At a Glance
Grok (xAI) is an AI tool for Assistants & workspaces (category: Productivity). Free access: Free plan. Paid from 8 USD per month (Plus). Documented: 9 plans with prices and limits.
- Category
- Assistants & workspaces
- Paid from
- 8 USD / Month (Plus)
- Free Option
- Free plan
- Plans
- 9
- Sources
- 8 verified sources
Category: Productivity · Assistants & workspaces
Features
Grok is the AI assistant from xAI, the company of SpaceX founders, with real-time web search and direct X platform integration. The free plan provides generous usage limits according to the vendor.
New customers buy The X Subscription instead of the earlier standalone plans. Plus at 8 USD includes Grok models only. Premium at 30 USD, Super at 100 USD, and Ultra at 200 USD share the same weekly pool.
- AI assistant from xAI (SpaceX founders) with real-time web and X search
- Generous free usage limits according to the vendor
- New customers: The X Subscription with Plus, Premium, Super, and Ultra
- Multimodal inputs supported (text and image)
- Direct integration with the X (formerly Twitter) platform for current content
- Access to Grok models via API for developers
Prices and plans
| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
| Free | free | Month | 0 USD per month. Limited agent and chat, a starter Cursor allowance, and standard X. |
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| Plus | 8 USD | Month | 8 USD per month. Shared AI pool. Cursor plus Grok Chat, Voice, Imagine, and Build, plus the Grok API. Grok models only. Checkmark, fewer ads, and creator tools on X. |
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| Premium | 30 USD | Month | 30 USD per month. 4x Plus. Latest Grok models, Grok Bot, cloud agents, Origin hosting, and Bugbot. Video generation. Third-party models in Cursor are extra at API list price via top-ups. |
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| Super | 100 USD | Month | 100 USD per month. 15x Plus. Priority model access at peak. Third-party models in Cursor are extra at API list price via top-ups. |
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| Ultra | 200 USD | Month | 200 USD per month. 50x Plus. Earliest access to products and models. Third-party models in Cursor are extra at API list price via top-ups. |
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| Teams Premium | 30 USD | Per seat per month | 30 USD per seat per month. Same usage as Premium, 4x Plus. SSO, admin, consolidated billing, analytics, and SOC 2. |
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| Teams Super | 100 USD | Per seat per month | 100 USD per seat per month. Same usage as Super, 15x Plus. SSO, admin, consolidated billing, analytics, and SOC 2. |
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| Teams Ultra | 200 USD | Per seat per month | 200 USD per seat per month. Same usage as Ultra, 50x Plus. SSO, admin, consolidated billing, analytics, and SOC 2. |
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| Enterprise | contact sales | Custom | Custom quote. Pooled usage, invoicing, and admin controls. |
Prices per vendor, excl. taxes/VAT where applicable.
Current models
Short overview of the vendor's current main models. The API calculator may list more snapshots and variants.
Grok 4.6
xAI's frontier model for coding, agents, and knowledge work.
- xAI: use Grok 4.6 for code and chat; currently their most intelligent and fastest model.
- 500,000-token context; text and image input, text output.
Source https://docs.x.ai/docs/models
Grok 4.20 (Reasoning)
Reasoning variant with strong tool calling and a low hallucination rate per the model page.
- 1M-token context; fits when reasoning and longer agent runs matter.
Source https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.20-0309-reasoning
Grok 4.20 (Non-reasoning)
Non-thinking variant of the same 4.20 line for latency-sensitive tasks.
- Partner docs cite support and categorization; listed on the xAI models page.
Source https://docs.x.ai/docs/models
Limits
The X Subscription for new customers: Free 0 USD, Plus 8 USD, Premium 30 USD, Super 100 USD, and Ultra 200 USD per month. Teams cost 30 USD, 100 USD, or 200 USD per seat. Included Grok usage is one pool shared by Grok and Cursor and refreshes weekly. Plus includes Grok models only. From Premium, third-party models in Cursor are billed at API list price via top-ups. Existing subscribers can keep their current plan and price until they switch. A plan billed through the Apple App Store is not cancelled by that switch.
Alternatives and similar tools to Grok (xAI)
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Is Grok (xAI) available for free?
Yes. A permanently free plan is published, not a time-limited trial.
How is Grok (xAI) billed?
Accessible to European users: grok.com/plans is served in German from Germany and shows the purchase options. Billing is in US dollars even for German users; the German-language pricing page explicitly lists the amounts as "USD/Monat". There is no currency switch. The privacy policy names an EU representative: "In the EU: Lionheart Squared (Europe) Ltd, FAO x.ai, 2 Pembroke House, Upper Pembroke Street 28-32, Dublin, D02 EK84, Republic of Ireland" and refers users in the EEA, UK and Switzerland to a "Europe Privacy Policy Addendum". According to the vendor, use of Grok on the X platform is not covered by this policy but by the X Privacy Policy. Prices are in USD and exclude tax. The pricing page does not list an EUR or CHF amount.
How much does Grok (xAI) cost?
The cheapest paid plan of Grok (xAI) is Plus at 8 USD per month. 9 plans are documented in total, each with its price and limits.
Is Grok (xAI) currently available?
Grok (xAI) is still active: Product active under the name Grok. The provider now trades as SpaceXAI LLC. The x.ai website footer reads "© 2026 SpaceXAI LLC," and its privacy policy states: "At SpaceXAI LLC (\"SpaceXAI\", \"our\", \"us\" or \"we\")". The x.ai and grok.com domains remain. The privacy policy also states: "SpaceXAI is a separate company from X Corp. (\"X\", previously Twitter).".
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Sources
All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.
- https://x.ai/pricing
- https://x.ai/news/x-subscription
- https://grok.com/plans
- https://x.ai/legal/privacy-policy
- https://docs.x.ai/grok/faq
- https://docs.x.ai/grok/overview
- https://docs.x.ai/docs/models
- https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.20-0309-reasoning
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