Gemini vs Grok

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

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Gemini

Google's assistant, deepest multimodal input and Workspace integration

Starting atFree
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Grok

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

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FeatureGeminiGrok
Starting PriceFreeFree
Free Tier
Context Window1M tokens500K tokens
Vision Input
Reasoning Mode
Open Weights
Web Search
API Access
API Access
Top Pros
  • Widest native input support — text, image, audio, video and PDF in one model
  • Flash tier is among the cheapest capable models at $0.75 / 1M input
  • Native Google Workspace, Docs and Gmail integration
  • 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
  • Pro pricing doubles above 200K context, which penalises exactly the long-document work you'd buy it for
  • Flash pricing is promotional and increases on 2027-01-01
  • Flagship Pro tier still carries a 'preview' label
  • 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
multimodalworkspace integrationcost sensitiveresearch
real time datacost sensitiveagentscoding