Claude vs Grok

Detailed comparison of Claude and Grok. See which tool is best for your specific needs.

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Claude

Anthropic's assistant, strongest on long documents and agentic coding

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Grok

xAI's assistant with real-time X data and cheap output tokens

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FeatureClaudeGrok
Starting PriceFreeFree
Free Tier
Context Window1M tokens500K tokens
Vision Input
Reasoning Mode
Open Weights
Web Search
API Access
API Access
Top Pros
  • 1M-token context at standard pricing on Opus, Sonnet and Fable — no long-context surcharge
  • Output pricing undercuts the OpenAI flagship ($25 vs $30 / 1M on the top mainstream tier)
  • Strongest reported results on agentic coding and long-horizon autonomous work
  • Cheapest output tokens of the closed flagships on Grok 4.3 at $2.50 / 1M
  • Real-time access to X data, which no competitor offers
  • Grok 4.3 pairs 1M context with value pricing
Main Cons
  • Fable tier is expensive at $10 / $50 per 1M and requires 30-day data retention
  • Smaller consumer feature surface than ChatGPT (no native image generation)
  • No open-weight route
  • Flagship 4.6 context is only 500K, below every major competitor
  • Prompts past 200K bill the entire request at double rate
  • Smaller enterprise and compliance track record
Best For
codinglong documentsagentsanalysis
real time datacost sensitiveagentscoding

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