High-volume, cost-sensitive work
Choose Grok Build 0.1
Grok Build 0.1 costs 17% less on a typical mix of three input tokens for every output token ($1.25 against $1.50 per million tokens).
Choose Gemini 3.7 Flash for reused prompts and documents (RAG, agents), very long inputs and the latest release. Choose Grok Build 0.1 for high-volume, cost-sensitive work and writing and code generation.
Each answer below comes straight from the published prices, specifications and independent benchmark results.
Choose Grok Build 0.1
Grok Build 0.1 costs 17% less on a typical mix of three input tokens for every output token ($1.25 against $1.50 per million tokens).
Choose Grok Build 0.1
Grok Build 0.1 charges $2.00 per million output tokens, against $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash. Output dominates the bill when answers are long.
Choose Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash charges $0.08 per million cached input tokens, against $0.20 for Grok Build 0.1.
Choose Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash reads up to 1.05M tokens per request, against 256k for Grok Build 0.1.
Choose Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini 3.7 Flash is the newer release (Aug 13, 2026, against May 2026 for Grok Build 0.1).
| Volume | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Grok Build 0.1 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prototype: 1M input, 250K output tokens | $1.69 | $1.50 | Grok Build 0.1, $0.19 less |
| Production: 20M input, 5M output tokens | $33.75 | $30.00 | Grok Build 0.1, $3.75 less |
| Scale: 500M input, 100M output tokens | $750.00 | $700.00 | Grok Build 0.1, $50.00 less |
Standard rates, without caching or batch discounts. Volumes are per month.
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | Grok Build 0.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | |
| Category | Language models | Language models |
| Status | Generally available | Generally available |
| Headline price | $1.50 / 1M tokens | $1.25 / 1M tokens |
| Input | $0.75 / 1M tokens | $1.00 / 1M tokens |
| Output | $3.75 / 1M tokens | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| Cached input | $0.075 / 1M tokens | $0.20 / 1M tokens |
| Context window | 1.05M | 256k |
| Max output | 66k | No data |
| Released | Aug 13, 2026 | May 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Capabilities | Vision, Reasoning, Tool calling, Structured output, Prompt caching | Vision, Reasoning, Tool calling, Structured output, Prompt caching, Batch API |
| API model id | gemini-3.7-flash | grok-build-0.1 |
Choose Gemini 3.7 Flash for reused prompts and documents (RAG, agents), very long inputs and the latest release. Choose Grok Build 0.1 for high-volume, cost-sensitive work and writing and code generation.
Grok Build 0.1 is 17% cheaper than Gemini 3.7 Flash at the headline price ($1.25 / 1M tokens vs $1.50 / 1M tokens).
Gemini 3.7 Flash reads more per request: 1.05M tokens against 256k.
Gemini 3.7 Flash is made by Google and Grok Build 0.1 by xAI. Grok Build 0.1 is 17% cheaper than Gemini 3.7 Flash at the headline price ($1.25 / 1M tokens vs $1.50 / 1M tokens). Gemini 3.7 Flash reads more per request: 1.05M tokens against 256k. Gemini 3.7 Flash is the newer model (Aug 13, 2026, against May 2026). Only Grok Build 0.1 offers batch api.
At 20 million input and 5 million output tokens a month, Gemini 3.7 Flash costs $33.75 and Grok Build 0.1 costs $30.00, at standard rates.
Gemini 3.7 Flash was released on Aug 13, 2026 and Grok Build 0.1 on May 2026.