Grok+9 Mixed

GILD Review

GILD's call and the buying facts behind it.

From GILD research

Should we adopt Grok?

What does a Grok seat buy once chat, Imagine, voice, and Build share one weekly pool?

30-Second TakePick Grok if your people use chat and media generation in the same week, because paid plans spend one weekly pool on both.
Best fitTeams that want one assistant for chat, file analysis, image and video generation, and voice, with Cursor on the same bill.GILD Review
Consider another workflowOrganizations that need a permission-aware index across every company app, or long cited research reports, should evaluate an enterprise search or research product for that layer.GILD Review

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GILD analysis

Grok Review

Buy Grok for people who will use its chat, file analysis, Grok Imagine, and voice together, because paid plans spend one weekly pool across all of them. New buyers start on The X Subscription, from US$8 a month for one person or US$30 per seat for teams, and that pool is shared with Cursor. Set the monthly extra-usage cap before anyone tops up, since usage past the pool bills from prepaid credit.

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The decision

Best fit: Teams that want one assistant for chat, file analysis, image and video generation, and voice, with Cursor on the same bill.
Consider another workflow: Organizations that need a permission-aware index across every company app, or long cited research reports, should evaluate an enterprise search or research product for that layer.
Adoption condition: Set the monthly extra-usage cap and Auto Top-up before seats go out, and get the terms that govern team conversations on your plan in writing.

Basis: xAI's documentation of Grok's plans, usage limits, connectors, and admin controls, checked Oct 26, 2026, GILD analysis, and public deployment accounts from GitHub, the Department of War, ChatPRD and five other organizations. Answer quality comes from the 71 public accounts on the Signals page, and GILD did not test the answers itself. Buying facts rechecked Oct 31, 2026.

Buying & deployment factsWhat business and product leaders should verify before rolling it out across teams.

How you buy it

US$30 per seat

Per month for Premium team seats. Plus at US$8 is for individuals only.

Source 1, xAI, The X Subscription pricing: The X Subscription pricing Source 5, docs.x.ai, Do I have to switch?: Do I have to switch?Source 6, xAI, Team plans, workspaces, seats, and invites: Team plans, workspaces, seats, and invites

Details

New self-serve customers buy The X Subscription: Free, Plus US$8, Premium US$30, Super US$100, or Ultra US$200 per month, or US$80, US$300, US$1,000, or US$2,000 per year. Team seats cost US$30 (Premium), US$100 (Super), or US$200 (Ultra) per seat per month, and Plus is for individuals only. Existing Cursor, SuperGrok, X Premium, and Grok Business plans continue until the customer switches.

Cost drivers

One weekly pool

Per paid seat, shared with Cursor. Past it, usage bills from prepaid credit until the cap.

Source 1, xAI, The X Subscription pricing: The X Subscription pricing Source 2, xAI, Spending caps and alerts: Spending caps and alerts Source 7, docs.x.ai, xAI docs: Cursor Token Rate: xAI docs: Cursor Token Rate

Details

Each paid seat gets its own weekly pool for first-party usage, shared across Grok and Cursor and sized at 4x, 15x, or 50x the Plus allowance on Premium, Super, and Ultra. Usage past the pool, and every third-party model in Cursor, bills from the workspace's prepaid credit until the balance runs out or the monthly extra-usage cap is reached.

Where it runs

Web, iOS, Android

Up to 150 MB per file, and about 100 files at once on the web.

Source 3, xAI, FAQ, Grok Website / Apps: FAQ, Grok Website / Apps

Details

grok.com in a standard Chrome or Chromium browser and the iOS and Android apps, with the subscription tied to the account that bought it. Uploads take up to 150 MB per file, and about 100 files at once on the web or 20 on Android.

What to verify

Enterprise-only retention

Team workspaces follow xAI's enterprise terms. Get the terms for your plan in writing.

Source 4, xAI, Grok.com User Guide: Grok.com User Guide Source 3, xAI, FAQ, Grok Website / Apps: FAQ, Grok Website / Apps

Details

Grok Business gives team workspaces the enterprise-grade privacy protections in xAI's terms of service, with custom retention on the Enterprise tier only, so get the terms that cover team conversations on your plan in writing. Only an Enterprise license can turn off members' personal workspaces. Images and video carry a Grok watermark that cannot be removed.