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xAI Grok APIvsOpenAI API
xAI's Grok models with real-time knowledge and strong reasoning versus GPT-4o, o1, and embeddings from OpenAI
Compare interactively in Explore →Choose xAI Grok API when…
- •comparing frontier models beyond OpenAI and Anthropic
- •want OpenAI-compatible API with Grok's reasoning capabilities
- •need a model with real-time knowledge cutoff
Choose OpenAI API when…
- •You need the broadest ecosystem and most integrations
- •GPT-4 or o-series reasoning models are required
- •Assistants API, fine-tuning, or batch API are needed
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xAI Grok API
OpenAI API
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LLM Infrastructure
LLM Infrastructure
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Commercial
Commercial
Free Tier
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Pricing Plans
Free: Limited usagePay-as-you-go: Per token
API: Per token
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xAI Grok API
xAI's Grok API provides access to the Grok family of frontier language models, featuring competitive reasoning capabilities and an OpenAI-compatible API. Grok-2 and Grok Vision models are available with real-time knowledge and strong coding performance.
OpenAI API
API access to GPT-4o, o1, and other OpenAI models including embeddings and image generation. The most widely used LLM API in production.
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