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Claude vs Grok

Claude comes out ahead of Grok on 4 of the 8 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.

ClaudeWinner
Claude
6.1
Fair
4 of 8 rounds
vs
Grok
Grok
5.8
Weak
2 of 8 rounds

The verdict

Claude takes it, 4–2 on rounds.

On the published figures and the independent review sites, Claude takes 4 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.

Choose Claude if…

  • • You want Claude's edge on what the standard paid plan costs and what the top plan costs

Choose Grok if…

  • • You want Grok's edge on what customers say on trustpilot and what it costs to start

Round by round

  1. Round 1What the standard paid plan costsClaude wins
    Claude8/10

    $20

    Claude Pro, per month ($17 a month billed annually)

    Source: claude.com ↗

    Grok5/10

    $30

    SuperGrok, per month

    • $30, against $20

    Source: aipricing.guru ↗

    Claude wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.

  2. Round 2What the top plan costsClaude wins
    Claude8/10

    $200

    Claude Max 20x, per month

    Source: aipricing.guru ↗

    Grok5/10

    $300

    SuperGrok Heavy, per month

    • $300, against $200

    Source: aipricing.guru ↗

    Claude wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.

  3. Round 3How its best model ranks head to headClaude wins
    Claude8/10

    1507

    Arena score of claude-opus-5.5-high, Anthropic's best model

    • Arena text leaderboard score of claude-opus-4-6-high, the best Anthropic model, leaderboard dated 2 October 2026

    Source: arena.ai ↗

    Grok5/10

    Grok 4.7 37.6% Terminal-Bench 4.0

    Terminal-Bench 4.0 score published on the maker's own page

    • 1475, against 1505

    Source: x.ai ↗

    Claude wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.

  4. Round 4What customers say on TrustpilotGrok wins
    Claude5/10

    1.5 out of 5

    TrustScore from 2,029 reviews on Trustpilot

    • 1.5 out of 5, against 1.9 out of 5

    Source: trustpilot.com ↗

    Grok8/10

    1.9 out of 5

    TrustScore from 16 reviews on Trustpilot

    Source: trustpilot.com ↗

    Grok wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.

  5. Round 5What it costs developersTie
    Claude7/10

    $1

    Claude Haiku 4.5, per million input tokens

    Source: platform.claude.com ↗

    Grok7/10

    $2 / 1M input

    Grok 4.7 model card, Input row

    • grok-build-0.1, per million input tokens

    Source: docs.x.ai ↗

    Nothing to separate them here.

  6. Round 6Free image generationTie
    Claude7/10

    No image generation

    Claude doesn't generate photos or illustrations

    Source: support.claude.com ↗

    Grok7/10

    Dropped in 2026

    image and video generation were dropped from the free tier in 2026

    Source: aibusinessweekly.net ↗

    Nothing to separate them here.

  7. Round 7What it costs to startGrok wins
    Claude5/10

    Pro $20/mo (monthly)

    Pro (monthly price; $17/mo billed annually) / Max 20x, billed monthly; Team Standard seat

    • Pro $20/mo (monthly), against SuperGrok Lite $10/mo

    Source: claude.com ↗

    Grok8/10

    SuperGrok Lite $10/mo

    SuperGrok Lite / SuperGrok / SuperGrok Heavy, monthly (Individual tab); Business tab for seats

    Source: grok.com ↗

    Grok wins this round on what the published sources say.

  8. Round 8What a business seat costsClaude wins
    Claude8/10

    Team $20/seat/mo (annual)

    Pro (monthly price; $17/mo billed annually) / Max 20x, billed monthly; Team Standard seat

    Source: support.claude.com ↗

    Grok5/10

    SuperGrok Business $30/seat

    SuperGrok Lite / SuperGrok / SuperGrok Heavy, monthly (Individual tab); Business tab for seats

    • SuperGrok Business $30/seat, against Team $20/seat/mo (annual)

    Source: grok.com ↗

    Claude wins this round on what the published sources say.

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Side by side

ClaudeClaude
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GrokGrok
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Overall score
6.1
Best
5.8
Price
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What the standard paid plan costs
6.4
5.0
What it costs to start
5.0
6.0
What the top plan costs
6.0
5.0
What a business seat costs
7.3
5.0
Free image generation
5.5
5.7
Head-to-head findings
What the standard paid plan costs
$20
$30
What it costs to start
Pro $20/mo (monthly)
$10
What the top plan costs
Max 20x $200/mo
$300
What a business seat costs
Team $20/seat/mo (annual)
SuperGrok Business $30/seat
Free image generation
No image generation
Dropped in 2026
What customers say on Trustpilot
1.5 out of 5
1.9 out of 5
What it costs developers
$1
Grok 4.7 $2 / 1M input
How its best model ranks head to head
55.8% Terminal-Bench 4.0
Grok 4.7 37.6% Terminal-Bench 4.0
Record
Head-to-head record
1–4
0–3
Head-to-heads won
20 %
0 %
Rounds won
23 %
21 %
Pros
  • Arena text leaderboard score of claude-opus-4-6-high, the best Anthropic model, leaderboard dated 2 October 2026
  • grok-build-0.1, per million input tokens
Cons
  • Pro $20/mo (monthly), against Go $8/mo
  • Max 20x $200/mo, against Pro from $100/mo
  • Fable 5.1 1M tokens, against GPT-6 Astra 1.05M tokens
  • $1, against $0.10
  • $10, against $8
  • $30, against $20
  • $300, against $200
  • 1475, against 1484
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