Elon Musk Makes Grok 4 Subscription Free For This Reason

Elon Musk’s xAI announced that Grok 4, their newest AI model, is free for everyone. At first, Grok 4 was exclusively available to SuperGrok and X Premium subscribers. This development is coming shortly after OpenAI released their newest model, GPT-5, and made it free for all users. The announcement was posted by xAI on their social media site X.

They wrote, “Grok 4 is free for all users worldwide now. Use auto mode, and Grok will automatically route a tough query to Grok 4. If you want to have control, you can select “expert” mode.” xAI has been quite generous with usage limitations for a period of time, allowing users to fully exploit Grok 4’s capabilities.

Grok 4 features and modes

Grok 4 has two modes: auto mode and expert mode. In auto mode, Grok will decide if the query requires some reasoning. In auto mode, Grok is faster and saves computing resources. In expert mode, users can switch to Grok 4, finding the details from Grok 4 will be more in depth. Expert mode is especially useful if Grok’s initial answer isn’t satisfying.

Grok 4 can stream smarter, more detailed answers than earlier models. However, Grok 4 Heavy, the latest advanced model by xAI, is only available to SuperGrok Heavy customers. This is a good balance for xAI to get more consumers, and obviously offer some limitations on subscribers’ premium options.

Going up against GPT-5

OpenAI just released GPT-5 and has made it free for everyone, worldwide. xAI’s decision of making Grok 4 free for everyone is a reaction. xAI is removing the paywall to reach more consumers, to compete with OpenAI’s more advanced AI model. By having

Grok 4 free, they hope more people will be able to use its powerful features. This fits into xAI’s effort to grow their user base while still continuing to offer premium options.

More Features and Availability

Last week, xAI announced Grok Imagine, a free AI video generator for U.S. users. International users will require subscriptions to access these features. Grok 4 will be available for free with no regional restriction, and for all users globally.

Grok 4 can be tried via grok.com, x.com, or on Grok’s iOS & Android apps. They have very lenient usage limits, which smooths any bumps along the adjustment process of testing Grok 4.

What is Grok 4?

Grok 4 is xAI’s latest version in the Grok model. Grok 4 generates smarter responses, better reasoning. Grok 4 Heavy is also in development, and more advanced, but is only available to premium subscribers. Grok 4 has two modes, auto and expert, allowing for casual and advanced users. Overall, Grok 4 pastes a strong competing tool to GPT-5.