Catalogue / OpenRouter / SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5 (sold by OpenRouter)
SpaceXAI: Grok 4.5 (sold by OpenRouter)
Prices and limits, each value carrying the date it was observed and the source it came from.
As of 15 September 2026, Grok 4.5 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens on OpenRouter. Observed on OpenRouter's own published price list on 15 September 2026. This is OpenRouter's resale price, not the model vendor's list price.
What does Grok 4.5 cost?
| Parameter | Value | Unit | Observed | Source | Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input price | $2.00 | USD per 1M tokens | 15 September 2026 checked 18 September 2026 |
official API L1 | 08c6e27b7535 |
| Output price | $6.00 | USD per 1M tokens | 15 September 2026 checked 18 September 2026 |
official API L1 | 08c6e27b7535 |
| Context window | 500 000 | tokens | 15 September 2026 checked 18 September 2026 |
official API L1 | 08c6e27b7535 |
| Maximum output | 450 000 | tokens | 16 September 2026 checked 18 September 2026 |
official API L1 | 857cc1308658 |
| Agentic index (Artificial Analysis) | 42.1 | index 0-100 | 15 September 2026 checked 18 September 2026 |
official API L4 | 48cc0be56ade |
| Coding index (Artificial Analysis) | 72.4 | index 0-100 | 16 September 2026 checked 18 September 2026 |
official API L4 | 42ebb9d4b828 |
| Intelligence index (Artificial Analysis) | 39.1 | index 0-100 | 15 September 2026 checked 18 September 2026 |
official API L4 | 48cc0be56ade |
| Input modalities |
| list | 18 September 2026 checked 18 September 2026 |
official API L1 | 62c152853524 |
| Output modalities |
| list | 18 September 2026 checked 18 September 2026 |
official API L1 | 62c152853524 |
| Cache read price | $0.300 | USD per 1M tokens | 15 September 2026 checked 18 September 2026 |
official API L1 | 08c6e27b7535 |
| Listed since | 2026-07-08 | date | 18 September 2026 checked 18 September 2026 |
official API L1 | 62c152853524 |
| Supported parameters |
| list | 18 September 2026 checked 18 September 2026 |
official API L1 | 62c152853524 |
Does the price change with the hour or the size of the request?
Yes. This provider publishes conditional rates, so the figure above is not the only price you can pay. Each rate below applies under a stated condition, taken verbatim from the provider's own catalogue.
| Parameter | Rate | Applies | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price | $4.00 | prompts over 200 000 tokens | 16 September 2026 |
| Output price | $12.00 | prompts over 200 000 tokens | 16 September 2026 |
| Cache read price | $0.600 | prompts over 200 000 tokens | 16 September 2026 |
We record each conditional rate as its own dated observation, so a discount window that disappears shows up as a change like any other.
How reliable is each host behind Grok 4.5?
The cheapest offer is not a bargain if it is down. OpenRouter routes traffic to several upstream hosts for this model and publishes the availability its own router recorded over the last day for each of them. Least reliable first.
| Host | Availability, last day | Observed |
|---|---|---|
| xai/priority | 93.20 % | 18 September 2026 |
| xai/zdr/priority | 96.56 % | 18 September 2026 |
| xai | 99.06 % | 18 September 2026 |
| xai/zdr | 99.76 % | 18 September 2026 |
This is availability as OpenRouter's router observed it, not as you would measure it calling the host directly: the network path is not the same. We read it once a day and keep every reading, so a host that was unreliable last August can still be shown to have been unreliable last August.
We publish no time to first token and no throughput. OpenRouter's API carries fields for both and leaves them empty on every endpoint we have read, and we will not fill a number the source does not give.
How has Grok 4.5 moved?
How capable is Grok 4.5?
| Index | Score | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic index (Artificial Analysis) | 42.1 | 15 September 2026 | Artificial Analysis L4 |
| Coding index (Artificial Analysis) | 72.4 | 16 September 2026 | Artificial Analysis L4 |
| Intelligence index (Artificial Analysis) | 39.1 | 15 September 2026 | Artificial Analysis L4 |
These indices are produced by Artificial Analysis and relayed through the catalogue API. They are not our own measurement. See cost per point of capability to compare them against price.
Has Grok 4.5 changed price?
No change has been recorded since we started observing this service on 25 August 2026. We record a change only when two successive observations differ, so an empty table here means the values have held.
What does Grok 4.5 cost elsewhere?
We track this model at 2 sellers. The same model rarely costs the same everywhere, and the difference is not visible from any single seller's catalogue.
Compare Grok 4.5 across 2 sellers, side by side, or see every model tracked at more than one seller.
Other services from OpenRouter
- SpaceXAI: Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent
- SpaceXAI: Grok 4.3 (batch)
- SpaceXAI: Grok 4.3
- SpaceXAI: Grok 4.6
- SpaceXAI: Grok Build 0.1
- StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash
Where these figures come from
Source: OpenRouter. Every figure on this page was read from
OpenRouter's own published price list, and every row above links straight back to it.
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