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AI21 Labs vs Groq pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (2 days ago)Source: AI21 Labs: www.ai21.com/pricing, Groq: console.groq.com/docs/modelsVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

Monthly cost of AI21 Labs and Groq at three volumes and at your own
VolumeAI21 LabsGroq
small1M input, 200K output$0.28 / moJamba Mini$0.036 / moLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M
growing50M input, 10M output$14 / moJamba Mini$1.80 / moLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M
scale1B input, 200M output$280 / moJamba Mini$36 / moLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M
your volumeset above$14 / moJamba Mini$1.80 / moLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M

Each cell is the cheapest feasible plan, or the chosen model, at that volume, from the shared Overage cost function. "Cheapest model" only considers models with both an input and an output price listed. Volumes are example scenarios you can edit.

Cheapest model per service, USD per 1M tokens

Cheapest priced model of each service
ServiceCheapest modelInputOutputModels listed
AI21 LabsJamba Mini$0.20$0.402
GroqLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M$0.03$0.036

Every model

Every model of both services, USD per 1M tokens
ModelServiceInputOutput
Jamba MiniAI21 Labs$0.20$0.40
Jamba LargeAI21 Labs$2$8
Llama Prompt Guard 2 22MGroq$0.03$0.03
Prompt Guard 2 86MGroq$0.04$0.04
GPT OSS 20BGroq$0.075$0.30
Safety GPT OSS 20BGroq$0.075$0.30
GPT OSS 120BGroq$0.15$0.60
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27BGroq$0.80$4

Models are compared by name and price, never by position. Pick one model per service, or "Cheapest model", in the cost table above.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of AI21 Labs and Groq aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
PositionAI21 LabsGroq
Free$0 onceFree Trialno tier
EntryunlistedPay As You Gono tier
Midno tierno tier
TopContact salesCustom Planno tier

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
MeasureAI21 LabsGroq
Tightest limitunlisted100 api requests per minuteLlama Prompt Guard 2 22M tier

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.