DeepSeek: R1 vs Grok 4
DeepSeek: R1 is cheaper than Grok 4 by about 95% on a blended (75% input / 25% output) basis. DeepSeek: R1 charges $0.280000 / $0.420000 per 1M input/output tokens; Grok 4 charges $3.000000 / $15.000000.
| Field | DeepSeek: R1 | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Input $/Mtok | $0.280000 | $3.000000 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.420000 | $15.000000 |
| Cache read $/Mtok | $0.028000 | – |
| Cache write $/Mtok | – | – |
| Input $/Mchar | 0.091836 | n/a |
| Output $/Mchar | 0.137755 | n/a |
| Context window | 64000 | 256000 |
| Tokenizer | deepseek | – |
Price history
Same workload, monthly cost
Illustrative monthly cost at 10M tokens/month, split per workload preset. Not a substitute for the calculator, which uses your own volume, cache and batch assumptions.
| Workload | DeepSeek: R1 | Grok 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | $2.87 | $36.00 |
| RAG chat | $3.01 | $48.00 |
| Summarisation (batch) | $2.94 | $42.00 |
| Classification | $2.83 | $32.40 |
| Chat assistant | $3.36 | $78.00 |
| Content generation | $3.92 | $126.00 |
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DeepSeek: R1 vs Grok 4: $0.280000/$0.420000 vs $3.000000/$15.000000 per 1M tokens, as of 2026-10-04 (Token Barometer, https://tokenbarometer.com/compare/deepseek_deepseek-reasoner-vs-xai_grok-4-0709).