xAI Grok API gateway details

xAI's official Grok API; ideal as a candidate to test apps needing Grok's text, vision, and real-time information.

Best for: For developers wanting to include Grok in multi-model evaluations or needing xAI's native capabilities.

Current status

Test yourself

Latency reference

Depends on your deployment

/models check

See the platform docs

Last verified

Not verified yet

Status notes

Test plain responses, streaming, error codes, and rate limits yourself before launch.

Pricing mode

Official list price, pay-as-you-go; prices, rate limits, and available models per the xAI docs.

Price tags

Standard price, Pay-as-you-go

Free quota

Refer to the official console.

Usually you create an API key in the platform console, then replace the SDK's baseURL, model name, and auth details per the docs. Test streaming, function calling, error codes, and rate limits before launch.

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY,
  baseURL: "see the platform docs"
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "Grok",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Test one call through an AI gateway." }]
});

• Supported models: Grok.
• Capabilities: OpenAI-compatible, Streaming, Image generation.
• Documentation completeness: High; editorial stability score 4.3 / 5.

• Models, region, and API policy change fast; recheck rate limits, price, and data terms before launch.
• Third-party relay pricing, models, and availability can change, so re-check them periodically.

Is xAI Grok API compatible with the OpenAI API?

This entry is marked as supporting the OpenAI-compatible format, but the exact base_url, model names, and parameters still follow the official docs.

Is xAI Grok API ready for production?

Run a small-traffic load test, rate-limit test, and error-code test first, and confirm the billing rules; keep a backup provider for important workloads.