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Grok vs Perplexity

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

Updated April 2026

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Grok
xAI · Grok 4
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Perplexity
Perplexity · Sonar Pro
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Pricing
Free tier
Free with X account, throttled
5 Pro searches/day
Standard plan
SuperGrok — $30/mo
Pro — $20/mo
Top plan
Heavy — $300/mo
Enterprise — $200/mo
API input / 1M tokens
$5.00
$3.00 Best
API output / 1M tokens
$15.00
$15.00 Best
Capability
Context window
256K Best
200K
Max output tokens
16K Best
4K
Knowledge cutoff
2026-02
Live (web)
Benchmarks
Coding (LiveCodeBench)
68% Best
Math (AIME 2025)
75% Best
Reasoning (GPQA Diamond)
76% Best
65%
Human pref. (LMArena Elo)
1378 Best
1280
Features
Image input
Voice mode
Partial
Web search
File upload
Image generation
Code execution
Partial
Agent / tool use
Partial
Persistent memory
Partial
Grok

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

Perplexity

Search-grounded, not a general assistant. Best when you need cited, real-time answers.

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