Fast Grok model for responsive chat, reasoning, and tool-assisted work
Grok Code Fast 1 by xai is offered by 7 providers on this page. Public prices are shown for 5 of them. Its reference price is $0.20 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens. It also has 1 free ($0) channel; free tiers usually carry rate limits, and subscription-covered access bills $0 per token only after the subscription fee.
The context window is 256,000 tokens, with an output limit of 10,000 tokens. It supports reasoning, tool use, and structured output. Accepted input modalities are Text and Image. Providers report the capability flags inconsistently, so verify a specific feature against the host you plan to use. Its training knowledge cuts off at 2025-01-01.
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenCode Zen grok-code | Gateway | Free | $0 | $0 | 256,000 | 256,000 | deprecated | |
| Jiekou.AI | Gateway | $0.18 | $1.35 | — | — | 256,000 | 256,000 | |
| Poe | Gateway | $0.20 | $1.50 | $0.02 | — | 256,000 | 128,000 | |
| Abacus | Gateway | $0.20 | $1.50 | — | — | 256,000 | 16,384 | |
| ZenMux | Gateway | $0.20 | $1.50 | $0.02 | — | 256,000 | 64,000 | deprecated |
| Helicone | Gateway | $0.20 | $1.50 | $0.02 | — | 256,000 | 10,000 | |
| Qiniu | Gateway | — | — | — | — | 256,000 | 10,000 | hostTable.undisclosed |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
1 more channels offer $0 (OpenCode Zen); free tiers usually have rate limits and no SLA, excluded from ranking.
4 / 7 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).