Activeverified June 24, 2026
xAI (Grok) free tier
xAI offers a limited free consumer Grok experience. Developer API usage is separate and depends on paid or promotional account credits; current public API docs do not establish a universal free signup balance.
Free tier
Free-tier allowances
See the official evidence source for current free-tier details.
Requirements and restrictions
Restrictions
- Free Grok plan includes limited access to real-time web and X search, voice mode, and connectors
- API usage is separate from the consumer Grok plan and requires loading account credits
- Official xAI billing docs support prepaid credits, invoiced billing, and promo codes, but do not publish a fixed signup credit amount
- Higher limits, image generation, and video generation are paid plan features
Provider snapshot
Also serves: AI search, Multimodal generation, Voice
Developer experience
API pricing varies by model and tool; no general-purpose free API credit is published in current billing docs.
Features
- Free Grok plan with limited real-time web and X search
- Responses API with Grok models
- Imagine API for images and video
- Voice API for text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and realtime voice
- OpenAI-compatible API examples and SDK integrations
- Built for Developers, consumers, teams
Core products
Official links and evidence
- xAI (Grok) official documentation page — documentation, accessed 2026-09-13Official source reviewed for the recorded free-tier claim.
- xAI (Grok) official documentation page — documentation, accessed 2026-06-24Official source reviewed for the recorded free-tier terms.
- xAI (Grok) official signup page — signup, accessed 2026-06-24Official provider destination recorded during verification.
- xAI (Grok) official website page — website, accessed 2026-06-24Official provider destination recorded during verification.