Grok
Grok pairs xAI's in-house models with live access to the X firehose, sold standalone and bundled into X Premium tiers.
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Grok vs Kimi
Grok (xAI) and Kimi (Moonshot AI) both sit in Writing. Kimi is the cheaper entry point at Pay-as-you-go API. Pricing details are calculated based on volume of tokens consumed. No monthly subscription pricing published.. Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Grok xAI | Kimi Moonshot AI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Writing | Writing |
| Version | 4.7 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Entry cost | from $2/mo | Pay-as-you-go API. Pricing details are calculated based on volume of tokens consumed. No monthly subscription pricing published. |
| Pricing tiers | Grok 4.7 Input $2 · Grok 4.7 Output $6 | Pay-as-you-go (API) free |
| Model stack | grok-4.5 · grok-4.6 · grok-4.7 · grok-imagine-image · grok-imagine-image-2.0 · grok-imagine-image-quality · grok-imagine-video · grok-imagine-video-1.5 | Kimi K2.6 · Kimi K2.7 Code · Kimi K3 · kimi-k2.5 · kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed · kimi-k3.1-pro · kimi-k3.1-pro-highspeed |
| Context window | 500k tokens | 1048576 |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 12 | 12 |
| Origin | Global | China |
| Capabilities | Real-time X search, Think and Big Brain modes, Voice mode, Image generation, API access, text generation, agentic coding, voice agent | Native multimodal (visual + text), 1M-token context, Agentic tool use, Thinking / non-thinking modes, Dedicated coding models (k2.7-code, high-speed), Open weights, 1M token context, Multimodal input |
Kimi
Moonshot AI's assistant, known for very long context windows and the open-weight K2 agentic model.
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