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Character.AI vs Grok

Compare Character.AI vs Grok: pricing, context window, benchmarks (coding, math, reasoning), capabilities. Updated April 2026.

Updated April 2026

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Character.AI
Character.AI · Character (proprietary)
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Grok
xAI · Grok 4
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Pricing
Free tier
Most features free; unlimited messages
Free with X account, throttled
Standard plan
c.ai+ — $9.99/mo
SuperGrok — $30/mo
Top plan
c.ai+ — $9.99/mo
Heavy — $300/mo
API input / 1M tokens
$5.00 Best
API output / 1M tokens
$15.00 Best
Capability
Context window
8K
256K Best
Max output tokens
2K
16K Best
Knowledge cutoff
2024-06
2026-02
Benchmarks
Coding (LiveCodeBench)
68% Best
Math (AIME 2025)
75% Best
Reasoning (GPQA Diamond)
76% Best
Human pref. (LMArena Elo)
1378 Best
Features
Image input
Partial
Voice mode
Partial
Web search
File upload
Image generation
Code execution
Partial
Agent / tool use
Partial
Persistent memory
Partial
Character.AI

Roleplay and companion focus, not a general assistant. Massive Gen-Z user base. Voice calls with characters. Different intent than chat-AI competitors.

Grok

Real-time X data feed. Image gen via Aurora. Less guarded tone than other frontier models.

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