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Grok Imagine Image 2.0 Pricing

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 costs $0.022–$0.0704 per image, depending on size and quality. That's up to 63% below xAI's official list price. No subscription; failed generations are free.

Per image from
$0.022
1K · low
2K · medium image
$0.07
official $0.08
1,000 images
$22.00
1K · low
Below official
up to 63%

Price list

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 price per image

Every tier with xAI's official list price, our price and what common batches cost.

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 pricing for every tier
TierOfficialCheaper Gen.Save100 imagesImages / $10
1K · low
$0.04/image$0.022/image−45%$2.20454
1K · medium
$0.06/image$0.022/image−63%$2.20454
2K · low
$0.06/image$0.0528/image−12%$5.28189
2K · medium
$0.08/image$0.0704/image−12%$7.04142
  • Official price: xAI API list price for grok-imagine-image-2.0 (1K $0.04 low / $0.06 medium, 2K $0.06 / $0.08; $0.01 per input image). Verified October 16, 2026.
  • Edits are billed at medium quality plus $0.01 per input image (before our discount).

By task

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 pricing by endpoint

Each Grok Imagine Image 2.0 endpoint is billed on the same per-image rates. Starting price per endpoint:

Cost examples

What Grok Imagine Image 2.0 images cost

Worked examples at today's prices, against the official list price.

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 cost examples
Use caseRequestTierOfficialCheaper Gen.Saved
Single image1 image1K · low$0.04$0.022$0.018
Hero image1 image2K · medium$0.08$0.07$0.01
Product catalog500 images1K · medium$30.00$11.00$19.00
Monthly production10,000 images1K · low$400.00$220.00$180.00

Estimate your monthly Grok Imagine Image 2.0 bill

Pick a tier and your monthly volume. Switch models to compare — same live prices as the tables above.

Model
Size

Drag the slider — or pick a model — to try your own numbers.

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 at 1K · medium: 10,000 images per month costs $600 at the official list price and $220 on Cheaper Gen. — you save $380 a month.

Billing

How Grok Imagine Image 2.0 billing works

The same rules apply in the API, the Playground and the Studio. Full details in the billing docs.

  • Unit. Per image. Edits are billed at medium quality plus $0.01 per input image (before our discount).
  • Official reference. xAI API list price for grok-imagine-image-2.0 (1K $0.04 low / $0.06 medium, 2K $0.06 / $0.08; $0.01 per input image), verified October 16, 2026.
  • Hold, then settle. The quoted price is held from your prepaid balance when you submit and becomes the final charge on success. The exact cost is returned with every generation.
  • Failed = free. Failed generations, and jobs you cancel while queued, are refunded in full automatically.
  • Price before you run. POST /v1/quote/xai/grok-imagine-image/text-to-image returns the price, the official price and your discount for any input — free.

FAQ

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 pricing questions

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 costs from $0.022/image at 1K · low to $0.0704/image at 2K · medium per generated image. The official list price is $0.04–$0.08 per image (xAI API list price for grok-imagine-image-2.0). Requesting several images costs the per-image price times the count.

Per image, from prepaid credits in US dollars. Edits are billed at medium quality plus $0.01 per input image (before our discount). The exact cost is shown on the Generate button in the Studio and returned with every API generation.

No. The quoted price is held when you submit and refunded in full, automatically, if the generation fails or you cancel it before it starts.

There is no subscription and no monthly fee. Cheaper Gen. is prepaid: add credits from $10, spend them on any model in the API or the Studio, and failed generations are refunded automatically. The quote endpoint (POST /v1/quote/{endpoint}) is free, so you can price any request before you run it.