Pick Blackbox if
security-sensitive teams that will sign an annual token commit and want encryption on every hop.
Read the Blackbox pageBlackbox vs Groq
Our take
Pick Blackbox if security-sensitive teams that will sign an annual token commit and want encryption on every hop. Pick Groq if developers who will copy a model ID and a $/1M row from the Supported Models table. Skip Blackbox if individual developers who want a monthly IDE seat (Cursor or GitHub Copilot).
Groq
hosted inference API on GroqCloud
Best for
Blackbox Tokens that stay sealed in the client
Groq Fast token generation billed per 1M tokens
Free plan
Blackbox No free plan
Groq No free plan
Lowest paid
Blackbox DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.07
Groq Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M $0.03
Next step up
Blackbox GLM-5.3 $1.40
Groq Whisper large-v3-turbo $0.04/hour
Coding agent
Blackbox Cloud coding agents
Groq
Runs where
Blackbox Hosted
Groq Hosted
Watch out
Blackbox Sales-gated from the start
Groq Rows move
Last checked
Blackbox 2026-10-22 · blackbox.ai/pricing
Groq 2026-10-22 · console.groq.com/docs/models
Which one, then?
Pick Groq if
developers who will copy a model ID and a $/1M row from the Supported Models table.
Read the Groq page