Mistral Vibe Freemium
Mistral's Vibe, which Mistral's help center says replaces the Le Chat name, is an AI assistant for research, coding and everyday tasks. A Free plan has limited messages; Pro costs $14.99 a month.
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Grok
Grok is an AI assistant for chat, image creation, coding help and answers drawn from the web and X. Free to try on web and mobile apps; the SuperGrok plan raises usage limits.
Description of Grok
Grok is a general-purpose AI assistant operated by SpaceXAI LLC, a Nevada company based in Austin, Texas, according to its terms of service. The grok.com page describes it as a tool for chat, image creation, code writing and answers that use live information from the web and from X.
You can use Grok in a browser at grok.com and through iOS and Android apps, with chat history synced across devices. The same models are also offered through an API that covers text, vision, voice, images and video, using a single key. That makes Grok usable both as a consumer chatbot and as a building block for developers.
Access has a free level and a paid level. The official Grok page says it can be tried at no cost on the web and in the mobile apps. The paid SuperGrok plan is described as giving higher usage limits, priority access and multi-agent reasoning. We could not read a monthly price for SuperGrok on any official page today, because the plans page did not return plan details, so no price is shown here.
Because the free usage limits are not published as fixed numbers, a buyer comparing chatbots should test Grok on their own tasks before paying. Pay particular attention to how often the free level asks you to wait or upgrade, and to whether live X and web lookups matter for your work. If you mostly need document drafting or offline-style reasoning, the real-time sources may add little, and another chatbot with clearer published limits may be easier to plan around.
Features of Grok
- Chat assistant that can write, explain, summarize and help with code from a single prompt box.
- Answers can use real-time information from the web and from X, rather than only fixed training data.
- Image creation is part of the assistant, and the API covers text, vision, voice, images and video.
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok free to use?
The official Grok page says it can be tried at no cost on the web and in the mobile apps. Fixed message limits for the free level are not published, and SuperGrok is the paid upgrade with higher limits.
What does SuperGrok cost?
We could not read a SuperGrok price on an official page on 2026-10-10, so none is listed here. Check grok.com/plans for the current amount before subscribing.
Does Grok have an API?
Yes. The official page says the same models are available through an API covering text, vision, voice, images and video, using one key. Developers should read the API documentation for rates.
Website: https://grok.com/
Company: SpaceXAI LLC
Key facts
General AI chat assistant with live web and X lookups, plus image creation and an API. Free to try on web and mobile; paid SuperGrok raises limits, but its price was not readable on official pages.
| Pricing model | Freemium |
|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes · Free to try on web and mobile apps; fixed usage limits not published |
| Starting price | Not verified |
| Data residency | Not verified |
| Compliance (as stated by vendor) | Not verified |
| Integrations | Not verified |
| Public API | Yes |
| Self-hostable | Not verified |
| Official site | Not verified |
| Can a general AI assistant replace it? | Grok is itself a general LLM. Pick it when you want live X posts in answers; for plain drafting or analysis another chatbot with published limits can do the same. |
| Last verified | 2026-10-10 by editor |
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Update history
- 2026-10-10 · ai alternative note updated (editor)
- 2026-10-10 · editor verdict updated (editor)
- 2026-10-10 · api available updated (editor)
- 2026-10-10 · pricing page url updated (editor)
- 2026-10-10 · free tier updated (editor)
- 2026-10-10 · pricing model updated (editor)
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