How to Choose a Grok Plan: Free, Plus, Premium, Super or Ultra

The short version

Most people should start free and upgrade only when they keep hitting the limit. Paid tiers mainly buy more usage, plus X benefits and, from Premium up, Grok Bot. Prices below are xAI’s list prices on October 29, 2026, before tax; check x.ai/pricing before you buy.

The plans at a glance

Step by step

1. Use Free for a week

Note when you hit limits and on what: chat, images, video or voice.

2. Check where your usage goes

On a paid plan, Settings, Usage shows a breakdown by product. xAI says video and long coding tasks use far more of the pool than chat.

3. Match the plan to the job

• Occasional chat and a few images: Free or Plus.
• Daily work, regular images or voice: Plus or Premium.
• Heavy video, coding in Cursor or Grok Bot: Premium or higher.

4. Decide about X benefits

xAI says X benefits apply once you connect a personal X account. Plus adds a checkmark, creator tools and fewer ads; Premium and above include full X Premium+ benefits.

5. If you already pay, think before switching

Existing SuperGrok and X Premium plans continue. Switching gives a prorated refund for the old plan, but xAI says the switch can’t be undone.

Prompts to copy

Estimate your needs:

Here's how I used Grok this week: [rough list, for example 30 chats, 10 images, 2 short videos].
Based on that, which questions should I ask myself before choosing between Free, Plus and Premium?

Compare against what you already pay:

I pay $[amount] a month for [X Premium / SuperGrok / Cursor]. List what I'd gain and lose
by staying vs switching, as a two-column table. I'll check prices on x.ai/pricing myself.

Example

You: use Grok on X a few times a day and make about five images a week.

A sensible choice: start on Free. If you hit the limit most days, try Plus for a month and watch Settings, Usage. Move up only if you keep running out.

Mistakes to avoid

• Paying for things you won’t use. Higher tiers bundle Cursor and Grok Bot. If you don’t code or need an AI teammate, you’re paying for capacity you won’t touch.
• Switching without checking Apple or Google billing. xAI says some app-store subscriptions must be canceled separately.
• Forgetting yearly renewals. A yearly plan charges the whole year up front.

Good to know

Team plans exist on Premium, Super and Ultra at the same per-seat price; Plus isn’t offered for teams. Prices and tiers changed in October 2026 and may change again.

Related: check your Grok usage limits and cancel your Grok subscription.