Ease of use
8.8
Onboarding, navigation, and day-to-day workflow friction.
AI Chatbots
Grok
Real-time AI assistant for web and X research, coding, office files, voice, images, video, and connected work.
Grok: Real-time AI assistant for web and X research, coding, office files, voice, images, video, and connected work. Pricing: From $8.33/mo + usage billed annually. Best for Real-time web and X research with source links and public-conversation context and One assistant for chat, files, voice, images, video, code, and office outputs.
Tool score: 8.6 / 10
Grok app subscriptionsFrom $8.33/moX Premium-linked Grok benefitsBundled accessGrok Business workspaceFrom $30/seat/mo
Free plan available
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How the tool scores
A standardized tool profile score across usability, pricing value, feature depth, and support quality.
Tool score
8.6
/ 10Value for money
8.2
How much practical capability the product delivers for the price.
Features
9.3
Breadth, polish, and depth across the core product surface.
Support
8.1
Docs, help channels, and how easily issues get resolved.
Overview
Bottom line
Grok is SpaceXAI’s buyer-facing AI assistant for conversation, real-time web and X research, writing, coding help, file analysis, voice, and multimodal creation. It works best for individuals and teams that want current public information, X-native discovery, and creative or technical work in one account, with connectors that can bring email, calendars, cloud files, and other services into a chat.
The core caveat is that access is spread across free use, paid subscription capacity, X-linked benefits, managed workspaces, and developer services, while limits and regional availability can change. Start with the free assistant to prove the workflow, move to a paid app route when the shared weekly allowance becomes the constraint, and use a business workspace when administration or data controls matter. The xAI API is a separate metered developer route: consumer subscription capacity and Extra Usage Credits should not be treated as general API credit.
Pricing
Pricing snapshot
Pricing routes
App subscriptions, API usage, team workspaces, and enterprise contracts can follow different billing paths. See the pricing guide for current plan and meter details.
App subscriptionPrimary
Grok app subscriptions
From $8.33/mo
Use Grok on web, iOS, and Android with free access or a paid SuperGrok tier and one shared weekly allowance across eligible Grok products.
App subscription
X Premium-linked Grok benefits
Bundled access
Link an eligible X account for tier-dependent Grok limits or features; X controls this subscription and its billing.
Team workspace
Grok Business workspace
From $30/seat/mo
Buy self-serve seats for a managed Grok team workspace with centralized licensing, billing, connectors, and role controls.
Enterprise sales
Grok Enterprise
Custom
Use a sales-led route for advanced identity, governance, retention, audit, encryption, data residency, and support requirements.
Direct API
xAI API
Usage-based API
Build programmatic Grok workflows with separately metered model and tool usage; Grok subscriptions and consumer weekly capacity are not general API credits.
Free
$0/mo + usage
Usage: Free limits for Chat and Voice; real-time web and X search, connectors, and other access vary by feature
SuperGrok Lite
$10/mo + usage
Annual billing: $8.33/mo + usage ($100 billed yearly + usage)
Usage: Lower paid shared weekly pool across eligible Grok products; exact allowance is shown in the account
SuperGrok
$30/mo + usage
Annual billing: $25/mo + usage ($300 billed yearly + usage)
Usage: Shared weekly pool across Chat, Imagine, Voice, and eligible Build use, with higher limits and frontier-model access
Business
$30/mo + usage
Annual billing: $30/mo + usage ($360 billed yearly + usage)
Usage: $30 per user/month; team workspace with license management, consolidated billing, RBAC, connectors, and no training
SuperGrok Heavy
$300/mo + usage
Annual billing: $250/mo + usage ($3,000 billed yearly + usage)
Usage: Largest individual shared weekly pool and Heavy access; checkout controls the available monthly or yearly commitment
Extra Usage Credits
Custom quote or bundled pricing
Usage: Top-ups from $5 per credit purchase; used after the weekly pool and generally expire after one year
Enterprise
Custom quote or bundled pricing
Usage: Custom sales contract with advanced identity, retention, audit, encryption, data-plane, and onboarding options
xAI API
Usage-based API
Usage: Grok 4.5 at $2/1M input tokens and $6/1M output tokens; Grok Build 0.1 at $1/1M input and $2/1M output; other tools vary
Capabilities
Input types
text, image, audio, video, code, file, url
Output types
text, image, audio, video, code, file
Supported platforms
Web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux
Delivery modes
Web app, Mobile app, Chat app, CLI, API
Company context
Company
SpaceXAI
Founded
Not specified
Headquarters
Not specified
Category
AI Chatbots
FAQ
Common questions
Is Grok a product or a model?
This record covers Grok, the buyer-facing assistant on grok.com, official mobile apps, and linked surfaces. Grok 4.5 and other numbered releases are models used through that product or the separately billed API, not separate ToolColumn tool records.
Can Grok search both the web and X?
Yes. Official product and pricing pages describe real-time web and X search, which makes current public information and X-native discovery a central Grok workflow. Readers should still open and verify cited sources.
Is Grok free to use?
Yes. Grok has a free entry point with limits. Paid SuperGrok tiers increase capacity and draw eligible Grok product use from a shared weekly allowance.
Does a SuperGrok subscription include xAI API credits?
No. The account can be shared, but official developer documentation says Grok and xAI API billing are separate. API calls use API credits or invoiced usage and do not consume the consumer weekly pool.
What is Grok Build?
Grok Build is the coding-agent and CLI surface within the Grok product family. Eligible subscriptions can provide account-based access, while Grok Build models used through the xAI API are metered separately.
Can organizations manage Grok for teams?
Yes. Grok Business offers licensed team workspaces and centralized controls, while Enterprise adds sales-led identity, retention, audit, encryption, data-plane, and support options.
Recent updates
Changelog snapshot
feature
July 8, 2026Grok 4.5SpaceXAI launched Grok 4.5 for coding, agentic tasks, and knowledge work across Grok Build, Cursor, and the xAI API, with a limited-time free promotion and region-specific availability.
feature
June 18, 2026Grok for Microsoft OfficeGrok expanded into Microsoft Word after a PowerPoint add-in launch, adding document and presentation work alongside its existing assistant surfaces.
feature
May 25, 2026Grok Build early betaSpaceXAI introduced Grok Build as a terminal coding agent for eligible SuperGrok and X Premium Plus subscribers.
feature
May 18, 2026Grok SkillsGrok added reusable skills and built-in document, presentation, spreadsheet, and PDF creation across web, iOS, and Android.
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- Pricing
- From $8.33/mo + usage billed annually
- Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux
- Access
- Web app, Mobile app, Chat app, CLI, API
- Best for
- Real-time web and X research with source links and public-conversation context and One assistant for chat, files, voice, images, video, code, and office outputs and Developers using Grok Build or separately metered xAI API models and Teams that need connectors, licensed workspaces, and organization controls
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