How do I reach the xAI API from Iran?

Sign up with your mobile number, top the wallet up in toman and create an sk-up- key. Then, in the official OpenAI SDK, point base_url at https://api.uttapen.ir/v1 and set model to the xAI model id. No international card, no VPN.

What do xAI models cost in toman?

It depends on the model: the cheapest, Grok Build 0.1, is about 1,350 toman for a 1,000-word request, and the dearest, Grok Latest, about 3,601 toman. Each model page carries its own exact price, and you are billed for what the request actually used.

How many xAI models are on uttapen?

11. 10 support tool calling and 11 accept image input. The catalogue re-syncs hourly, so a newly released model shows up here on its own.

xAI models, priced in toman

11 xAI models are live on uttapen. Prices are in toman per 1 million tokens, and you are charged for the tokens you actually use.

xAI on uttapen

xAI currently has 11 models in the uttapen catalogue. All of them bill against a toman wallet, for the tokens a request actually used.

The spread inside xAI alone is wide: Grok Build 0.1 runs about 1,350 toman for a 1,000-word request, while Grok Latest costs 3,601 toman for the same one. Picking the right model inside a brand matters as much as picking the brand.

Measured against the whole catalogue, the median xAI output price undercuts about 30% of the other paid models.

On capabilities: 11 take image input, 10 support tool calling, 11 do multi-step reasoning. The longest context belongs to Grok 4.20, at 2,000,000 tokens.

Every xAI model answers on the same sk-up- key and the same base_url: switching between them means changing the `model` string and nothing else.

Which xAI model should I start with?

Every xAI model, priced in toman

Model	Capabilities	Context	Input / 1M	Output / 1M
Grok 4.20`x-ai/grok-4.20`	Image inputTool callingReasoningJSON output	2,000,000	432,774	865,548
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent`x-ai/grok-4.20-multi-agent`	Image inputReasoningJSON outputFile input	2,000,000	432,774	865,548
Grok 4.3`x-ai/grok-4.3`	Image inputTool callingReasoningJSON output	1,000,000	432,774	865,548
Grok 4.5`x-ai/grok-4.5`	Image inputTool callingReasoningJSON output	500,000	692,439	2,077,316
Grok 4.6`x-ai/grok-4.6`	Image inputTool callingReasoningJSON output	500,000	692,439	2,077,316
Grok 4.7`x-ai/grok-4.7`	Image inputTool callingReasoningJSON output	500,000	692,439	2,077,316
Grok Build 0.1`x-ai/grok-build-0.1`	Image inputTool callingReasoningJSON output	256,000	346,219	692,439
Grok 4.7Batch`x-ai/grok-4.7:batch`	Image inputTool callingReasoningJSON output	500,000	553,951	1,661,853
Grok 4.6Batch`x-ai/grok-4.6:batch`	Image inputTool callingReasoningJSON output	500,000	553,951	1,661,853
GrokLatest`~x-ai/grok-latest`	Image inputTool callingReasoningJSON output	500,000	692,439	2,077,316
Grok 4.3Batch`x-ai/grok-4.3:batch`	Image inputTool callingReasoningJSON output	1,000,000	346,219	692,439

Common questions about the xAI API

How do I reach the xAI API from Iran?: Sign up with your mobile number, top the wallet up in toman and create an sk-up- key. Then, in the official OpenAI SDK, point base_url at https://api.uttapen.ir/v1 and set model to the xAI model id. No international card, no VPN.
What do xAI models cost in toman?: It depends on the model: the cheapest, Grok Build 0.1, is about 1,350 toman for a 1,000-word request, and the dearest, Grok Latest, about 3,601 toman. Each model page carries its own exact price, and you are billed for what the request actually used.
How many xAI models are on uttapen?: 11. 10 support tool calling and 11 accept image input. The catalogue re-syncs hourly, so a newly released model shows up here on its own.

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