Groq drops Llama 4 Scout and Qwen3 32B, upgrades Minimax to M2.7
What happened
Between the Jul 13, 2026 and Jul 20, 2026 captures of Groq's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Removed Llama 4 Scout (17Bx16E) and Qwen3 32B from the main LLM pricing table, and Qwen3-VL 32B from the Enterprise-only table; Minimax M2.5 updated to Minimax M2.7 in the Enterprise-only table. Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan removed) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 20, 2026) lists GPT OSS 20B at $0.08 per 1M input tokens + $0.3 per 1M output tokens, Whisper Large v3 (ASR) at $0.11 per hour transcribed, Whisper Large V3 Turbo (ASR) at $0.04 per hour transcribed, Canopy Labs Orpheus Arabic Saudi (TTS) at $40 per 1M characters and Canopy Labs Orpheus V1 English (TTS) at $22 per 1M characters.
It lands 17 days after Groq's previous change, "Groq: Qwen 3.6 27B added, new Enterprise-only LLM tier + 1 more change" (Jul 3, 2026). Groq has been tracked since 2024-11-17.
In the same window Lightning AI, SambaNova, Google, Anthropic and Huggingface also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- MiniMax M2.7 · PlanRemovedLlama 4 ScoutNo Llama 4 Scout
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax M2.7 | Plan | Llama 4 Scout | No Llama 4 Scout | Removed |
Values as written on Groq's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Groq's pricing page (groq.com) from Jul 13, 2026 and Jul 20, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where the Llama 4 Scout no longer appears.
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Groq, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 20, 2026packagingGroq drops Compound from Featured Models, leaving only GPT-OSS 120B
- Jul 20, 2026packagingGroq drops Llama 4 Scout and Qwen3 32B, upgrades Minimax to M2.7 · this change
- Jul 3, 2026improvedGroq: Qwen 3.6 27B added, new Enterprise-only LLM tier + 1 more change
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- Lightning AIJul 13Lightning AI slashes H100 on-demand to $4.50, adds new spot tier as RTXP 6000 sp...
- SambaNovaJul 6SambaNova adds cached-token pricing: MiniMax-M2.7 at $0.06 per 1M tokens
- GoogleJul 6Google Vertexai delays Agent Gateway billing to July 13, extends free window
- AnthropicJul 6Anthropic launches Sonnet 5, cuts price to $2/$10 per MTok through Aug 31
- HuggingfaceJul 3Enterprise SCIM provisioning & Team SSO OIDC added + 2 more changes
Questions about this change
Did Groq raise prices in July 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 13, 2026 and Jul 20, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan removed.
What changed on Groq's pricing page between Jul 13, 2026 and Jul 20, 2026?
MiniMax M2.7 plan: Llama 4 Scout → No Llama 4 Scout, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 13, 2026 and Jul 20, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Groq change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Groq in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Groq: Qwen 3.6 27B added, new Enterprise-only LLM tier + 1 more change" on Jul 3, 2026; Groq has been tracked since 2024-11-17.