Grok review: our take
Grok puts chat, voice, image and video generation in one app, and its free plan includes real-time search of the web and of posts on X. SuperGrok costs $30 a month and SuperGrok Plus $100; xAI also lists SuperGrok Lite and Heavy without a price on its pricing page. All paid plans share one weekly usage pool, and a few video jobs draw down the same allowance as your chats.
The limit is transparency: xAI does not publish the free allowance, and when the paid pool runs out you wait for the weekly reset or buy credits from $5. For a stated free allowance, look at ChatGPT; for cited web answers, Perplexity. See ChatGPT vs Grok for the plans side by side.
By the Prompt Hackers team · facts checked 4 Oct 2026
What Grok does
Grok answers questions, writes and brainstorms, analyzes uploaded PDFs, images, spreadsheets, code and audio, and talks hands-free in voice mode. Grok Imagine creates images and video, and connectors bring email, files and calendar into a chat. Paid SuperGrok plans draw from one weekly usage pool shared across all Grok products.
Who Grok is for
Best for
- people who follow news and posts on X
- users who want images, video and voice in one app
- developers who want a flagship API at $6 per million output tokens
Not for
- anyone who needs a stated free allowance: xAI publishes no number
- Android and web users who want Companions: they are iOS only
Grok features
- F1Chat and writing
- F2Grok Imagine images and video
- F3Hands-free voice
- F4File analysis
- F5Real-time web and X search
- F6Connectors for email, files and calendar
- F7Weekly usage pool
- F8API
Grok pricing and plans
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly, per month | What it includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — | Free-tier limits on Chat and Voice that reset on their own schedule; real-time web and X search; no published number |
| SuperGrok Lite | — | — | Entry paid tier listed by xAI; price not shown on xAI's pricing page |
| SuperGrok | $30 | — | Larger weekly usage pool across chat, voice, Imagine and coding; image and video generation |
| SuperGrok Plus | $100 | — | More weekly usage than SuperGrok |
| SuperGrok Heavy | — | — | Highest weekly usage; price not shown on xAI's pricing page |
| Extra Usage Credits | — | — | $5, $20, $50 or $100; bought on the web; expire one year after purchase |
| Grok 4.7 API (per 1M tokens) | — | — | input $2 / output $6 for prompts under 200k tokens; 500k-token context |
Free plan: yes. Prices as listed by the vendor in USD, before tax; they change, so check the pricing page before you buy.
Grok FAQ
- How much does Grok cost?
- Paid plans start at $30/mo. Prices checked on 4 Oct 2026.
- Does Grok have a free plan?
- Yes, Grok has a free plan.
- What are the alternatives to Grok?
- Tools that cover the same jobs include ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude, Perplexity.