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xAI API

situationalBlueshift — gaining momentum

Grok models via API — strong reasoning, X integration, big context.

docs.x.ai

journal entry · observed by @whysanesanders · verified 2026-08-15

Grok 4 benchmarks competitively and the API is straightforward. But the ecosystem is young, and brand adjacency to X is a real procurement conversation in some companies.

Known limitations

  • Young platform: fewer SDKs, tools and battle-testing.
  • Pricing is not disruptive versus Claude or GPT.
  • Reputation risk some orgs will not accept.

Facts

pricing
paid
price note
Grok 4 $3/1M input, $15/1M output
free tier
no
open source
no
api
yes
self-host
no
category
models-api

Models used

grok-4

Receipts

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Anthropic API

Blueshift — gaining momentum

Claude models direct — the practitioner's pick for coding and long-form text.

models-api

paid · Sonnet $3/1M input, $15/1M output; Haiku from $0.80/1M input

API

shipverified 2026-08-15

Cohere

Steady momentum

Enterprise-focused models — Command generation plus best-in-class Rerank.

models-api

freemium · free trial keys; pay-as-you-go from $0.50/1M input tokens

APIFREE TIER

situationalverified 2026-08-15

DeepSeek API

Blueshift — gaining momentum

Open-weights lab with frontier-ish reasoning at disruptive prices.

models-api

paid · deepseek-chat $0.27/1M input (cache miss), $1.10/1M output

API

situationalverified 2026-08-15