Versus comparison
Grok vs Chatgpt
Coding and agentic work on the newest models, real-time X data answers, always-on Grok Bot agents, and building apps/sites in Build Mode · General-purpose writing, research, analysis, and multimodal help
| Decision point | Grok | ChatGPT |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Coding and agentic work on the newest models, real-time X data answers, always-on Grok Bot agents, and building apps/sites in Build Mode | General-purpose writing, research, analysis, and multimodal help |
| Category | General AI Assistant | General AI Assistant |
| Price | Free tier; SuperGrok $30/mo; SuperGrok Plus $100/mo; API from $1–$6 per 1M tokens | Free + paid plans |
| AIToolsEssentials editorial score | 4.5/5 | 4.8/5 |
Scores are editorial product assessments of job fit, likely output quality, ease of adoption, and operational cost. They are not lab benchmarks, and no tool here has a published hands-on result. How we score.
Evidence status
Grok Free is $0. SuperGrok is $30/month and SuperGrok Plus is $100/month, with higher tiers above. API (docs.x.ai, checked 2026-10-01): grok-4.7 is the current flagship model at $2.00 input and $6.00 output per 1M tokens with a 500k-token context. Voice API: Agent $0.08/min, TTS $15.00 per 1M characters, batch STT $0.10/hour and streaming STT $0.20/hour. Imagine API image generation starts at $0.02/image and video at $0.05/second.
Official sources checked 2026-10-01Open verification questions
- Enterprise prices are not published and require a sales quote.
- Pricing or entitlements for Grok accessed through an X subscription were not treated as equivalent to standalone SuperGrok plans.
- The consumer terms require attribution under xAI's Brand Guidelines when using Output or xAI brand elements; applicability to a specific commercial use requires case-specific review.
- Legacy xAI API models (including Grok 4.6 and 4.3) were not re-priced on 2026-10-01; only the currently published flagship rate was verified.
- Re-checked 2026-10-13: the SuperGrok tiers above are now also reachable through The X Subscription (a 2026-10-12 bundle of Cursor, Grok and X Premium) at Free $0, Plus $8/mo, Premium $30/mo, Super $100/mo and Ultra $200/mo. xAI documentation states existing SuperGrok plans continue and switching is optional, so the standalone figures recorded on 2026-10-01 remain the standalone list prices.
xAI's consumer terms, effective June 26, 2026, state that users retain ownership rights in User Content to the extent permitted by law. Logged-in users can choose whether User Content is used for product improvement and model training; logged-out use may grant broader training rights where permitted. The standalone Grok service and Grok accessed through X are governed by different privacy policies. Re-verified 2026-10-01 against x.ai/pricing and the official model documentation. Consumer plan prices are unchanged, but the API section is superseded: grok-4.7 is now the flagship at $2.00/$6.00 per 1M tokens, and the 2026-08-25 record's Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.3 ($1.25/$2.50) figures no longer appear in the official model overview. The recorded voice figure of '$0.05/min' was also superseded by the published Voice API rates above.
OpenAI officially lists ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise. The official pricing page rendered US-dollar amounts on 2026-10-01: Free $0, Go $8/month, Plus $20/month, and Pro $100/month, billed per user per month; Business and Enterprise pricing is sales-assisted. Pro includes Pro reasoning powered by GPT-6 Astra.
Official sources checked 2026-10-01Open verification questions
- Enterprise pricing requires contacting OpenAI sales.
- Subscription prices, included benefits, and model limits vary by country, account type, taxes, and promotions.
- Astra ChatGPT/API availability timing, any Astra-specific API token prices, and a public system-card URL were not confirmed as a published SKU on the official pricing page.
Official OpenAI sources confirm consumer and business plan availability. OpenAI's terms state that, as between the user and OpenAI and to the extent permitted by applicable law, users retain Input ownership and own Output. OpenAI's data controls documentation should be consulted for consumer training controls; business products and the API are covered by separate business-data commitments. 2026-09-03 watch: OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra. Official Path to Astra post (https://openai.com/index/path-to-astra/, 2026-09-01) designates Astra as the first model at Critical cybersecurity capability; advanced cyber workflows are limited at launch to trusted testers / Daybreak Blue. Axios reports limited Daybreak Access first, then ChatGPT Plus / Pro / Business / Enterprise and API developers in the coming days. This is not a new ChatGPT SKU. Plus/Pro plan prices were not confirmed as changed on 2026-09-03 and were not re-verified as dollar amounts on this date. Re-verified 2026-10-01: the official pricing page now exposes US-dollar amounts for Go ($8), Plus ($20) and Pro ($100), which the 2026-08-25 check could not retrieve and therefore left unreported. GPT-6 Astra is still presented as an included feature of Pro rather than a separate consumer SKU.
External benchmark context
- grok-4.1 — rank #62, 1459±3 (68,204 votes; snapshot 2026-11-08).
- chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 — rank #92, 1443±3 (81,673 votes; snapshot 2026-11-08).
Benchmark records apply only to the exact model/configuration shown—not the whole product. Independent same-task hands-on comparison: not yet published. See the testing protocol.
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