Grok-2
Foundation Models · Free + paid
xAI's frontier language model with real-time data access
At a glance
- Made by
- SpaceXAI LLC (SpaceXSI)
- API
- Yes
- Available on
- Web, iOS, Android, API
What is Grok-2?
Grok is an AI assistant that helps with everyday tasks such as writing, research, and summarization. It shows step-by-step reasoning and creates images, video, and code in the same conversation. It searches the web and 𝕏 in real time and cites sources to reflect the latest news. It supports a multi-agent mode in which several agents solve sub-problems in parallel, low-latency voice conversation, and file and PDF analysis. The same models are offered to developers through text, vision, voice, image, and video APIs.
- Real-time web and 𝕏 search with source citations
- Step-by-step deep reasoning
- Multi-agent mode (parallel agents)
- Grok Imagine image and video generation (videos up to 15 seconds)
- Low-latency voice conversation
- File and PDF analysis and vision understanding
- Memory across conversations, canvas, custom instructions
- Text, vision, voice, image, and video APIs
Who uses Grok-2 and for what
- Writing, research, and quick summaries for everyday work
- Real-time awareness of breaking news and trends
- Developers building apps based on Grok models
Pricing
What you get for free — Yes (Free $0/month, limits on chat and agent requests)
| Plan | Price | Main limits |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | Limits on chat and agent requests, 𝕏 posting, replies, and follows |
| Plus | $8/mo | Shared AI usage, Grok Chat, Voice, Imagine, and Build, Grok API access, Cursor, 𝕏 Premium checkmark |
| Premium | $30/mo | 4x the usage of Plus, Grok Bot, latest models |
| Super | $100/mo | 15x the usage of Plus, priority access at peak times |
| Ultra | $200/mo | 50x the usage of Plus |
| Teams | $30/mo | From $30 per user per month, 4–50x Plus |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | Custom pricing, contact sales (shared usage, SSO and SCIM, volume discounts) |
Checked on the official pages on 2026-10-14. Prices and features can change, so check the official site again before paying. · Official pricing page
Combos that work well with Grok-2
Official pricing comparison page and change alerts
Grok-2 collects public official pricing pages and extracts them into plan, currency, billing cycle, and limit fields. In the Firecrawl + dbt + n8n combo, dbt tests filter out missing, duplicate, and abnormal values and compare against previous values. n8n sends the source URL and a summary of differences to the reviewer, and publishes only after approval.
Cost: Subscription (including X subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / freemium (free + paid subscription) / open source + paid managed cloud plan
Price change monitoring by category
Grok-2 periodically collects snapshots and change signals from approved public targets. In the Apify + Airbyte + Make combo, Airbyte loads the source data into a store to create a traceable history. Make connects only changes that exceed a threshold to the review queue and content update tasks.
Cost: Subscription (including X subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / freemium (free + paid subscription) / open source + paid managed cloud plan
Dynamic pricing page parsing and testing
Grok-2 uses browser automation to read public pricing information after JavaScript rendering. In the Browserbase + Playwright Agent + Cursor combo, Cursor writes per-site parsers and regression tests to cope with DOM changes. Failure rate, response time, and missing fields are sent to a dashboard to manage collection quality.
Cost: Subscription (including X subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / freemium (free + paid subscription)
Comparison chatbot that cites sources
Grok-2 indexes official documents and the pricing DB into chunks that carry a version, URL, and collection time. In the LlamaIndex + LangChain + Cohere Rerank 3 combo, LangChain connects search, tool calls, and answer generation, and Rerank orders the evidence. Questions with insufficient evidence are not answered by guesswork but directed to official page links.
Cost: Subscription (including X subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / open source + paid managed cloud plan
Automated collection, review, and pre-publish approval
Grok-2 splits agents into the roles of collection, field extraction, value comparison, and approval request. In the LangGraph + OpenAI Agents SDK + PydanticAI combo, the state graph enforces failure, hold, and re-review paths along with structured output schemas. The publishing tool is not called without complete sources and human approval.
Cost: Subscription (including X subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / open source (free)
Reels and TikTok pricing comparison short-form videos
Grok-2 condenses comparison points into a 15-second script with a hook, scenes, and a CTA. In the Higgsfield + ElevenLabs + Descript combo, Higgsfield handles motion video, ElevenLabs handles narration, and Descript handles captions and editing. Completion rate, click-through rate, and landing entry rate are linked to each video version to choose the next hook.
Cost: Subscription (including X subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / freemium (free + paid subscription)
Pricing DB normalization and quality testing
Grok-2 loads data from source APIs and official pages into an analytics store. The Airbyte + dbt + Great Expectations combo has dbt transformations and Great Expectations tests check relationships, ranges, NULLs, and duplicates. Failed records are sent to the review queue along with the source, error type, and affected pages.
Cost: Subscription (including X subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / Open source + paid managed cloud plan / Check the official pricing page
Verifying AI answers and SEO drafts
Grok-2 evaluates response quality against a question set and ground-truth evidence. The LangSmith + Ragas + DeepEval combo has Ragas and DeepEval score hallucination, groundedness, and consistency, while LangSmith handles tracing. Responses below the standard are not published automatically; the prompts, retrieval, and data are fixed instead.
Cost: Subscription (including X subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / open source + paid managed cloud plan
AI tools similar to Grok-2 (alternatives)
Grok-2 vs. alternatives at a glance
| AI | Pricing | Combos on the map | Connected tools | Free | Cheapest monthly | Korean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok-2 | Free + paid | 30 | 5 | Yes | $8/mo | — |
| Gemini | Free + paid | 81 | 16 | Yes | — | Yes |
| Claude | Free + paid | 83 | 16 | Yes | $20/mo | Yes |
| Command R+ | Free | 30 | 16 | — | — | Yes |
| DeepSeek-V2 | Free | 0 | 16 | — | — | No |
3 of these 5 tools have a free plan. Cheapest paid plan: Grok-2 ($8/mo).
Combo and connection counts are based on the relationships recorded on AI Galaxy Map (2026-10-26); they are not a quality ranking.
Grok-2 on AI Galaxy Map
- One of 60 AI tools in the Foundation Models field.
- Connected to 5 other tools — #16 in its field.
- Part of 30 work combos recorded on the map.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Grok-2 for free?
Yes (Free $0/month, limits on chat and agent requests). Prices can change, so check the official site before paying.
What works well with Grok-2?
Based on the combos on the map, there is a workflow such as "Official pricing comparison page and change alerts" that uses it together with Firecrawl, dbt, n8n.
What AI can I use instead of Grok-2?
Tools that do the same job, such as Gemini, Claude, Command R+, DeepSeek-V2, are connected to it on the map.
Sources (official pages)
Checked on the official pages on 2026-10-14. Prices and features can change, so check the official site again before paying.