Groq
Groq scores 87/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a public API exists with documentation; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.
Groq pricing
9 SKUs priced per tokens
| Model / SKU | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
GPT OSS 20B 128k | $0.075 / 1M tokens | $0.3 / 1M tokens |
GPT OSS Safeguard 20B | $0.075 / 1M tokens | $0.3 / 1M tokens |
GPT OSS 120B 128k | $0.15 / 1M tokens | $0.6 / 1M tokens |
Llama 4 Scout (17Bx16E) 128k | $0.11 / 1M tokens | $0.34 / 1M tokens |
Qwen3 32B 131k | $0.29 / 1M tokens | $0.59 / 1M tokens |
Llama 3.3 70B Versatile 128k | $0.59 / 1M tokens | $0.79 / 1M tokens |
Llama 3.1 8B Instant 128k | $0.05 / 1M tokens | $0.08 / 1M tokens |
moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 (uncached) | $1 / 1M tokens | $3 / 1M tokens |
moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 (cached) | $0.5 / 1M tokens | $3 / 1M tokens |
How Groq scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
15 / 15
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API + docs
18 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
20 / 20
Free entry path
7 / 7
No sales call required
7 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
5 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
0 / 10
Total
87 / 100
What it actually costs at typical scale
1M input tokens + 1M output tokens (Llama 3.1 8B Instant)
$0.13/mo
10M input tokens + 5M output tokens (GPT OSS 20B)
$2.25/mo
Batch API: 10M input + 5M output tokens (GPT OSS 20B, 50% discount)
$1.125/mo
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Unknown
Payment methods
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
full
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Unknown
Purchase orders supported
Unknown
MSA required
DPA available
Unknown
Security review required
Unknown
Trial
Available, no card
API & developer surface
API-first product
Public API docs
Sandbox present
Webhooks
Unknown
MCP mentioned
Positioning & ecosystem
“Unmatched Price Performance”
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Groq?
Discover price
https://groq.com/pricing/ — public tableSelect a plan
Self-serve console vs. enterprise contactPay per task
Per-token billing on every modelAvoid a sales call
Self-serve consoleAPI docs without auth
https://console.groq.com/docs publicEstimate cost upfront
Per-MTok rates plus current TPS for latency estimatesPros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-03. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- Per-unit billing is published, so an agent can budget for a single task before committing.
- API documentation is reachable without a login — discovery and integration can happen in one session.
- Per-unit rate is concrete enough that an agent can model expected spend before issuing a request.
- Some tiers are sales-led; the highest-capacity surfaces are not self-serve.
- PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How Groq could lift its score
Expose an anonymous-purchase path (no account required) for the smallest paid tier — even a $1 PAYG entry.
| pricing_visible | true |
| headline_phrasing | Unmatched Price Performance — Smart, Fast, and Affordable |
| tier_count | 0 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | null |
| free_tier | false |
| free_tier_terms | null |
| per_unit_price | $5 / 1000 requestsParameterweb |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 1 |
| sales_only_tiers | 0 |
| public_api_docs_url | https://console.groq.com/docs/overview |
| api_docs_auth_walled | false |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
| per_unit_classification | {"unit_class":"other","confidence":"medium","agent_task_price_forecastable":"yes","rejected_reason":null,"evidence_text":"$5 / 1000 requestsParameterweb"} |
| usage_headline_present | false |
| custom_tier_present | true |
| agent_friendly | {"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false} |
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87
/ 100 (rubric v2.0)AI Inference
Unmatched Price Performance — Smart, Fast, and Affordable
0
No
Sales-led
$5 / 1000 requestsParameterweb
1 / 0
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Per-model / per-SKU pricing
Groq pricing is pay-per-use based on tokens consumed; LLM input tokens start at $0.05/million (Llama 3.1 8B) and output tokens at $0.08/million; no subscription tiers required.
Free API key (Free)
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.ai-pricing.json
agents.txt
llms.txt
sitemap.xml
MCP Server Card
Agent Skills
x402 / MPP
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