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GChatGPT vs Grok
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose ChatGPT if…
- you want the lower entry price ($8/mo vs $30/mo)
- you're in its core audience: individuals and students, writers and knowledge workers
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Choose Grok if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: general consumers, knowledge workers
Side by side
Feature ChatGPT Grok
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$8/mo$30/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes—
Web search—
File upload & analysis—
Image generation—
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CategoryAI ChatbotsAI Chatbots
CompanyOpenAIxAI
Based in——
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
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- Chat-based answers to questions and tasks
- Help with writing and editing
- Coding help through the included Codex agent
- Several individual tiers from Free to Pro
- Per-seat team workspaces through Business
- Enterprise plan sold through sales
G Grok
- Conversational chat assistant built by xAI
- Free tier with usage limits
- Higher rate limits on paid SuperGrok plan
- Access to xAI frontier models on paid plans
- Business and Enterprise tiers for organizations
- Developer API billed per token
Plans and prices
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ChatGPT
Free$0
Go$8/mo (US)
Plus$20/mo
ProFrom $100/mo
Business$20/user/mo billed annually; $25 monthly
EnterpriseCustom
Grok
Free$0
SuperGrok$30/mo
Strengths and limitations
ChatGPT
- Free plan available
- Go plan costs $8/month in the US
- Codex is included in all plans, Free included
- Business plan starts at just 2 users
- Free plan has limited features
- Pro tiers cost $100–$500 per month
- Enterprise pricing is only available from sales
Grok
- Free plan available
- Paid SuperGrok tier adds higher limits and frontier models
- Business and Enterprise tiers offered
- Developer API available
- Free plan has usage limits
- API billing is separate from consumer subscriptions
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