Overview
Grok is SpaceXAI's (formerly xAI's) conversational assistant, distinguished by native, real-time access to X (formerly Twitter) for current-events and social-sentiment answers, and a deliberately less-restricted conversational tone than most competitors. The current flagship, Grok 4.5 (launched July 8, 2026), offers a 500K-token context window and native video input; older variants (Grok 4.3, Grok 4 Fast with a 2M context, Grok 4.20) remain accessible via API. Consumer pricing spans a Free tier, SuperGrok Lite (~$10/mo), SuperGrok (~$30/mo), X Premium+ (~$40/mo, bundling Grok with X platform perks), and SuperGrok Heavy ($300/mo, the only tier with guaranteed full Grok 4.5 access). All paid tiers include DeepSearch (live web research), "Big Brain" extended thinking, and voice mode.