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CGeneral-purpose AI chat assistant for writing, research, coding and everyday tasks
Free, from $8/mo
Grok vs Microsoft Recall
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Grok if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you need an API to build on
- you work on Web
- you're in its core audience: general consumers, knowledge workers
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Choose Microsoft Recall if…
- you work on Windows
- you're in its core audience: windows 11 copilot+ pc owners, knowledge workers
Side by side
Feature Grok Microsoft Recall
Pricing modelFreemiumPricing unknown
Starting price$30/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—No
Data retention—Oldest snapshots deleted when max storage reached; user chooses how long snapshots are kept
PlatformsWeb, APIWindows
CategoryAI ChatbotsPersonal Assistants
CompanyxAIMicrosoft
Based in—United States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
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
M Microsoft Recall
- Automatic screen snapshots every few seconds and on content change
- Search by typed or spoken description
- Text and visual matches labeled close or related
- Timeline browsing and per-app result filtering
- Exclude specific apps and websites
- Sensitive information filtering for passwords and card numbers
- Local encrypted storage protected by Windows Hello
- Click to Do actions on text and images in snapshots
Plans and prices
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Grok
Free$0
SuperGrok$30/mo
Microsoft Recall
Pricing unknown. Plan details aren't published.
Strengths and limitations
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
Microsoft Recall
- Snapshots are stored locally and encrypted, and the page says they are not shared with Microsoft
- Off by default, with app, website and sensitive-data filters
- Search works by text or voice and also matches images
- Admins can't secretly turn on snapshots on managed devices
- Requires a Copilot+ PC with a 40 TOPS NPU and 16 GB RAM
- Needs at least 50 GB of free storage to enable
- Optimized for only six languages
- Website filtering is limited in some Chromium browsers
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