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Groq Pricing

groq.com · AI Inference · refreshed 2026-05-03
AI Inference
Free tier
Self-serve checkout
3 tiers
Public API
Groq pricing page screenshot — https://groq.com/pricing/
Source · live pricing page on 2026-05-03

groq.com/pricing/

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Pricing snapshot
Unmatched Price Performance
As of 2026-05-03 · derived from groq.com/pricing/
Per-unit pricing

Llama 3.3 70B $0.59/$0.79 per MTok; gpt-oss-120B $0.15/$0.60; Whisper $0.111/hr

Free

$0

Free console PAYG signup
Tier 2

Self-serve

Enterprise

Contact sales

Snapshot rendered from xpay's extracted pricing signals. Tier count capped at 5 (anti-slider). For the live page, see source link above.
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Groq pricing plans
Plans & what each tier includes
Synthesized from Groq's public pricing page on 2026-05-03. Tier names normalized to a starter / team / business / enterprise pattern; the actual Groq pricing page is the source of truth for in-tier features.
Free
$0
forever

  • Free console PAYG signup

  • Access to Groq's ai inference surface

  • Standard per-unit pricing applies once free quota is consumed

  • Full public API documentation available

Start free
Scale
Self-serve
higher tier

  • Higher monthly quotas and per-unit discounts

  • Reduced per-unit cost vs. Entry tier

  • Priority support, additional seats, advanced features

  • Card checkout, no sales contact required

Compare tiers
Enterprise
Contact sales
custom

  • Custom pricing negotiated with the Groq sales team

  • Dedicated account manager and SLA commitments

  • Volume discounts on per-unit costs

  • Procurement-friendly: invoicing, NDAs, security questionnaires

Talk to sales
Pricing summary
What Groq charges

Groq operates in the ai inference space. The published pricing page lists 3 tiers, including a free tier, with per-unit pricing of Llama 3.3 70B $0.59/$0.79 per MTok; gpt-oss-120B $0.15/$0.60; Whisper $0.111/hr. The pricing page positions plans as: "Unmatched Price Performance".

For the deeper analysis — score, simulation, pros & cons for AI agents, and the one-line fix that would lift this listing into the Verified band — see the agent-readiness scorecard.
Frequently asked
Groq pricing FAQ

Groq offers a free tier (Free console PAYG signup). Paid pricing is sales-led — the live pricing page does not list a self-serve paid plan as of 2026-05-03.

Yes — Groq publishes a free tier: Free console PAYG signup. This makes it possible to evaluate Groq without committing budget.

Groq's public pricing page lists the following per-unit pricing: Llama 3.3 70B $0.59/$0.79 per MTok; gpt-oss-120B $0.15/$0.60; Whisper $0.111/hr. This is the rate captured by xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index on 2026-05-03 and is the basis for the agent-readiness score on the linked scorecard.

Groq's pricing page positions itself as: "Unmatched Price Performance". Per-unit pricing of Llama 3.3 70B $0.59/$0.79 per MTok; gpt-oss-120B $0.15/$0.60; Whisper $0.111/hr is published. For the strict definition of agent-buyable PPU — a per-task purchase that an AI agent can complete without an annual commitment — see the agent-readiness scorecard.

Partially. 2 Groq tiers are self-serve via card checkout; 1 tier requires contacting sales.

Yes — Groq's API documentation is publicly accessible at https://console.groq.com/docs. An AI agent or developer can inspect the integration surface without authentication.

xpay scored Groq 73 / 100 on its Agent-Ready SaaS Index, which places it in the Approaching Agent-Ready band. Based on public pricing signals, xpay verified that Groq publishes per-million-token rates, audio per-hour rates, and built-in tool per-request prices on a public anonymous page with a free console signup. Enterprise-only models and on-prem are sales-led. xpay could not locate /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or an anonymous agent purchase path. For the full 6-step purchase simulation and the one-line fix that would lift this listing into the next band, see the linked scorecard.

In the AI Inference category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists multiple alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for Groq to compare with 3 nearest peers, or browse the full AI Inference category from the index.

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AI agent readiness
Can an AI agent buy from Groq?
Approaching Agent-Ready

73

/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index

Based on public pricing signals, xpay verified that Groq publishes per-million-token rates, audio per-hour rates, and built-in tool per-request prices on a public anonymous page with a free console si…

See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift Groq into the Agent-Ready Verified band.
Quick facts
At a glance
Free tier

Free console PAYG signup


Lowest paid

Free


Per-unit pricing

Llama 3.3 70B $0.59/$0.79 per MTok; gpt-oss-120B $0.15/$0.60; Whisper $0.111/hr


Self-serve checkout

2 tiers


Tier count

3


Public API

Public docs

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Groq pricing summary derived from a live read of https://groq.com/pricing/ on 2026-05-03. For the agent-readiness assessment — including the 6-step purchase simulation and a per-dimension scorecard — see xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index entry for Groq.
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