokens

$0.09

Output / 1M tokens

$0.15

Official input rate

$0.30

Official output rate

$0.50

Api.Airforce price vs. the provider's official rate.

Specifications

Provider: xAI
Type: chat model

Benchmarks

Independent evaluations and measured speed from Artificial Analysis.

Intelligence Index

22.5/100

Math Index

84.7/100

MMLU-Pro83%

GPQA Diamond79%

Humanity's Last Exam11%

LiveCodeBench70%

AIME 202585%

MATH-50099%

Output speed55.2 tok/s

Time to first token1.52 s

Source: Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai)

What is Grok 3 Mini used for?

Chatbots & assistants — conversational AI, drafting, summarizing and Q&A.

Grok 3 Mini vs. similar models

Model	Intelligence	Context	Input / 1M	Output / 1M
Grok 3 Mini	22.5	—	$0.09	$0.15
Grok 3	18.4	—	—	—
Grok 3 Deepsearch	—	—	$0.42	$2.13
Grok 3 Fast	—	—	$7.77	$38.88

Prices are Api.Airforce pay-as-you-go rates per 1M tokens. Context is the maximum input length.

Grok 3 Mini — frequently asked questions

How much does Grok 3 Mini cost?: Grok 3 Mini is billed pay-as-you-go at $0.09 per 1M input tokens and $0.15 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.
What can Grok 3 Mini do?: Grok 3 Mini is xAI's chat model, accessible through the Api.Airforce API.
Is Grok 3 Mini free to use?: Grok 3 Mini is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.
How do I use Grok 3 Mini via the API?: Grok 3 Mini is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID grok-3-mini with your Api.Airforce API key.
Who makes Grok 3 Mini?: Grok 3 Mini is xAI's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 100+ other models.

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Use Grok 3 Mini via the API

OpenAI-compatible — point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass grok-3-mini as the model.

cURL

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

Python

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.airforce/v1", api_key="$AIRFORCE_API_KEY")
r = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="grok-3-mini",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(r.choices[0].message.content)

JavaScript

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.airforce/v1", apiKey: process.env.AIRFORCE_API_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "grok-3-mini",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);