Grok 4.6 API: pricing, integration and limits

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Published: Oct 24, 2026, 6:11 AM UTC · Updated: Oct 24, 2026, 5:18 PM UTC

Exact ID: grok-4.6. Models available to your key: GET /v1/models.

Grok 4.6 API pricing

Cost calculator for Grok 4.6

Context and capabilities of Grok 4.6

The manufacturer specifies a shared context window of 500,000 tokens; no separate numeric text output limit is stated for its own API (specification: xAI, checked Oct 24, 2026, 6:11 AM UTC). These are manufacturer limits, not verified effective API429 limits: test very long contexts on your own request.

API429 capabilities published for this exact ID: chat function_calling multimodal_input reasoning structured_output vision . Test any mode missing from this list on your own request.

Speed and errors of Grok 4.6 over 24 hours

There are no fresh observations with confirmed traffic for this model. This does not mean zero latency or prove an absence of errors.

Source: public 24-hour statistics. The mean is neither a median nor a response time guarantee.

How to connect Grok 4.6: curl, Python, JavaScript

Create a key, check your balance and set API429_API_KEY on the server. The request is paid from your balance; Python and JavaScript first check that the model is available to your key.

curl

Before generation, check the exact ID in the response from GET https://gateway.api429.com/v1/models using the same Bearer key.

curl --fail-with-body https://gateway.api429.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API429_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"grok-4.6","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"System: three services read a shared queue; after a failure some jobs repeat. Create a diagnostic plan, separate facts from hypotheses and give a stopping criterion for each step."}],"max_tokens":512,"stream":false}'

Python 3

import json
import os
import urllib.request

key = os.environ["API429_API_KEY"]
base = "https://gateway.api429.com/v1"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + key, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
models_request = urllib.request.Request(base + "/models", headers=headers)
with urllib.request.urlopen(models_request, timeout=30) as response:
    available = {item["id"] for item in json.load(response)["data"]}
model = "grok-4.6"
if model not in available:
    raise ValueError("Model is unavailable to this key")
payload = json.loads("{\"model\":\"grok-4.6\",\"messages\":[{\"role\":\"user\",\"content\":\"System: three services read a shared queue; after a failure some jobs repeat. Create a diagnostic plan, separate facts from hypotheses and give a stopping criterion for each step.\"}],\"max_tokens\":512,\"stream\":false}")
request = urllib.request.Request(base + "/chat/completions",
    data=json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8"), headers=headers, method="POST")
with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=60) as response:
    result = json.load(response)
choice = result["choices"][0]
if choice.get("finish_reason") != "stop" or not choice.get("message", {}).get("content"):
    raise ValueError("Incomplete or empty response")
print(choice["message"]["content"])
print(result.get("usage"))

JavaScript: Node.js 18+

const key = process.env.API429_API_KEY;
if (!key) throw new Error("Set API429_API_KEY");
const base = "https://gateway.api429.com/v1";
const headers = { Authorization: "Bearer " + key, "Content-Type": "application/json" };
const model = "grok-4.6";
const available = await fetch(base + "/models", { headers, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30000) });
if (!available.ok) throw new Error("Models HTTP " + available.status);
if (!(await available.json()).data.some(item => item.id === model)) throw new Error("Model unavailable to this key");
const response = await fetch(base + "/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST", headers, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(60000),
  body: JSON.stringify({"model":"grok-4.6","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"System: three services read a shared queue; after a failure some jobs repeat. Create a diagnostic plan, separate facts from hypotheses and give a stopping criterion for each step."}],"max_tokens":512,"stream":false})
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error("Generation HTTP " + response.status);
const result = await response.json();
const choice = result.choices?.[0];
if (choice?.finish_reason !== "stop" || !choice?.message?.content) throw new Error("Incomplete or empty response");
console.log(choice.message.content);
console.log(result.usage);

The examples use basic fields from the published API contract.

Grok 4.6 in n8n: HTTP Request

1. Create an HTTP Request with method POST and URL https://gateway.api429.com/v1/chat/completions.
2. Store the Bearer key in credentials; add Content-Type: application/json. Do not put the key in an exported workflow example.
3. Send the JSON from curl: the exact model grok-4.6, messages, max_tokens and stream=false.
4. After the HTTP node, check choices, finish_reason and the response content before writing the result to your production system.

HTTP Request documentation.

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Version and release date

Manufacturer API release date, xAI: Aug 12, 2026. The exact predecessor has not been established in the reviewed sources.

Frequently asked questions

Sources and review

• docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.6
• docs.x.ai/developers/pricing
• docs.x.ai/developers/release-notes
• gateway.api429.com/api/public/openapi.json

Editorial review: Oct 24, 2026, 6:11 AM UTC. Pricing and general calculator · Getting started · Compare the family: Grok