Baseten vs xAI API pricing

Verified 2026-10-24 (1 day ago)Source: Baseten: www.baseten.co/pricing, xAI API: docs.x.ai/docs/modelsVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

Monthly cost of Baseten and xAI API at three volumes and at your own
Volume	Baseten	xAI API
small1M input, 200K output	$0.182 / moDeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731	$3.20 / mogrok-4.7
growing50M input, 10M output	$9.10 / moDeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731	$160 / mogrok-4.7
scale1B input, 200M output	$182 / moDeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731	$3,200 / mogrok-4.7
your volumeset above	$9.10 / moDeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731	$160 / mogrok-4.7

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
Service	Cheapest model	Input	Output	Models listed
Baseten	GPT OSS 120B	$0.10	$0.50	16
xAI API	grok-4.7	$2	$6	1

Every model

Every model of both services, USD per 1M tokens
Model	Service	Input	Output
GPT OSS 120B	Baseten	$0.10	$0.50
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731	Baseten	$0.13	$0.26
GLM-5.3-Flash	Baseten	$0.15	$0.50
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL	Baseten	$0.20	$0.50
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017	Baseten	$0.30	$1.20
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Baseten	$0.30	$1.20
Beam	Baseten	$0.40	$1.20
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Fast	Baseten	$0.60	$2.40
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra	Baseten	$0.60	$2.40
Muse Spark Open	Baseten	$1.25	$4.25
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813	Baseten	$1.32	$3.96
GLM-5.3	Baseten	$1.40	$4.40
GLM-5.2	Baseten	$1.40	$4.40
GLM-5.3 Fast	Baseten	$2.10	$6.60
GLM-5.2 Fast	Baseten	$2.10	$6.60
Kimi K3	Baseten	$3	$15
grok-4.7	xAI API	$2	$6

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 Baseten and xAI API aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
Position	Baseten	xAI API
Free	$0 / moBasic	no tier
Entry	Contact salesPro	no tier
Mid	no tier	no tier
Top	Contact salesEnterprise	no tier

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
Measure	Baseten	xAI API
Tightest limit	unlisted	unlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

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