OpenRouter Provider Economics

Infrastructure usage, market share, and estimated provider billings

Billings Listed Cache-adjusted

Viewing Listed prices estimates. Listed prompt/completion × resolved input/output mix (continuous history). Raw input, output, and cache fields stay visible for your own interpretation.

xAI

US · slug xai · as of 2026-08-26 (last complete UTC day) · methodology observed_tokens_calibrated_model_mix_observed_pricing

Observed Daily Tokens
100.4B
Observed Monthly Tokens
2.57T
7d Avg Tokens
103.1B
30d Avg Tokens
84.4B
Token Share
0.5%
7d Share Change
—
30d Share Change
-0.2 pts
Models Served
9
Weighted $/M
$5.2399
Est Billings / Day Estimated OpenRouter-attributable billings for August 26th, 2026, using observed provider tokens, calibrated model mix, and endpoint prices.
$525.9K
30-Day Trailing Rev Sum of estimated daily billings over the last 29 complete UTC days ending August 26th, 2026. Actual trailing history, not an extrapolation.
$12.57M
Est Billings / Month Est. Billings / Day × 30 using the August 26th, 2026 daily estimate. Forward month run rate, not trailing calendar-month actuals.
$15.78M
Annualized Run Rate Est. Billings / Day × 365 using the August 26th, 2026 daily estimate. Illustrative annual run rate, not trailing twelve-month actuals.
$191.97M
Revenue Share
3.1%
Provider Rank
#28
Growth Class
—

Daily tokens vs estimated billings

Jul 1, 2026 → Aug 26, 2026 · observed tokens with calibrated model-mix revenue estimates

Estimated billings by model

Stacked daily OpenRouter-attributable billings from this provider’s model mix (similar layout to OpenRouter’s tokens chart, in $)

Model Economics

Model Est Tokens Listed In $/M Listed Out $/M Eff In $/M Eff Out $/M Cache Hit I/O Mix Blended $/M Est Billings % Tokens % Revenue
x-ai/grok-4.6 64.7B $4.0000 $12.0000 — — — — $5.6000 $362.5K 64.5% 68.9%
x-ai/grok-4.5 22.1B $4.0000 $12.0000 — — — — $5.6000 $123.8K 22.0% 23.5%
x-ai/grok-4.3 7.5B $2.5000 $5.0000 — — — — $3.0000 $22.4K 7.4% 4.3%
x-ai/grok-4.20 5.0B $2.5000 $5.0000 — — — — $3.0000 $14.9K 4.9% 2.8%
x-ai/grok-build-0.1-20260520 745.0M $2.0000 $4.0000 — — — — $2.4000 $1.8K 0.7% 0.3%
x-ai/grok-4.20-multi-agent-20260309 180.4M $2.5000 $5.0000 — — — — $3.0000 $541 0.2% 0.1%
x-ai/grok-imagine-image-quality-20260512 136.0M $0.0000 $0.0000 — — — — $0.0000 $0.00 0.1% 0.0%
x-ai/grok-imagine-image-2.0-20260811 40.3M $0.0000 $0.0000 — — — — $0.0000 $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
x-ai/grok-voice-tts-1.0 1.0M $15.0000 $0.0000 — — — — $12.0000 $12 0.0% 0.0%

History since Jul 1

Date Tokens Share $/Day RouteProxy
2026-08-26 100.4B 0.5% $525.9K 0.019
2026-08-25 104.1B 0.6% $544.4K 0.019
2026-08-24 110.8B 0.6% $578.5K 0.021
2026-08-23 90.4B 0.6% $477.0K 0.021
2026-08-22 91.0B 0.6% $480.1K 0.021
2026-08-21 111.2B 0.8% $579.4K 0.021
2026-08-20 111.1B 0.9% $588.7K 0.021
2026-08-18 130.5B 1.0% $683.2K 0.021
2026-08-17 129.8B 1.0% $687.8K 0.021
2026-08-16 70.0B 0.7% $358.2K 0.021
2026-08-15 83.4B 0.9% $434.5K 0.021
2026-08-14 137.7B 1.2% $732.5K 0.021
2026-08-13 122.7B 1.1% $642.2K 0.040
2026-08-12 90.8B 0.8% $463.8K 0.040
2026-08-11 71.4B 0.7% $357.0K 0.040
2026-08-10 66.7B 0.6% $334.2K 0.040
2026-08-09 42.7B 0.5% $205.6K 0.040
2026-08-08 52.4B 0.6% $258.7K 0.040
2026-08-07 69.1B 0.7% $341.0K 0.040
2026-08-06 73.5B 0.7% $359.1K 0.040
2026-08-05 67.0B 0.6% $329.0K 0.040
2026-08-04 68.1B 0.7% $331.2K 0.040
2026-08-03 62.9B 0.7% $304.9K 0.040
2026-08-02 48.4B 0.7% $233.5K 0.040
2026-08-01 47.5B 0.7% $227.9K 0.040
2026-07-31 65.9B 0.8% $318.3K 0.040
2026-07-30 81.4B 1.0% $395.1K 0.040
2026-07-29 81.1B 1.0% $398.7K 0.040
2026-07-28 82.4B 0.9% $399.8K 0.040
2026-07-27 69.2B 0.8% $330.5K 0.040
2026-07-26 82.8B 1.1% $419.3K 0.040
2026-07-25 93.5B 1.3% $481.7K 0.040
2026-07-24 120.2B 1.4% $620.7K 0.040
2026-07-23 116.5B 1.3% $601.2K 0.040
2026-07-22 123.9B 1.4% $640.8K 0.040
2026-07-21 93.6B 1.1% $469.2K 0.040
2026-07-20 67.9B 0.8% $323.1K 0.040
2026-07-19 51.2B 0.7% $248.0K 0.040
2026-07-18 53.9B 0.7% $260.5K 0.040
2026-07-17 72.0B 0.8% $347.8K 0.040
2026-07-16 66.4B 0.7% $315.9K 0.040
2026-07-15 79.8B 0.8% $391.4K 0.040
2026-07-14 62.0B 0.7% $290.5K 0.040
2026-07-13 74.3B 0.8% $356.4K 0.040
2026-07-12 73.6B 1.1% $366.3K 0.040
2026-07-11 57.9B 0.8% $279.0K 0.040
2026-07-10 58.3B 0.7% $273.1K 0.021
2026-07-09 69.6B 0.9% $331.0K 0.021
2026-07-08 27.5B 0.4% $90.3K 0.021
2026-07-07 23.7B 0.3% $69.9K 0.021
2026-07-06 22.5B 0.3% $66.4K 0.021
2026-07-05 17.6B 0.3% $51.8K 0.021
2026-07-04 17.9B 0.3% $52.4K 0.021
2026-07-03 21.3B 0.3% $62.7K 0.021
2026-07-02 26.8B 0.4% $79.2K 0.021
2026-07-01 21.8B 0.3% $63.6K 0.021