I really like Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning. It is my go to model for most tasks. Grok 4.1 Fast is cheaper and faster since it doesn’t have reasoning.
Grok Fast is an incredibly affordable model.
The reason the Pickaxe shows the price so high is because I am one of the biggest users and my pickaxes typically involve an author uploading an entire novel. This is way more tokens most people would use for a typical chat bot.
Grok 4.1 Fast Has a Massive Context Window
Once you get used to 2 million tokens, it is hard to go back to models with tokens that only go up to 400k tokens.
Grok 4.1 Is Really Good With Actions & Tool Use
Here is a general overview:
Not a Great Writer
The Grok 4.1 models still use a lot of AI cliches. It would not be my go to for writing marketing copy.