Grok

Recommended

The AI chatbot with real-time X data, fast image and video generation, and a more direct, unfiltered voice.

“The most direct, least filtered of the big chatbots, with a genuine edge on real-time news and X data.”

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4.0/ 5

BettrList score

Pricing: From $0/mo
Free plan: No

Grok

Recommended

The AI chatbot with real-time X data, fast image and video generation, and a more direct, unfiltered voice.

4.0/ 5

BettrList score

Pricing: From $0/mo
Free plan: No

Try Grok→

Free plan

Yes

Starting price

$10/mo

Made by

SpaceXAI (formerly xAI)

Free trial

No standing trial

How we rated it

BettrList score

4.0/ 5

Based on practical use and value.

What we measured

Features4.4

Ease of use4.2

Value for money3.9

Support3.5

Compliance3.8

BettrList score

4.0/ 5

Based on practical use and value.

What we measured

Features4.4

Ease of use4.2

Value for money3.9

Support3.5

Compliance3.8

The verdict

“The most direct, least filtered of the big chatbots, with a genuine edge on real-time news and X data.”

Read the full BettrList reviewOur detailed evaluation — verdict: Recommended with caveats

Pricing breakdown

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Free

Enough to try Grok's chat, search, and basic image generation.

Limited daily messages
Basic image generation
Real-time web and X search
Works on web, iOS, and Android

SuperGrok Lite

$10/mo

A cheap entry point mainly aimed at people who want Grok Imagine without paying for full SuperGrok.

Longer chats than Free
Basic Grok Imagine access for images and short video
One AI agent
More daily usage than Free

Recommended

SuperGrok

$30/mo

The plan most regular users land on.

Full access to Grok's latest model
DeepSearch and Big Brain reasoning modes
Higher usage limits across chat, image, and voice
Larger context window than Free

SuperGrok Plus

$100/mo

For people who keep running out of room on SuperGrok but don't need the top tier.

Everything in SuperGrok
Significantly higher usage across chat, Imagine, and voice
Faster replies and priority access at peak times
Early access to new features

SuperGrok Heavy

$300/mo

The most usage and the newest models before anyone else gets them.

Full access to Grok's most capable model and Heavy mode
Maximum rate limits across every tool
Priority access during high-traffic times
Earliest access to new features

Business

$30/mo

Per-seat team plan with admin controls and no training on your data.

Team collaboration and seat management
Consolidated billing
SOC 2 Type I & II compliance
Role-based access control
Connectors for tools like Salesforce, HubSpot, and Slack

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All features

Pulls real-time info from X (formerly Twitter) and the live web, so it knows about things that happened minutes ago, not just what it was trained on

Grok Imagine turns text prompts into images and short videos, up to 15 seconds long

Multi-agent mode runs several AI agents in parallel on a hard question and shows its reasoning for each one

Voice mode holds a natural, low-latency spoken conversation, including a live camera option so it can see what you see

DeepSearch and Big Brain modes dig deeper into research-heavy or technical questions

Writes, debugs, and explains code in pretty much any programming language

Remembers your preferences and past conversations across chats

Animated AI companions, like Ani and Rudi, for a more casual, personality-driven chat

Canvas gives you a dedicated space for long-form writing with inline edit suggestions

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