What is Groq?

Groq is an inference platform that uses custom silicon LPUs designed for low‑latency, high‑throughput AI workloads. The LPU architecture delivers fast inference for large language models and multimodal models, supporting them via an OpenAI‑compatible API.

Developers can deploy models in GroqCloud, which runs the LPU stack in data centers worldwide to keep responses local and reduce network latency. The platform supports modular deployment, enabling teams to scale inference workloads while keeping compute costs low.

Groq’s API can be called with minimal code in Python or JavaScript, and it integrates with common machine‑learning frameworks. Users in natural‑language processing, computer‑vision, and recommendation‑engine applications benefit from consistent inference speed and predictable performance.

Groq pricing Freemium

Whisper large v3 turbo $0.04*

Browser automation $0.08/hour

Openai/gpt-oss-120b $0.15

Code execution $0.18/hour

Code execution - python $0.18/hour

Openai/gpt-oss-20b $0.075

Moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905 $1.00

Whisper v3 large $0.111*

Canopy labs orpheus english $22.00

Canopy labs orpheus arabic saudi $40.00

Llama 3.1 8b instant $0.05(20m/$1)*

Kimi k2-0905 1t 256k $1.00(1m/$1)*

Visit website $1/1000 requests

Browser search - visit website $1/1000 requests

Basic search $5/1000 requests

Browser search - basic search $5/1000 requests

Advanced search $8/1000 requests

Llama 4 scout (17bx16e) $0.11(9.09m/$1)*

Gpt oss 120b $0.15(6.67m/$1)*

Qwen3 32b $0.29(3.44m/$1)*

Llama 3.3 70b versatile $0.59(1.69m/$1)*

Gpt oss 20b $0.075(13.3m/$1)*

Gpt oss safeguard 20b $0.075(13.3m/$1)*

Verify on the official pricing page.

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Groq user reviews

Based on 17 reviews, 82.4% of users recommend Groq, rated highly for quality results.

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17 reviews

Liked for

Quality results 10 of 14

Good integrations 9 of 14

Easy to use 7 of 14

All key features 7 of 14

Worth the price 6 of 14

Disliked for

Not worth the price 3 of 3

Hard to use 3 of 3

Missing features 3 of 3

Inconsistent results 1 of 3

Lacks integrations 1 of 3

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Groq's key features

Fast low-latency inference at scale
Predictable low-cost deployment
Zero data retention policy
Deterministic high-throughput inference
Easy code integration with minimal lines
HIPAA-ready compliance standard

Groq use cases

Deploy a real‑time chatbot for customer support that delivers sub‑200 ms responses using Groq’s LPU‑accelerated inference, allowing millions of concurrent interactions without scaling costs
Build a high‑throughput recommendation engine for e‑commerce with Groq’s modular deployment, cutting inference latency to under 100 ms and reducing GPU usage by up to 30 %
Integrate a multimodal vision‑language model into a data‑center inference cloud for medical imaging, achieving instant diagnosis support with predictable, low‑latency performance and an OpenAI‑compatible API for easy migration