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xAI API x_search: what it sells, price and AI features

xAI API x_search is on the social monitoring map. We record 5 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Sept. 21, 2026.

Updated . Launches and events from May 2025 to Sept. 21, 2026.

Server-side tool in the Grok Responses API that does keyword, semantic and user search plus thread fetch on X, with handle and date filters and optional image/video understanding. An agent gets X answers with citations in one call. Source: docs.x.ai.

Site
docs.x.ai
Founded
2023
Category
Search APIs
Status
Active

On the research maps

  • The social monitoring map

    Server-side tool in the Grok Responses API that does keyword, semantic and user search plus thread fetch on X, with handle and date filters and optional image/video understanding. An agent gets X answers with citations in one call. Source: docs.x.ai.

    Category
    Search APIs
    Price
    X Search billed at $5 per 1k posts fetched and $10 per 1k user profiles fetched, in addition to model token costs (since 2026-09-21; before that $5 per 1k calls).
    Platforms
    X and News
    Scale
    Enterprise incumbent: nine-figure revenue or public-company scale (xAI was acquired by SpaceX in Feb 2026 in a $1.25T all-stock merger; parent is nine-figure-plus scale.)
    Founded
    2023

    Sources: docs.x.ai, docs.x.ai and en.wikipedia.org.

    xAI API x_search on the social monitoring map

Launches and dated events, newest first

  1. X Search is billed at $5 per 1k posts fetched and $10 per 1k user profiles fetched

    Pricing change, . x_search moves from $5 per 1k calls to per-item billing; parent and quoted posts count.

    Source: xAI docs (Wayback). From the social monitoring map.

  2. Live Search API will be deprecated by December 15, 2025

    Deprecation, . Live Search (search_parameters, $25/1k sources) retired in favour of agentic tool calling.

    Source: xAI docs (Wayback). From the social monitoring map.

  3. Server-side tools web_search, x_search, code_execution available

    Launch, . x_search generally available in the xAI API: keyword, semantic, user and thread search over X with citations.

    Source: xAI release notes. From the social monitoring map.

  4. Tools are now generally available

    Launch, . Server-side agentic tools web_search, x_search and code_execution become generally available.

    Source: xAI release notes. From the social monitoring map.

  5. Live Search is available on API

    Launch, . Grok API can search X, web and news sources in completions; $25 per 1,000 sources used.

    Source: xAI release notes. From the social monitoring map.

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Cite as: Newsprint, "xAI API x_search: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/xai-api-x-search/, updated 2026-11-11

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