Grok

Grok is an AI assistant that works in a chat on grok.com and in iOS and Android apps. The vendor docs are now branded SpaceXSI, and consumer Grok is sold as part of The X Subscription, a bundle that combines Grok, the Cursor coding editor and X under one account and one weekly usage allowance. In the chat it takes typed text, voice and file uploads, and the settings show separate usage for Chat, Imagine (images and video), Voice, Build (coding) and the API.

A free tier exists with limited usage. Paid tiers raise the weekly allowance and add a Grok Bot feature, which the docs describe as an AI teammate running on a persistent cloud computer. Developers can also use the xAI API, billed with prepaid credits. The solved problem is access to one assistant that can read documents, write code and make media without separate subscriptions for each.

• Shared weekly usage pool. Paid seats get one weekly pool that covers Chat, Imagine, Voice and Build. Different tasks draw different amounts, so a chat message costs little and a long video or coding task costs more. The pool resets weekly.
• File uploads. Grok accepts documents, spreadsheets, code, images, audio and video. The docs give limits of about 100 files at once on web, 20 on Android and 150 MB per file, and note that long files may be summarised in sections.
• Grok Imagine. Image and video generation is part of the product. Generated media carries a Grok watermark with no setting to remove it, and 720p video falls back to 480p once the tier's 720p cap is reached.
• Grok Bot. Included on Premium, Super and Ultra, Grok Bot is described as durable AI teammates on a persistent cloud computer, with messaging, approvals, connectors and routines. The docs say it differs from Grok on grok.com.
• Grok Build. Grok Build replaces the retired Grok Studio for coding work. Because Cursor shares the same pool, Grok models in Cursor draw from the same weekly allowance as chat.
• Extra usage credits. When the weekly pool runs out, paid features pause. Users can buy credits from 5 dollars on the web, turn on Auto Top Up with a monthly cap, or move to a higher tier. Credits expire after one year.

• A freelance developer already paying for Cursor. Switching to The X Subscription moves Cursor and Grok under one bill and one weekly pool. Grok models in Cursor use the included allowance, while Claude or GPT models in Cursor are billed at API list prices from the first use.
• A researcher summarising long documents. The researcher uploads PDFs, spreadsheets and CSV files, asks for extraction of tables or trends, and deletes files later at grok.com/files. The docs warn that embedded images inside non-PDF files may not be processed visually.
• A five-person marketing team. The team buys Premium seats at 30 dollars per seat, with centralised billing and usage analytics. Each seat has its own weekly pool, and seats can mix tiers, such as one Super seat for the person who makes the most video.

You can open grok.com and start chatting; the free tier needs no payment. Paid access goes through The X Subscription, with web billing at grok.com and app store billing on iOS and Android. A connected X account gives X benefits on paid plans, linked under Settings, Account.

Existing SuperGrok, Cursor and X Premium plans continue until you cancel or switch. Switching is optional, combines accounts under one workspace and cannot be undone, according to the docs. Usage appears under Settings, Usage. The docs do not give a learning-curve estimate.

Grok is now sold as part of The X Subscription, which bundles Grok, Cursor and X access under one weekly usage pool, with the docs site branded SpaceXSI.

Tiers run from a limited Free level to Ultra at 50x included usage. Once the weekly pool runs out, paid features pause until reset, and existing SuperGrok subscriptions carry on until you cancel or switch.

In our AI chatbots and assistants ranking Grok stands at #8 of 14: it follows Kimi and comes before Google Gemini. From place 4 the established names follow in their ranked order; we publish no numeric score.

The vendor states no country of establishment, so Grok is left out of the regional count for this list.

Pricing as recorded: Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra tiers published; team seats.

The X Subscription lists five individual tiers in US dollars. Free costs 0 with limited usage. Plus costs 8 dollars per month or 80 per year with base usage. Premium costs 30 per month or 300 per year with 4x usage. Super costs 100 per month or 1,000 per year with 15x. Ultra costs 200 per month or 2,000 per year with 50x. Team seats cost 30, 100 and 200 dollars on Premium, Super and Ultra; Plus is not offered to teams. Prices exclude sales tax. Extra usage credits start at 5 dollars and are priced above the effective included rate. Enterprise prices are not published.

Read from grok.com when Best AI Chatbots and Assistants in 2026 was last reviewed (6 November 2026).

Grok Bot is included from Premium upward, and team seats exist on Premium, Super and Ultra.

Docs state accounts can be deleted at accounts.x.ai.

Hosting region, certifications and model training policy are not stated on the FAQ and pricing pages read. The FAQ says deleted chats and files are removed from systems within standard retention windows, unless legal, compliance or safety duties require longer retention.

Data controls sit under Profile, Settings. An xAI account can be deleted at accounts.x.ai and restored within 30 days. For a hacked account, support can cancel the subscription or delete the account.

Integrations the vendor names (8):

• X (account linking)
• Cursor
• Grok Bot connectors
• Claude and GPT models inside Cursor
• xAI API
• Apple sign-in
• Google sign-in
• iOS and Android apps

Shared tags and a similar price model decide who is listed here; where none match, the neighbours in the ranking fill in.

• Kimi (#7 of 14): Moonshot AI assistant with membership tiers and a business edition. Watch out: the pricing page needs JavaScript, so we could not read membership prices.
• Strawberry (#13 of 14): Aimed at: Non-technical teams in sales, marketing or recruiting that want AI to do browser work in the tabs they already use. (Sweden)
• Polychorus (#14 of 14): Web and desktop app for chatting with many open-source AI models, with side-by-side answers and a judge model. (Croatia)

Read from the vendor’s own pages on 5 November 2026.

• docs.x.ai/x-subscription/pricing.md: tier prices, usage multipliers, team seats, switching refunds
• docs.x.ai/x-subscription/overview.md: what The X Subscription is, shared pool, switching rules
• docs.x.ai/x-subscription/usage-limits.md: weekly pool rules, third-party models in Cursor
• docs.x.ai/grok/faq.md: file limits, usage pool, credits, watermark, account deletion, data deletion

We rank on what separates products after the demo: time to useful, the real price, the exit and who the product is for. Grok ends up at #8 among 14. The editorial process sets out how facts are gathered and how commercial links are handled.