Brothers, Musk is trying to make AI a luxury item! The SuperGrok package just launched by xAI has the most expensive option costing $300 a month! I checked it three times to confirm I didn’t miscount the zeros. You should know that ChatGPT Plus costs only $20, making this 15 times more expensive; Musk really dares to set the price.
Three tiers, the pricing is precise.
The SuperGrok Lite at the $10 tier can use Grok 3.5, which serves as a threshold for those who want to try something new. The $30 standard version is $10 more expensive than ChatGPT Plus, and Musk clearly thinks he is worth more than OpenAI. The most outrageous is the $300 heavy user package, which costs as much in one month as others do in a year and a half. The enterprise version is $30 per person per month, which is similar to competitors.
To be honest, I think this pricing is a bit confusing. There are so many AI dialogue models now, and there are quite a few good free ones. The biggest selling point of Grok might just be Musk himself and that bit of "freedom of speech" tone, but whether it's worth $300, that's really up for debate. For regular users, the $30 tier might still attract some buyers, but at $300, unless it's for research or high-frequency commercial applications, I really don't know who would pay.
But thinking about it, Musk's operation might not have intended to make big money from individual users; the enterprise side is the real target. However, with this price out, OpenAI and Anthropic are probably secretly pleased — in comparison, they appear to be truly conscientious.