Groq pricing

How Groq charges, what to know before you commit, and what you'd pay at your usage — next to what the alternatives would cost for the same thing.

How it charges

Checked 2026-10-03 on console.groq.com ↗ · USD, list prices
In short

Pay per token on production models: $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens for GPT OSS 120B and $0.075 / $0.30 for GPT OSS 20B.

Free plan
Yes
Side project
$0.68/mo GPT OSS 20B
Growing
$6.75/mo GPT OSS 20B
Scaling
$135/mo GPT OSS 20B
What the model leaves out

Prices from Groq's production model list (groq.com/pricing no longer shows a price table). Llama 3.1 8B and Llama 3.3 70B are listed as contact sales.

Before you commit
  • Llama 3.1 8B and Llama 3.3 70B are listed as contact sales, with no self-serve price.
  • Preview models are for evaluation only and may be discontinued at short notice.
  • The rate limits on the model list are for the Developer plan.
PlanMonthly feeInput tokens per monthOutput tokens per month
GPT OSS 120BNone$0.15 per million tokens$0.6 per million tokens
GPT OSS 20BNone$0.075 per million tokens$0.3 per million tokens

What you'd pay

GPT OSS 20B50 million tokens × $0.075 per million tokens + 10 million tokens × $0.3 per million tokens$6.75/mo

Cost as you grow

$0$100$500$1,000$2,0001510501005001k5k
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