Wild West API or Groq?
Wild West API is a small gateway that resells upstream providers, sells only uncensored Xploded models, and caps spend on every key.
Facts checked October 2026 against Groq’s own site, docs and policies.
| Wild West API | Groq | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Hosted gateway for one uncensored, tool capable model line (Xploded), at twice the upstream price. | GroqCloud, an inference API running open models such as Llama 3.3 70B, GPT OSS 120B and 20B, Qwen and Whisper on Groq's own LPU hardware. |
| Pricing | Pay as you go, 2x upstream price, $5 minimum top-up, no subscription required. | Per token, priced per model, for example GPT OSS 20B at $0.075 in and $0.30 out per 1M tokens. A free tier with basic rate limits. The Developer tier is pay as you go on a card, billed monthly in arrears, and unlocks Batch and Flex processing. |
| OpenAI-compatible | Yes | Mostly. Base URL https://api.groq.com/openai/v1. Unsupported: logprobs, logit_bias, top_logprobs, messages[].name, and n other than 1. |
| Anthropic-compatible | Yes, /v1/messages (verified with Claude Code) | Not documented. |
| Uncensored / abliterated | Four uncensored models, the Xploded line: GLM 5.3, GLM 5.3 Flash, MiMo V2.6 Flash and Qwen3.8 27B. Every one calls tools. | No uncensored, abliterated or roleplay finetunes. The acceptable use policy bans sexually explicit content that is illegal, among other things, and customers with safeguards may ask Groq for an exception. |
| Per-key spend caps | Lifetime and monthly per-key caps, enforced by reserving the worst case and clamping max_tokens | Monthly spend limits that block API access when reached, applied organisation-wide across all keys; Groq notes a 10 to 15 minute delay in spend tracking, so a limit can be overshot slightly. Rate limits also apply at the organisation level. |
Where Groq is the better choice
- Its own LPU hardware built for fast inference, a free tier for trying the API, and low per-token prices on mainstream open models. Wild West API has no free tier and charges 2x upstream.
Where Wild West API is different
- Wild West API sells uncensored Xploded models (GLM 5.3 Xploded, GLM 5.3 Flash Xploded, MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded, Qwen3.8 27B Xploded), all with tool calling, and has an Anthropic-compatible /v1/messages endpoint, so Claude Code works without a proxy.
- Wild West API caps spend on each key, lifetime and monthly, by reserving the worst-case cost and clamping max_tokens before the call, so a key cannot overrun. It is prepaid from a $5 top-up and resells upstream providers rather than running its own hardware.
The uncensored models Wild West API sells
If you are comparing Groq because you want an uncensored or abliterated model API, these are the models on Wild West API: Outlaw 1 abliterated, GLM 5.3 uncensored, GLM 5.3 Flash uncensored, MiMo V2.6 Flash abliterated and Qwen3.8 27B uncensored. Every one calls tools, works in Claude Code through the Anthropic endpoint, and is priced at twice what we pay upstream, per million tokens.
| Model | What it is | Context | Price in / out | Supports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outlaw 1 Xploded outlaw-1-xploded | Outlaw 1 abliterated API | 1M | $0.30 / $1.00 | tools, vision, reasoning |
| GLM 5.3 Xploded glm-5.3-xploded | GLM 5.3 uncensored API | 1M | $2.50 / $4.50 | tools, reasoning |
| GLM 5.3 Flash Xploded glm-5.3-flash-xploded | GLM 5.3 Flash uncensored API | 1M | $0.40 / $1.60 | tools, vision, reasoning |
| MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded mimo-v2.6-flash-xploded | MiMo V2.6 Flash abliterated API | 1M | $1.00 / $3.00 | tools, vision, reasoning |
| Qwen3.8 27B Xploded qwen3.8-27b-xploded | Qwen3.8 27B uncensored API | 524K | $0.30 / $2.40 | tools, vision, reasoning |
FAQ
Does Groq allow uncensored or NSFW models?
Groq hosts no uncensored or roleplay finetunes, and its acceptable use policy bans illegal sexually explicit content, with exceptions available on request for lawful business or research use. Wild West API's Xploded line exists for uncensored use.
Can I use Groq with Claude Code?
Groq documents an OpenAI-compatible API but no Anthropic /v1/messages endpoint, so Claude Code would need a translation proxy. Wild West API exposes /v1/messages directly.
Does Groq have spend limits?
Yes, a monthly limit that blocks access when hit, but it covers the whole organisation rather than each key, and tracking lags 10 to 15 minutes, so small overruns can happen. Wild West API caps each key before the call is made.
Which uncensored models does Wild West API sell?
Wild West API sells Outlaw 1 Xploded, GLM 5.3 Xploded, GLM 5.3 Flash Xploded, MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded, Qwen3.8 27B Xploded. The table above has the price and context for each.
Are these models abliterated or uncensored?
Outlaw 1 Xploded and MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded are abliterated: the refusal direction was removed from the weights. GLM 5.3 Xploded, GLM 5.3 Flash Xploded, Qwen3.8 27B Xploded are uncensored: the refusal was trained back out. The abliterated vs uncensored page explains the difference.
Which one answers fastest?
MiMo V2.6 Flash Xploded usually starts answering in one to two seconds. The GLM 5.3 Flash model thinks before it answers, so its first word can take much longer.