Grok
An assistant with real-time access to the social firehose.
PricingFree tier; paid plans from about $30/mo
Free tierYes
Last verified2026-11-01
Use it for
Breaking events where recency beats polish
Skip it if
Contested topics, where confidence is not evidence
What it is
Positioned around recency: it can read what is being posted right now, which no other general assistant does by default. That is genuinely useful for breaking events and genuinely unreliable for anything else. Treat its confidence as inversely related to how contested the topic is.
Pricing
Free tier; paid plans from about $30/mo
Who it suits
An assistant with real-time access to the social firehose. If the constraint above matches how you work, this is a safe default. If it does not, check the alternatives below before committing to a subscription.